Literature

1. LITERARY
GENRES
Quarter 2 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE

2. Literary Genre

3. LITERARY GENRE
A Literary Genre is an artistic category or
style of writing. It allows literary critics and
students to classify compositions within the
larger canon of literature. Genre (pronounced
ˈzhän-rə) is derived from the French phrase
genre meaning “kind” or “type.”

4. Poetry
As poetry has evolved, it has taken on
numerous forms, but in general, poetry is
the genre of literature which has some
form of meter or rhyme with focus based
on syllable counts, musicality, and
division of lines (lineation).

5. Drama is a text which has been written
with the intention of being performed for
an audience. Dramas range from plays to
improvisations on stage. Its two main
types are Tragedy and Comedy.
Drama

6. Prose is a form of language that has no formal
metrical structure. It applies a natural flow of speech,
and ordinary grammatical structure, rather than
rhythmic structure. Non-fiction prose refers to any
literary work that is based mainly on facts. This
includes autobiography, biography, character sketch,
diary or journal, editorial, and essay.
Non-fiction Prose

7. Prose Fiction is a literary work
that is wholly or partly imagined
or theoretical. Examples of this
are myths, legends, parables,
fables, fairy tales, short stories,
novels, and novellas.
Prose Fiction

8. Creative Nonfiction
The words “creative” and “nonfiction” describe the
form. The word “creative” refers to the use of literary
craft, the techniques fiction writers, playwrights, and
poets employ to present nonfiction—factually accurate
prose about real people and events—in a compelling,
vivid, dramatic manner. The goal is to make nonfiction
stories read like fiction so that your readers are as
captivated by fact as they are by fantasy.

9. Blog (abbreviated version of "weblog") is an
online journal or informational website
displaying information in the reverse
chronological order. A blog features diary-
type commentary and links to articles on other
websites. It is also a platform where a writer
or even a group of writers share their views
on an individual subject.
Blog

10. Flash Fiction
Flash fiction is another genre of
literature in which stories are
extremely short and often consists of
a few hundred words or fewer in its
entirety.

11. Manga
This is a Japanese or Japanese-
influenced comics. It is usually
printed in black-and-white. There
are many genres inside manga, the
most distinct being shojo (for girls)
and shonen (for boys).