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Types of Literature
Literature falls into two majors types: written and oral literature

Oral literature includes ballads, myth, jokes, folktales and fables and a written
source has drama, novel, poetry and nonfictional literature.

The major types of literature across the world are English, Greek, Latin, Roman,
African, Indian, American, French, Irish, Spain, Chinese, Italian, Japanese,
Persian, Sanskrit, Nepali, Russian and Canadian literature


Kinds of Literature
                              Prose Literature
                              •History, journalism, philosophy, fiction and fantasy 
                               writings, scientific writings, children's literature 
                               authors and writers are included in Prose 
                               Literature. 




                            Myth
                            •The fairy tales with lots of adventure, magic and it 
                             lacks scientific proof. Nursery rhymes, songs and 
                             lullabies are forms of myths that strike the interest 
                             of children. 




                              Short story
                              •The small commercial fiction, true or imaginary, smaller than a 
                               novel is known as short story. 
                              •oral and short‐lived which have gossip, joke, fable, myth, 
                               parable, hearsay and legend.
Drama
•The theatrical dialog performed on stage, it consists of 5 acts.
• Tragedy, comedy and melodrama are the sub types of drama. 
•e.g William Shakespeare, an Elizabethan dramatist composed the plays 
 Hamlet, Romeo and Julie



Tragedy
• It is a story of the major character who faces bad luck. 
•Tragedy, elements of horrors and struggle usually concludes with the death 
 of a person. e.g‐‐>The Illiad and The Odyssey by Homer



Comedy
•The lead character overcomes the conflicts and overall look of the comedy is 
 full of laughter and the issues are handled very lightly. 




 Melodrama
 •Is a blend of two nouns ‐ 'melody' and 'drama'. It is a musical play most 
  popular by 1840. It has happy ending like comedy.




Tragicomedy
•The play that begins with serious mode but has a happy ending is 
 tragicomedy
Novel
Novel can be based on comic, crime, detective, adventurous, romantic or political
story divided into many parts.

The major kinds of novels are:



                          Allegory: The symbolic story revolves around two 
                          meanings. What the writer says directly is totally 
                          different from the conveyed meanings at the end. 
                           Political and Historical allegory are two forms of 
                                                Allegory.



                           Comedy: Satire is very common form in comedy 
                          novels and tries to focus on the facts of the society 
                                            and their desires.




                           Gothic: Gothic fiction is the combination of both 
                          horror and romance. Melodrama and parody were 
                          grouped in the Gothic literature in its early stages.




                            Feminist: These types of novels are written by 
                           women writers around the world to describe the 
                           place of women in a male dominated society. E.g 
                               Virginia Woolf's "A Room of one's Own". 



                           Epistolary: The collection of letters or mails is the 
                          epistolary novels. Samuel Richardson's Pamela and 
                              Henry Fielding's Joseph Andrew are the few 
                                    examples of Epistolary novels.
Ironic: Ironic novels are known for excessive use of narrative 
  technique. It is satire on the contemporary society about 
               cultural, social and political issues.




   Realism: The realistic novels are based on the truths of 
 ordinary society and their problems. It focuses on the plot, 
         structure and the characters of the novel.




Psychological: It's the psychological prospective of mind with 
                          a resolution.




  Picaresque: It is opposite to romance novels as it involves 
    ideals, themes and principles that refuse the so‐called 
                    prejudices of the society.




Narration: In narrative style, writer becomes the third person 
      who narrates whole story around the characters.




     Romance: Love and relationship topics are handled 
optimistically in the romantic novels. It originated in western 
 countries; basically the story revolves around love affairs of 
  main characters. Some popular sub categories of romantic 
  novels are paranormal, erotic, suspense, multicultural and 
                     inspirational romance.
Satire: Satirical novels criticize the contemporary 
                              society. The most famous novels are Jonathan Swift's 
                               Gulliver's Travels (1726), Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim 
                                (1954), George Orwell's Animal Farm and Randell 
                                   Jarrell's Pictures from an Institution (1954).




                               Stream of Consciousness: James Joyce's stream of 
                             consciousness is all about the thought coming up in the 
                                              minds of the readers.




Folk Tale
Folk Tales are traditional stories that have been creating interest since ancient
times. The children and old persons like religious story, magic and superstition as
well. Fable, tall tales, cumulative, trickster and proverbs are the sub categories of
folk tales. Mythology or legend is the ancient religious stories of origin and human
civilization such as story of Robin Hood.




Types of poetry
Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings recollected in the
tranquility. Greek poetry is found in free verse and we have rhymes in the Persian
poem.
Sonnet: Sonnet is the short poem of 14 lines grouped into 
             Shakespearean and Italian sonnets.




 Ballad: The poems that are on the subject matter of love and 
 sung by the poet or group of singers as telling readers a story.




  Lyric: It has Greek origin that gives a melody of imagery. It is 
  the direct appeal of a poet to the readers about any incident 
 or historical events. Lyrics are most of the times similar to ode 
                      or sonnets in the form.




 Epic and Mock epic: Epics are the narrative poems that convey 
  moral and culture of that period. The Odyssey and Iliad are 
    one of the largest philosophical epics written by Samuel 
 Butler. Rape of the Lock is the great mock epic focusing on the 
               minor incident of cutting of a curl.




 Allegory: Allegory is the famous form of poetry and is loved by 
 the readers because of its two symbolic meanings. One is the 
       literal meaning and another is the deep meaning.




    Ode: Ode is the formal and long poem serious in nature.




  Elegy: This type of poem is the lamenting of the death of a 
person or his near one. Elegy Written in Country Churchyard by 
Thomas Gray is one of the famous poems marked as sad poems 
                          of the ages.
Reference:

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/types-of-literature.html. Date: November 7, 2011.



Authors:

Stephanie González Bracho

Lorena López Ortega

Ma. Fernanda Onaindia González

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Types of literature

  • 1. Types of Literature Literature falls into two majors types: written and oral literature Oral literature includes ballads, myth, jokes, folktales and fables and a written source has drama, novel, poetry and nonfictional literature. The major types of literature across the world are English, Greek, Latin, Roman, African, Indian, American, French, Irish, Spain, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Sanskrit, Nepali, Russian and Canadian literature Kinds of Literature Prose Literature •History, journalism, philosophy, fiction and fantasy  writings, scientific writings, children's literature  authors and writers are included in Prose  Literature.  Myth •The fairy tales with lots of adventure, magic and it  lacks scientific proof. Nursery rhymes, songs and  lullabies are forms of myths that strike the interest  of children.  Short story •The small commercial fiction, true or imaginary, smaller than a  novel is known as short story.  •oral and short‐lived which have gossip, joke, fable, myth,  parable, hearsay and legend.
  • 2. Drama •The theatrical dialog performed on stage, it consists of 5 acts. • Tragedy, comedy and melodrama are the sub types of drama.  •e.g William Shakespeare, an Elizabethan dramatist composed the plays  Hamlet, Romeo and Julie Tragedy • It is a story of the major character who faces bad luck.  •Tragedy, elements of horrors and struggle usually concludes with the death  of a person. e.g‐‐>The Illiad and The Odyssey by Homer Comedy •The lead character overcomes the conflicts and overall look of the comedy is  full of laughter and the issues are handled very lightly.  Melodrama •Is a blend of two nouns ‐ 'melody' and 'drama'. It is a musical play most  popular by 1840. It has happy ending like comedy. Tragicomedy •The play that begins with serious mode but has a happy ending is  tragicomedy
  • 3. Novel Novel can be based on comic, crime, detective, adventurous, romantic or political story divided into many parts. The major kinds of novels are: Allegory: The symbolic story revolves around two  meanings. What the writer says directly is totally  different from the conveyed meanings at the end.  Political and Historical allegory are two forms of  Allegory. Comedy: Satire is very common form in comedy  novels and tries to focus on the facts of the society  and their desires. Gothic: Gothic fiction is the combination of both  horror and romance. Melodrama and parody were  grouped in the Gothic literature in its early stages. Feminist: These types of novels are written by  women writers around the world to describe the  place of women in a male dominated society. E.g  Virginia Woolf's "A Room of one's Own".  Epistolary: The collection of letters or mails is the  epistolary novels. Samuel Richardson's Pamela and  Henry Fielding's Joseph Andrew are the few  examples of Epistolary novels.
  • 4. Ironic: Ironic novels are known for excessive use of narrative  technique. It is satire on the contemporary society about  cultural, social and political issues. Realism: The realistic novels are based on the truths of  ordinary society and their problems. It focuses on the plot,  structure and the characters of the novel. Psychological: It's the psychological prospective of mind with  a resolution. Picaresque: It is opposite to romance novels as it involves  ideals, themes and principles that refuse the so‐called  prejudices of the society. Narration: In narrative style, writer becomes the third person  who narrates whole story around the characters. Romance: Love and relationship topics are handled  optimistically in the romantic novels. It originated in western  countries; basically the story revolves around love affairs of  main characters. Some popular sub categories of romantic  novels are paranormal, erotic, suspense, multicultural and  inspirational romance.
  • 5. Satire: Satirical novels criticize the contemporary  society. The most famous novels are Jonathan Swift's  Gulliver's Travels (1726), Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim  (1954), George Orwell's Animal Farm and Randell  Jarrell's Pictures from an Institution (1954). Stream of Consciousness: James Joyce's stream of  consciousness is all about the thought coming up in the  minds of the readers. Folk Tale Folk Tales are traditional stories that have been creating interest since ancient times. The children and old persons like religious story, magic and superstition as well. Fable, tall tales, cumulative, trickster and proverbs are the sub categories of folk tales. Mythology or legend is the ancient religious stories of origin and human civilization such as story of Robin Hood. Types of poetry Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings recollected in the tranquility. Greek poetry is found in free verse and we have rhymes in the Persian poem.
  • 6. Sonnet: Sonnet is the short poem of 14 lines grouped into  Shakespearean and Italian sonnets. Ballad: The poems that are on the subject matter of love and  sung by the poet or group of singers as telling readers a story. Lyric: It has Greek origin that gives a melody of imagery. It is  the direct appeal of a poet to the readers about any incident  or historical events. Lyrics are most of the times similar to ode  or sonnets in the form. Epic and Mock epic: Epics are the narrative poems that convey  moral and culture of that period. The Odyssey and Iliad are  one of the largest philosophical epics written by Samuel  Butler. Rape of the Lock is the great mock epic focusing on the  minor incident of cutting of a curl. Allegory: Allegory is the famous form of poetry and is loved by  the readers because of its two symbolic meanings. One is the  literal meaning and another is the deep meaning. Ode: Ode is the formal and long poem serious in nature. Elegy: This type of poem is the lamenting of the death of a  person or his near one. Elegy Written in Country Churchyard by  Thomas Gray is one of the famous poems marked as sad poems  of the ages.
  • 7. Reference: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/types-of-literature.html. Date: November 7, 2011. Authors: Stephanie González Bracho Lorena López Ortega Ma. Fernanda Onaindia González