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List of basic literature topics

LiteratureMajor forms

Epic · Romance · Novel
Tragedy · Comedy · Drama · Satire

Media

Performance · Book

Techniques

Prose · Poetry

History and lists

Basic topics · Literary terms
History · Modern history
Books · Writers
Literary awards · Poetry awards

Discussion

Criticism · Theory · Magazines

Literature Portal

Literature is prose, written or oral, including fiction and non-fiction, drama and poetry. See also the list of basic poetry topics.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to literature:

Contents

Essence of literature

Main article: Literature

Forms of literature

See also: Literary genre

Oral literary genres

Main article: Oral literature
Epic poetry - Legend - Mythology - Ballad - other forms of oral poetry - Folktale - Oral Narrative (Oral History) - Urban legend

Written literary genres

Main articles: Poetry and Prose
Aubade - Clerihew - Epic - Haiku - Lied - Lyric - Ode - Rhapsody - Song - Limerick - Sonnet - Speculative poetry
Saj' (Maqama) - Fu (literature) - Rayok

Main article: Non-fiction
Autobiography - Biography - Diaries and Journals - Essay - Frame Narrative - In Medias Res - Literary criticism - Memoir - Outdoor literature - Spiritual autobiography - Travel literature

Main article: Fiction
Parody - Satire
Detective fiction (Hardboiled, Whodunit) - Newgate novel
Southern Gothic
Inspirational fiction - Religious literature
Historical romance (Regency romance) - Inspirational romance - Paranormal romance
Alternate/Alternative history - Fantasy (for more details see Fantasy subgenres; fantasy literature) (Epic fantasy, Science fantasy, Steampunk, Urban fantasy, Weird fantasy) - Horror (Lovecraftian horror, Weird menace) - Science fiction (for more details see Science fiction genres and related topics) (Cyberpunk, Hard science fiction, Space opera) - Supernatural fiction
Conspiracy fiction - Legal thriller - Spy fiction/Political thriller - Techno-thriller

History of literature

Main article: History of literature
History of the book - History of theater - History of science fiction - History of ideas - Intellectual history - Literature by country

Basic literature concepts

Main articles: List of literary terms and Glossary of poetry terms
prosody - meter - scansion - Constrained writing
villanelle - sonnet - sestina - ghazal - ballad - blank verse - free verse - epic poetry
fiction - non-fiction - biography
essay - flash prose - journalism - mini saga - novel - novella - short story
history of theater
metaphor - metonymy - symbol - allegory
  • Basic procedural knowledge
poetry analysis - effective reasoning in argument writing
  • Techniques and conceits
False document - Frame tale - anecdote - point of view
Marxist literary criticism - Semiotic literary interpretation - Psychoanalytic literary interpretation - Feminist literary interpretation - New historicism - Queer literary interpretation

Literary scholars and literary critics

See also Category:Literary critics

Literature lists

Main article: List of literature topics
List of basic literature topics - List of authors - List of books - List of literary awards - List of literary terms - List of prizes, medals, and awards for literary prizes - List of women writers - List of writers - List of literary genres

See also

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