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Basic topics · Literary terms |
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Literature is prose, written or oral, including fiction and non-fiction, drama and poetry. See also the list of basic poetry topics.
The following topic outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to literature:
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Essence of literature
Forms of literature
- See also: Literary genre
Oral literary genres
- Epic poetry - Legend - Mythology - Ballad - other forms of oral poetry - Folktale - Oral Narrative (Oral History) - Urban legend
Written literary genres
- Children's literature
- Constrained writing
- Erotic literature
- Poetry (see that article for an extensive list of sub-genres and types)
- Aubade - Clerihew - Epic - Haiku - Lied - Lyric - Ode - Rhapsody - Song - Limerick - Sonnet - Speculative poetry
- Saj' (Maqama) - Fu (literature) - Rayok
Non-fiction
- Autobiography - Biography - Diaries and Journals - Essay - Frame Narrative - In Medias Res - Literary criticism - Memoir - Outdoor literature - Spiritual autobiography - Travel literature
Fiction genres
- Inspirational fiction - Religious literature
- Historical romance (Regency romance) - Inspirational romance - Paranormal romance
- Alternate 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
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
- literature
- Western canon
- the teaching of writing: composition, rhetoric
- villanelle - sonnet - sestina - ghazal - ballad - blank verse - free verse - epic poetry
- prose genres
- essay - flash prose - journalism - mini saga - novel - novella - short story
- Basic procedural knowledge
- poetry analysis - effective reasoning in argument writing
- Techniques and conceits
- Varieties of literary criticism (applications of Literary theory)
- 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
- 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
- List of literature topics
- Literature
- English studies
- History of literature
- History of modern literature
- World literature
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- Yahoo! Directory listing for Literature
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