Literary GenresWhatisGenre?Genre-acategory,inliteratureorothermedia,characterizedbysimilaritiesinform,style,orsubjectmatter.Forexample,sciencefictionandfantasyaretwodifferentgenresinliterature.Why recognizing genres is important?(1)Onthesimplestlevel,groupingworksoffersusanorderlywaytotalkaboutanotherwisebewilderingnumberofliterarytexts.(2)Moreimportantly,ifwerecognizethegenreofatext,wemayalsohaveabetterideaofitsintendedoverallstructureandsubject/mainidea.(3)Finally,agenreapproachcandeepenoursenseofthevalueofanysingletext,byallowingustoviewitcomparatively,alongsidemanyothertextsofitstype.All categories of books or stories can be called either fiction or non-fiction.FictionamadeupstorycantellaboutthingsthatcouldhappenisreadforfuncharactersmaybelikerealpeopleorimaginaryNon-FictionhasfactsthatcanbecheckedandproventheauthorisanexpertonthisinformationitISTRUE!Can you classify the following genres into two categories, namely, fiction and non-fiction?adventure,biography/autobiography,drama,essay,fable,fairytale,fantasy,folklore,historicalfiction,horror,humor,informational,legend,mystery,mythology,narrativenonfiction,poetry,realisticfiction,romance,sciencefiction,shortstory,speech,talltale,thrillerAdventureDramaFableFairyTaleFantasyFolkloreHistoricalFictionHorrorHumorLegendMysteryMythologyPoetryRealisticFictionRomanceScienceFictionShortStoryTallTaleThrillerFictionNon-FictionBiography/AutobiographyEssayNarrativeNonfictionInformational(science,sports,history,economy,etc.)SpeechFictionAdventureStoriesfeaturingphysicalactionoftenaroundamissionusuallyinvolvingkillingandrobbing.Manytimessetinforbiddinglocalessuchasjungles,deserts,ormountains.e.g.Robinson Crusoe Moby DickDramaStoriescomposedinverseorprose,usuallyfortheatricalperformance,whereconflictsandemotionareexpressedthroughdialogueandaction.e.g.thefourtragediesbyW.Shakespeare:Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King LearFableNarrationdemonstratingausefultruth,especiallyinwhichanimalsspeakashumans;legendary,supernaturaltale.e.g.Aesops FablesStoryaboutfairiesorothermagicalcreatures,usuallyforchildren.e.g.Fairytales written by Grimm brothers Fairytales written by Hans C. AndersonFairy TaleFantasyFictionwithstrangeorotherworldlysettingsorcharacters;usingmagicandothersupernaturalphenomenaasaprimaryelementofplot,theme,and/orsetting.e.g.The Lord of the Rings The Harry Potter Series Twilight The Chronicles of NarniaFolkloreThesongs,stories,myths,andproverbsofapeopleorfolkashandeddownbywordofmouth.e.g.Robin Hood Merlinhttp:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_folkloreStorywithfictionalcharactersandeventsinahistoricalsetting.e.g.A Tale of Two Cities The Three Musketeers Little Women(byLouisaMayAlcott,setin1863duringtheAmericanCivilWar)Historical FictionHorrorFictioninwhicheventsevokeafeelingofdreadinboththecharactersandthereader.e.g.FrankensteinbyMaryShelley Edgar Allan Poes short storiesStrange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydebyRobertLouisStevensonThe Picture of Dorian GraybyOscarWildeDraculabyBramHumorFictionfulloffun,fancy,andexcitement,meanttoentertain;butcanbecontainedinallgenres.e.g.Tom And Jerry The Ice AgeLegend Story,sometimesofanationalorfolkhero,whichhasabasisinfactbutalsoincludesimaginativematerial.e.g.The Legend of Sleepy HollowbyWashingtonIrving Robin HoodKing Arthur and the Knights of the Round TableHelen of Troy and the Trojan WarOdysseusFictiondealingwiththesolutionofacrimeortheunravelingofsecrets.Itisoftenusedasasynonymfordetectivefiction,crimefictionorthriller.e.g.Rebecca The Day of the Jackal The Thirty-nine Steps The Collected Sherlock Holmes Short StoriesbySirArthurConanDoyleAgatha ChristiesdetectiveseriesMystery / ThrillerMythologyLegendortraditionalnarrative,oftenbasedinpartonhistoricalevents,thatrevealshumanbehaviorandnaturalphenomenabyitssymbolism;oftenpertainingtotheactionsofthegods.e.g. The Roman Mythology The Greek MythologyPoetryVerseandrhythmicwritingwithimagerythatcreatesemotionalresponses.e.g.the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the OdysseyShakespeares sonnetspoets:AlexanderPope,RobertBurns,AlfredTennyson,JohnDonne,BenJonson,PercyByssheShelley,WaltWhitman,WilliamBulterYeats,JohnKeats,JohnMilton,EdmundSpencer,Storythatcanactuallyhappenandistruetolife.e.g. Charles Dickens Mark Twain Jane Austen Realistic FictionRomanceStoriesfeaturingthemutualattractionandloveofamanandawomanasthemainplot,andhaveahappyending.e.g.Pride and Prejudice Romeo and Juliet Jane Eyre Gone with the WindScience FictionStorybasedonimpactofactual,imagined,orpotentialscience,usuallysetinthefutureoronotherplanets.e.g.Jurassic Park 20,000 Leagues Under the SeabyJulesVerneJourney to the Center of the EarthbyJulesVerneThe Time MachinebyH.G.WellsThe War of the WorldsbyH.G.WellsFrankensteinbyMaryShelleyI, RobotbyIsaacAsimovBicentennial ManbyIsaacAsimovFictionofsuchbrevitythatitsupportsnosubplots.e.g.The Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights)Canterbury TalesbyGeoffreyChaucerRip van WinklebyWashingtonIrvingThe Legend of Sleepy HollowbyWashingtonIrvingThe Collected Sherlock Holmes Short Stories Fairytales written by Grimm Brothers The Gift of the Magi by OHenryShort StoryTall TaleHumorousstorywithblatantexaggerations,swaggeringheroeswhodotheimpossiblewithnonchalance.http:/dawaibu.wh.sdu.edu.cn/show.aspx?WWGOQglge6k=(A Tall Tale: John Henry)Thriller / MysteryStoryusingsuspense,tension,andexcitementasthemainelements,climaxingwhentheherofinallydefeatsthevillain,savinghisownlifeandoftenthelivesofothers.e.g.The Count of Monte Cristo The Da Vinci Code The James Bond Series The Jason Bourne Series The Hunger Games Trilogy The Girl with the Dragon TattooNon-FictionBiography/Autobiography Narrativeofapersonslife,atruestoryaboutarealperson.e.g.The Story of My LifebyHelenKellerThe Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinMy LifebyBillClintonLiving HistorybyHillaryClintonConfessionsbyJean-JacquesRousseau EssayAshortliterarycompositionthatreflectstheauthorsoutlookorpoint.e.g.Of StudiesbyFrancisBaconhttp:/english.cri.cn/3188/2006/05/25/19395099.htmNarrative Nonfiction:Factualinformationpresentedinaformatwhichtellsastory.Informational (science, sports, history, economy, etc.): Informationaltextdealingwithanactual,real-lifesubject.Speech Publicaddressordiscourse.http:/www.history.com/speeches(video)http:/www.quoteworld.org/speeches/(text)MartinLutherKing“Ihaveadream”WinstonChurchill“Weshallfightthemonthebeaches”WinstonChurchill“BloodSweatandTears”PresidentKennedy“Manonthemoon”GeneralMacArthur“Oldsoldiersneverdie,theyjustfadeaway”AmericanDeclarationofIndependenceEulogytoDianaPrincessofWalesColonelTimCollins“MagnanimousinVictory”LincolnsGettysburgAddresshttp:/www.presentationmagazine.com/famous-speeches-11667.htmWordFormation:Adj.suffixes(n.+)-ous:fullof,havinge.g.dangerous:fullofdangervictorious:havingvictory(1)ItissuchavoluminousreportthatIamtiredofreadingit.(2)Shewelcomedherguestsinagraciousmanner.(3)Theirdiningroomisveryspacious.e.g.foolish:beinginthenatureofafoolchildish:havingthenatureofachild(1)Theymadeadevilishplottokidnapthelittlegirlandthenkillherwhentheygotthemoney.(2)Hehasaratherwomanishmanner.(3)Shebroughtacoatwithreddishfur.(n.+)-ish:beingin/havingthenatureofe.g.friendly:beingfriendslively:fulloflife(1)Wespentaheavenlydayatthebeach.(2)Hehasaverybrotherlymannertowardsthelittleboys.(3)To run away at the first sight of danger is a cowardlyaction.(4)Iwasdeterminedontakingherawayfromthatungodlysurroundings.(n.+)-ly:having/beinge.g.musical:ofmusiceconomical:ofeconomy(1)Hedrinksthismedicalteaformedicinalpurposes.(2)ThisFrenchentomologistisnotedforbehavioralstudiesofinsects.(3)Trueloveisunconditional.(n.+)al/-ical:havingthenatureofe.g.wooden:ofwoodgolden:ofgold(1)Wehavetowearwoolenclothesinthecoldwinter.(2)Thoseearthenpotsaremadebytheskilledman.(3)Hisashenfaceshowedhowshockedhewas.(n.+)en:of,having