Literary Genres

... is short fun saying of one's experince

• novel

• short story

• anecdote

• parable

.. an educational tool for kids mostly and it has a standard

• saga

• fable

• mini-saga

• fairy tale

human characters exist in this genre and stories are told to teach a moral lesson in Bible

• fable

• myth

• legend

• parable

It is based on fact, but also includes fantastic elements.

• legend

• novella

• myth

• saga

this novel type includes narrative of letters

• epistolary

• dystopian

• picaresque

• realistic

when actions are interrupted by continuous and non chronological thoughts and feelings, we are talking about this novel

• aside

• stream of consicousness

• soliloquy

• picaresque

a rascal character experiences adventures and goes through no or slight change of character development

• epistolary

• novel of manners

• bildungsroman

• picaresque

also known as coming of age novel, you can witness a full character development

• bildungsroman

• epistolary

• novel of manners

• realistic novel

horror, terror and supernatural elements are employed with gloomy and deserted settings

• dystopian

• science fiction

• gothic

• utopian

ıt s a tragedy term to express purification of emotions and feelings

• catastrophe

• hamartia

• hubris

• catharsis