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Genres of Literature

Genres of Literature. Vista Murrieta High School Library Mrs. Jacobs Library Media Teacher. Click on a book cover and you will go to the page that describes that specific genre. Adventure Story.

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Genres of Literature

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  1. Genres of Literature Vista Murrieta High School Library Mrs. Jacobs Library Media Teacher Vista Murrieta High School Library

  2. Click on a book cover and you will go to the page that describes that specific genre. Vista Murrieta High School Library

  3. Adventure Story • Usually includes suspense, excitement, physical danger, travel to exotic settings, and an intrepid hero/heroine. • Relies on a series of exciting episodes unified by a theme of a search for a lost person, place or object. • Example: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island • Genres of Fiction (back) Vista Murrieta High School Library

  4. Autobiography • The story of a person’s life written by him or herself. • Includes memoirs, diaries, and letters. • Example: Ben Franklin’s Autobiography • Genres of Fiction - back Vista Murrieta High School Library

  5. Biography • Coming of Age: A sociological term for the movement of an individual from childhood to adolescence to adulthood. • Stories that reflect a child’s passage from innocence to knowledge. • Child usually pays the price of pain and disillusionment. • Genres of Fiction - back Vista Murrieta High School Library

  6. Diary • A daily account of events recorded by an individual, usually personal in nature. • Synonymous with term of Journal • Example: Anne Frank’s Diary of A Young Girl • Genres of Fiction- back Vista Murrieta High School Library

  7. Drama • Any work in which actors assume roles before an audience, either in a theatre or on radio or television. • Examples: • Shakespearean Plays • Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Genres of Fiction-back Vista Murrieta High School Library

  8. Fable • A short narrative in which the action of the characters, usually animals, conveys a moral lesson. • Example: George Orwell’s Animal Farm Genres of Fiction - back Vista Murrieta High School Library

  9. Fairy Tale • A form of Children’s Literature • Consists of short, fanciful stories that feature witches, dragons, wicked stepmothers and fairy godmothers. • Rooted in oral tradition and folk literature • Examples: Brothers Grimm in Germany and Hans Christian Anderson in Denmark • Genres of Fiction - back Vista Murrieta High School Library

  10. Fantasy • Characterized by highly imaginative or supernatural events. • Example: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Ring Trilogy and James Barrie’s Peter Pan • Genres of Fiction - back Vista Murrieta High School Library

  11. Historical Fiction • A significant historical event or era serves as the backdrop to a story that include fictional or historical characters or a mix of both • Examples: • Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind • Toni Morrison’s Beloved • Genres of Fiction - back Vista Murrieta High School Library

  12. Horror • Term used to describe literature with an emphasis on the macabre and the supernatural. • The success of the horror novel lies in the thrill of fear • Examples: Stephen King and Dean Koontz • Genres of Fiction - back Vista Murrieta High School Library

  13. Mystery • A crime or a series of crimes is solved by a detective, either an amateur or a Private-eye. • Basic formula – murder or disappearance that leads to additional murders; a cluster of baffling clues, a number of plausible suspects, and a detective who employs logic to solve the crime • Example: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes • Genres of Fiction - back Vista Murrieta High School Library

  14. Romance • A narrative featuring adventures in exotic places, love stories, and or the celebration of simple rustic life. • Example: L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables series • Genres of Fiction - back Vista Murrieta High School Library

  15. Science Fiction • Based on future possibilities, derived from scientific discoveries such as • Interstellar travel • Aftermath of nuclear war and environmental disasters • Altered states of consciousness • Extraterrestrial visitors to earth • Artificial intelligence • Example: H.G. Well’s Time Machine • Genres of Fiction - back Vista Murrieta High School Library

  16. Short Story • A fictional narrative, the length of which varies, but rarely exceeds 2000 words • Genres of Fiction - back Vista Murrieta High School Library

  17. Tragedy • Depicts the downfall of the leading character whose life, its disastrous end notwithstanding, represents something significant • Greece was the site of the great analysis of tragedy. • Genres of Fiction-back Vista Murrieta High School Library

  18. Western • Fictional accounts of life on the American Western frontier • Focus on the adventures of a cowboy hero • Combines action and romance • Hero typically a man with a personal code of behavior and strong attachment to the outdoors • Examples: Zane Grey and Louis L’Amour • Genres of Fiction - back Vista Murrieta High School Library

  19. Genres • Books can be in more than one genre • A book can be a Classic piece of literature that is Science Fiction • Broaden your Reading, try books in several different genres • Start with similar genres – Science Fiction and Fantasy, or Horror and Mystery, or Adventure and Western genres Vista Murrieta High School Library

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