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==Forms of literature== {{See also|Literary genre}} ===Oral literary genres=== [[Oral literature]] * [[Oral poetry]] – ** [[Epic poetry]] – *** [[Legend]] – *** [[Mythology]] – *** [[Ballad]] – * [[Folklore|Folktale]] – * [[Oral Narrative]] – ** [[Oral History]] – ** [[Urban legend]] – ===Written literary genres=== {{Main|Poetry|Prose}} * [[Cordel literature|Cordel Literature]] * [[Children's literature]] – * [[Constrained writing]] – * [[Erotic literature]] – * [[Electronic literature]] β Literary fiction and poetry that uses the capabilities of computers and networks ** [[Digital poetry]] β ** [[Interactive fiction]] β ** [[Hypertext fiction]] β literary fiction written with hypertextual links ** [[Fan fiction]] ** [[Cell phone novel]] * [[Poetry]] (see that article for an extensive list of subgenres and types) ** [[Aubade]] – ** [[Clerihew]] – ** [[Epic poetry|Epic]] – ** [[Grook]] – form of short [[aphorism|aphoristic]] poem invented by the Danish poet and scientist [[Piet Hein (Denmark)|Piet Hein]], who wrote more than 7,000 of them. ** [[Haiku]] – form of short Japanese poetry consisting of three lines. ** [[Instapoetry]] ** [[Tanka]] – classical Japanese poetry of five lines. ** [[Lied]] – ** [[Limerick (poetry)|Limerick]] – a kind of a witty, humorous, or nonsense poem,<ref>Oxford English Dictionary (2d edition, 1989), s.v. Limerick.<br />Vaughn, Stanton. Limerick Lyrics. 1900. Retrieved from [https://books.google.com/books?id=CBJAAAAAYAAJ&dq=limerick&pg=PR3-IA3].</ref> especially one in five-line [[Anapaest|{{tooltip|2=Two short, unstressed syllables followed by one long stressed syllable.|anapestic}}]] or [[amphibrach|{{tooltip|2=One stressed syllable surrounded by two unstressed syllables.|amphibrachic}}]] [[meter (poetry)|meter]] with a strict [[rhyme scheme]] (aabba), which is sometimes obscene with humorous intent. ** [[Lyric poetry|Lyric]] – ** [[Ode]] – ** [[Epic poetry|Rhapsody]] – ** [[Song]] – ** [[Sonnet]] – ** [[Speculative poetry]] – * [[Prison literature]] – * [[Rhymed prose]] – ** [[Saj']] *** [[Maqama]] ** [[Fu (literature)]] ** [[Rayok]] ====Non-fiction==== [[Non-fiction]] * [[Autobiography]] – * [[Biography]] – * [[diary|Diaries and Journals]] – * [[Essay]] – * [[Literary criticism]] – * [[Memoir]] – * [[Outdoor literature]] – * [[Self-help|Self-Help]] – * [[Spiritual autobiography]] – * [[Travel literature]] – ==== Fiction genres ==== [[Fiction]] * [[Manga]] – * [[Adventure novel]] – * [[Airport novel]]s – * [[Comic novel|Comedy]] – * [[Parody]] – * [[Satire]] – *[[Crime fiction]] – ** [[Detective fiction]] – *** [[Hardboiled]] – *** [[Whodunit]] – ** [[Newgate novel]] – *[[Erotica]] – *[[Fable]] – *[[Fairy tale]] – *[[Family saga]] – *[[Gothic novel|Gothic]] – ** [[Southern Gothic]] – *[[Historical fiction]] – *[[Inspirational fiction]] – *[[Invasion literature]] – *[[Mystery fiction|Mystery]] – *[[Philosophical novel|Philosophical literature]] – :[[Inspirational fiction]] (religious literature) – *[[Psychological fiction]] – *[[Psychological thriller]] – *[[Romance (heroic literature)]] – *[[Romance novel|Romance]] – ** [[Historical romance]] – *** [[Regency romance]] – ** Inspirational romance – ** [[Paranormal romance]] – *[[Saga]] – *[[Speculative fiction]] – ** [[Alternate history]] – ** [[Fantasy]] – (for more details see [[Fantasy subgenres]], [[fantasy literature]]) *** [[Epic fantasy]] – *** [[Science fantasy]] – *** [[Steampunk]] – *** [[Urban fantasy]] – *** [[Weird fantasy]] – ** [[Horror fiction|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]] – *[[Sensation novel]] – *[[Slave narrative]] – *[[Thriller (genre)|Thriller]] – ** [[Conspiracy fiction]] – ** [[Legal thriller]] – ** [[Spy fiction|Spy fiction/Political thriller]] – ** [[Techno-thriller]] – *[[Western fiction]] –
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