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A literary genre is one of the divisions of literature into genres according to particular criteria such as literary technique, tone, or subject matter (content). Literary genres are also categories of marketing, literary criticism and consumption .One of the areas in the study of literature is the difference between literary fiction on the one hand and genre fiction or escapist fiction on the other .
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Subgenres
Genres are often divided into sub-genres. Literature can be organized according to the "poetic genres" and the "prose genres". Poetry might be subdivided into epic, lyric, and dramatic, while prose might be subdivided into fiction and non-fiction. Further subdivisions of dramatic poetry, for instance, might include comedy, tragedy, melodrama, and so forth. This parsing into subgenres can continue: "comedy" has its own genres, for example, including farce, comedy of manners, burlesque, and satire. ,
Many times, the criteria used to divide up works into genres are not consistent, leading to works that belong to more than one genre. Romance and mystery are marked out by their plots, and Western by its setting, which means that a work can easily be a Western romance or Western mystery.
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List of literary genres
Autobiography
Biography
Children's literature
Constrained writing
Diaries and Journals
Erotic literature
Essay
Fiction
Adventure novel
Airport novels
Crime fiction, Detective fiction
Erotica
Fable
Fairy tale
Family Saga
Frame story
Gothic
Southern Gothic
Historical fiction
Inspirational fiction
Invasion literature
Legal thriller
Mystery
Psychological novel
Psychological thriller
Romance
Historical romance
Regency romance
Inspirational romance
Paranormal romance
Time travel romance
Saga
Satire
Speculative fiction
Alternate/Alternative history
Fantasy (for more details see Fantasy subgenres)
Epic fantasy
Science fantasy
Steampunk
Urban fantasy
Horror
Science fiction (for more details see Science fiction genres and related topics)
Cyberpunk
Hard science fiction
Space opera
Sensation novel
Slave narrative
Spy fiction/Political thriller
Thriller
Western
Memoir
Non-fiction
Oral Narrative (Oral History)
Outdoor literature
Poetry (see that article for an extensive list of sub-genres and types)
Aubade
Clerihew
Epic
Haiku
Lied
Lyric
Ode
Rhapsody
Song
Sonnet
Speculative poetry
Travel literature
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