See also Legit, Ep 1.06: “Family” explores how a comic gets started, while providing glimpses into Jim and Steve's past “For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo,” William Shakespeare wrote in his tragedy drama, “Rome and Juliet” and indeed, he and his Elizabethan contemporaries were the ones who produced the most successful and famous tragedy dramas that survived the test of ages. Much of the works of tragedy serves to question the role of man in the universe and plays a historic role in the self-definition of the Western civilization. Tragedy is a branch of drama written in a serious style that focuses on human suffering or tragic events, brought into motion most often by a heroic individual. Some examples of famous literary classics are “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott, “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll and “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens. These books pertain to a particular time period and place, and are deemed to have literary merits Humorist writer Mark Twain once said, “Classic – a book which people praise and don’t read.” Perhaps that was true during his time but today, classics are some of the most commonly read books and are widely taught in most schools. Remember, many of these books can be fitted under several different genres. We have, however, tried our best and listed some of the most common types of genres below. Genres of Fiction BooksĪs mentioned before, the subcategories of fiction are too many to count. The most common types of books that make up nonfictional works are biographies, autobiographies, almanacs and encyclopedias.
Also, unlike fiction books, nonfiction books have relatively few genres. The polar opposite of fictional books, nonfiction books are based on facts, true accounts of history and real events. See also Reel to Real: The Art of Realism in 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' Nonfiction
Fictional books are often synonymously categorized under the umbrella term of “novel.” The category of fiction is immense and has a huge plethora of sub-divisions or genres, which is both a boon and a curse for bookworms. The great thing about fiction is that it could be inspired or partially borrows from real-life situations, but that is as far as it could go. Types of BooksĪll books can be broadly classified under two main categories: fiction and non-fiction FictionĪ work of fiction is one that is derived from the imagination. Case in point: “Gulliver’s Travels” by Jonathan Swift falls under classic, fantasy, satire, and adventure. To make matters even more confusing, most works of fiction fall under more than one genre. Patterns of speech for a tragedy would not be appropriate for a comedy, for example. Each genre has a specific, distinct style relating to theme, content, tone, details, and intensity. The genre system first began as a classification process for ancient Geek literature, including poetry, prose, and performance. In all honesty, there are so many genres to choose from, that there are many who have a preferred genre for every mood.Ī genre is a category or style of literature, music, art and other forms of entertainment. In fact, just the genres and sub-genres are so many that they are impossible to list down.Īll book lovers have their own favorite genre - in fact, multiple favorite genres.
If you consider the thousands of different books available in the world, the adage, “So many books, so little time” takes on a completely new meaning.
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