Categories: Genres | Literary genres | Literature Cover of An autobiography, from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write, is a biography written by the subject or composed conjointly with a collaborative writer (styled as told to or with). The term dates from the late eighteenth century, but the form is much older. ... This is an article on biographies. ... Jane Frank: illustration from Thomas Yoseloffs The Further Adventures of Till Eulenspiegel (1957). ... Constrained writing is a literary technique in which the writer is bound by some condition that forbids certain things or imposes a pattern. ... == c programming[[a--203. ... Erotic literature is a literary genre that either takes the form of erotica written to arouse the reader, or to give instruction in sexual technique. ... An essay is a short work of writing that treats a topic from an authors personal point of view. ... Fiction (from the Latin fingere, to form, create) is storytelling of imagined events and stands in contrast to non-fiction, which makes factual claims about reality. ... The adventure novel is a literary genre of novels that has adventure, an exciting undertaking involving risk and physical danger, as its main theme. ... The Road to Omaha by Robert Ludlum contains elements of self-parody not often found in airport novels, but the back cover still promised byzantine treachery and relentless action. Airport novels represent a literary genre that is not so much defined by its plot or cast of stock characters, as... A comic novel is a work of fiction in which the writer seeks to amuse the reader: sometimes with subtlety and as part of a carefully woven narrative, sometimes above all other considerations. ... Parody of Back to the Future In contemporary usage, a parody is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... 1867 edition of the satirical magazine Punch, a British satirical magazine, ground-breaking on popular literature satire. ... Sherlock Holmes, pipe-puffing hero of crime fiction, confers with his colleague Dr. Watson; together these characters popularized the genre. ... Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction that centers upon the investigation of a crime, usually murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur. ... Hardboiled crime fiction is a uniquely American style pioneered by Dashiell Hammett, refined by Raymond Chandler, and endlessly imitated since by writers such as Mickey Spillane. ... A whodunit or whodunnit (for Who done it? and sometimes referred to as a Golden Age Mystery novel) is a complex, plot-driven variety of the detective story in which the puzzle is paramount. ... The Newgate novels (or Old Bailey novels) were novels published in England from the late 1820s until the 1840s that were thought to glamorise the lives of the criminals they portrayed. ... Erotica (from the Greek language Eros - love) — are works of art, including literature, photography, film, sculpture and painting, that deal substantively with erotically stimulating or arousing descriptions. ... In its strict sense a fable is a short story or folk tale embodying a moral, which may be expressed explicitly at the end as a maxim. ... A fairy tale is a story, either told to children or as if told to children, concerning the adventures of mythical characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and others. ... The family saga is a genre of literature which chronicles the lives and doings of a family or a number of related or interconnected families over a period of time. ... A frame story (also frame tale, frame narrative, etc. ... Strawberry Hill, an English villa in the Gothic revival style, built by seminal Gothic writer Horace Walpole The gothic novel was a literary genre that belonged to Romanticism and began in the United Kingdom with The Castle of Otranto (1764) by Horace Walpole. ... Southern Gothic is a subgenre of the Gothic writing style, unique to American literature. ... A historical novel is a novel in which the story is set among historical events, or more generally, where the time the action takes place in predates the time of the first publication -- distinguish and contrast the genre of alternate history. ... Inspirational writing includes a personal philosophy that attempts to persuade the reader to incorporate into his or her own life. ... The Battle of Dorking (1871) triggered an explosion of invasion literature. ... Mystery fiction is a distinct subgenre of detective fiction that entails the occurrence of an unknown event which requires the protagonist to make known (or solve). ... Philosophical novels are works of fiction in which a significant proportion of the novel is devoted to a discussion of the sort of questions normally addressed in discursive philosophy. ... Inspirational writing includes a personal philosophy that attempts to persuade the reader to incorporate into his or her own life. ... The psychological novel is a type of novel supposed to have originated with Giovanni Boccaccio in 1344 CE, in La Fiammetta. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... As a literary genre, romance or chivalric romance refers to a style of heroic prose and verse narrative current in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. ... Regency romances are a subgenre of romance novels set during the period of the English Regency or early 19th century. ... Paranormal romance is a literary subgenre of speculative fiction, blending together themes from the genres of traditional fantasy, science fiction, or horror. ... Look up saga in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Speculative fiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Alternate history (fiction) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... The fantasy genre has spawned many new subgenres with no clear counterparts in the myths or folklore upon which the tradition of fantasy storytelling is based, although inspiration from mythology and folklore remains a consistent theme. ... Fantasy literature is fantasy in written form. ... High fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy fiction that is set in invented or parallel worlds. ... Science fantasy is a mixed genre of story which contains some science fiction and some fantasy elements. ... A rocket lands on the moon in Le Voyage dans la Lune, the film adaptation of Jules Vernes From the Earth to the Moon. ... Contemporary fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy, also known as contemporary urban fantasy, modern-day fantasy, or indigenous fantasy. ... Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the reader. ... Lovecraftian horror is a sub-genre of horror which emphasizes the psychological horror of the unknown (in some cases, unknowable) over gore or other elements of shock, which may still be present. ... Weird menace is the name given to a sub-genre of horror fiction that was popular in the pulp magazines of the 1940s and 1950s. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Science fiction themes. ... Berlins Sony Center in Potsdamer Platz reflects the global reach of a Japanese corporation. ... Hard science fiction, or hard SF, is a category of science fiction characterized by an emphasis on scientific detail and/or accuracy. ... Classic pulp space opera cover, with the usual cliche elements. ... Supernatural fiction is a classification of literature used to describe fiction exploiting or requiring as plot devices or themes some contradictions of the commonplace natural world and materialist assumptions about it. ... The sensation novel was a literary genre of fiction popular in Great Britain in the 1860s and 1870s. ... The slave narrative is a literary form which grew out of the experience of enslaved Africans in the New World. ... Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, and television. ... Particularly since the 1960s, conspiracy theory has been a popular subject of fiction. ... The legal thriller is a sub-genre of the detective story in which the major characters are lawyers and their employees. ... The genre of spy fiction — sometimes called political thriller or spy thriller or sometimes shortened simply to Spy-fi — arose before World War I at about the same time that the first modern intelligence agencies were formed. ... Techno-thrillers are a hybrid genre, drawing subject matter generally from spy thrillers, war novels, and science fiction. ... Western fiction is a genre of literature that is typically set in any of the American states west of the Mississippi River and between the years of approximately 1860 and 1900. ... Literary criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. ... As a literary genre, a memoir (from the Latin memoria, meaning memory) forms a subclass of autobiography, although it is an older form of writing. ... Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact. ... Oral history is an account of something passed down by word of mouth from one generation to another. ... Oral history is an account of something passed down by word of mouth from one generation to another. ... Outdoor literature is a literature genre about or involving the outdoors. ... The Chinese poem Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by Emperor Gaozong (Song Dynasty) Poetry (from the Greek , poiesis, making or creating) is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning. ... Look up Aubade in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A Clerihew (or clerihew) is a very specific kind of humorous verse, typically with the following properties: The first line consists solely (or almost solely) of a well-known persons name The verse is humorous and usually whimsical, showing the subject from an unusual point of view; but it... The epic is a broadly defined genre of poetry, and one of the major forms of narrative literature. ... Haiku )   is a mode of Japanese poetry, the late 19th century revision by Masaoka Shiki of the older hokku ), the opening verse of a linked verse form, haikai no renga. ... Lied (plural Lieder) is a German word, literally meaning song; among English speakers, however, it is used primarily as a term for European classical music songs, also known as art songs. ... // Lyric poetry is a form of poetry that does not attempt to tell a story, as do epic poetry and dramatic poetry, but is of a more personal nature instead. ... Ode (Classical Greek: ) is a form of stately and elaborate lyrical verse. ... Look up rhapsody in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (commonly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). ... A limerick is a five-line poem with a strict meter, popularized by Edward Lear and Charlie Murphy. ... Francesco Petrarca or Petrarch, one of the best-known of the early Italian sonnet writers For the Saab automobile, see Saab Sonett, for the Japanese communications company see So-net. ... Also variously called science fiction poetry or SF poetry or fantastic poetry, speculative poetry is to poetry roughly what speculative fiction is to fiction. ... Travel literature is literature which records the people, events, sights and feelings of an author who is touring a foreign place for the pleasure of travel. ...