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LiteraryGenres
GeneralList

FictionGenres:

FairyTales

Definition:Literarygenrethatisastory,usuallyfor
children,aboutelves,hobgoblins,dragons,fairies,
orothermagicalcreatures.

Examples:HanselandGretal;Jackandthe
Beanstalk;TheUglyDuckling;TheShoemakerand
theElves;GoldilocksandtheThreeBears.

Fantasy

Definition:Literarygenrethatisanimaginativeor
fancifulwork,esp.onedealingwithsupernaturalor
unnaturaleventsorcharacters.

Examples:TheBookofThree,TheDarkIsRising,
FiveChildrenandIt,HalfMagic,TheHousewitha
ClockinItsWalls,AWrinkleinTime

FolkTales

Definition:Literarygenrethatisataleorlegend
originatingandtraditionalamongapeopleorfolk,
especiallyformingpartoftheoraltraditionofthe
commonpeople.Anybelieforstorypassedon
traditionally,especiallyoneconsideredtobefalse
orbasedonsuperstition.

Examples:Cinderella;LittleRedRidingHood;
PrincessFurball;WhyMosquitosBuzzinPeople’s
Ear;HowManySpotsDoesaLeopardHave?

TallTales

Definition:Literarygenrethatisanextravagantly
andhumorouslyexaggeratedstoryofthe
backwoodsexploitsofanAmericanfrontiersman.

Examples:JohnnyAppleseed;BillytheKid;Buffalo
Bill;PaulBunyan;DavyCrockett

Fable

Definition:Literarygenrethatisabriefallegorical
narrative,inverseorprose,illustratingamoral
thesisorsatirizinghumanbeings.Thecharactersof
afableareusuallyanimalswhotalkandactlike
peoplewhileretainingtheiranimaltraits.

Examples:TheBoyWhoCriedWolf;ThecityMouse
andtheCountryMouse;TheLionandtheMouse

Adventure

Definition:Literarygenrepertainingtoanexciting
orveryunusualexperience,participationin
excitingundertakingsorenterprises,abold,
usuallyriskyundertaking,orhazardousactionof
uncertainoutcome.

Examples:WildTimothy;TracksintheSnow;The
IncredibleJourney;IslandoftheBlueDolphins;
Hatchet;TheWhippingBoy;ThePrincessBride

Mystery

Definition:Literarygenrewhoseplotinvolvesa
crimeorothereventthatremainspuzzlingly
unsettleduntiltheveryend.

Examples:FlatfootFoxandtheCaseoftheMissing
Eye;NatetheGreatandtheStolenBase;TheCaseof
theHungryStranger;;DangerinTi