From Latin word 'literratura' of literratus', versed in literature, culture, writings having excellence of form or expression and presenting idead of permanent or universal interest
Literature
The body of written works produced in a particular language, country, age
Literary Genre
Category of literary composition
Prose and Poetry
The two major divisions of literature
Prose
A literary medium distinguished from poetry especially by its greater irregularity and variety ofrhythm and its closed resemblance to the patterns of everday speech
Poetry
Writing that formulate a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in langugae chosen and arranged to create response through its meaning, sound, and rhythm
Narrative Poetry Genres
Ballad
Metrical tale
Metrical
Romance
Epic
Lyric Poetry Genres
Elegy
Ode
Sonnet
Song
Dramatic Poetry Genres
Monologue
Tragedy
Comedy
Melodrama
Farce
Character sketch
Soliloquy
Short Story
Fictitious narrative compressed into one unit of time, place, and action; Deals with a single character in interest; Distinguished from a novel by its length, characters and plot
Novel
Long, diction narrative with a complicated plot. Usually made up of chapters
Prose Drama
Play written in prose form
Prose Epic
Epic written in epic form
Ballad
A song, originally transmitted orally, tells a story
Metrical Tale
Simple, straightforward story written in verse
Metrical Romance
Adventures, love and chivalry
Epic
Long narrative poem of the largest proportions. Tlae mainly about a hero concerning the beggining
