Literary genres

Literary genres

1. Contemporary realistic fiction

   • Events/ problems/ situations may affect young adults in their process of maturing
     • plots, themes, settings and characters to reflect the world as we know it
       • Themes: maturing; romance; violence; crime; alcohol and drug abuse; disabilities; death; desease; accidents; suicide; sexuality; religion; etc

2. Adventure/ mystery / humor

   • Adveture: exciting; fast moving; plots set in realistic places
     • Mystery: promotes reasoning and problem solving; novels or short stories; suspense (you know) mystery (you dont know)
       • Humor: Affirmation of the resilience of humanity; strange or funny characters

3. Science fiction / fantasy / horror

   • Science fiction: external or extrapolated; different world; future; utopian / dystopian
     • Fantasy: magic world; roots in egends, myths and fairy tales; children´s fantasy (toy / animal) high fantasy (entire new world)
       • Horror: feeling of sth evil; dark / gothic f. (fantasy world); paranormal romance (romance with the ocult); supernatural h. ; romantic horror

4. Historical fiction

   • Truth of the past; not tied (set in the past) directy tied (real characters/ real events) mixture (set in the past real characters / event in the past fiticious characters)
     • Topics: clashes of cultures; wars ; natural disasters; surviving daily life

5. Biography

   • Series of facts; text written by sb else;
     • Pure biography: based on real facts; incudes eg letters
       • Fictionalized biography: invented events
         • Biographical fiction: more fiction, invented characters and places

6. Non fiction/ information

7. Poetry / drama / short stories

   • Poetry: elicit sensory images and deep emotional Types: narrative p; rhyming p; free verse; humorous p
     • Drama: neglected by young types: oral interpretations; story theater; readers theater; creative dramatics
       • Short story: Fully developed theme in short lenghts; single episode; limited characters; concise setting; conflict; stand on its own

8. Comic / graphic novels / picture books / magazines

   • Comic: combinations between images and text; series; miniseries; anual comics; one-shot comic
     • Graphic novel:more complex story in comic format; adult audience; political issues
       • Picture book: story telling with ilustrations
         • Magazines: appeal young adults; Webzine: wide range of options; websites: lenght variety