LITERARY FORMS

 

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Literary Forms

Literary forms refer to the structure or style in which a literary work is written. These are broad categories that define how content is presented and can be divided mainly into three primary forms: prose, poetry, and drama—each with subcategories. Some are -

1. Autobiography - story of one's own life.

2. Biography - story of someone else's life.

3. Comedy - writing that deals with life in a humorous way, usually poking fun at others.

4. Drama - also referred to as a play, has dialogues to share its message.

5. Essay - short piece of non-fiction expressing writer's opinions and shares information about a subject.

6.  Fable - short story using talking animals as main characters and gives an explicit moral. [ Ex.- Panchatantra]

7. Fantasy - story set in an imaginary world and characters have supernatural powers or abilities.

8. Folktale - orally transferred story from one generation to another.

9. Historical fiction - a made-up story on real time and place in history, facts are mixed up with fiction.

10. Myth - traditional story intended to explain mystery of nature, religious doctrine or cultural belief.

11. Novel - book-length fictional prose.

12. Poetry - literary work using concise, colourful, rhythmic language to express ideas or emotions.

13. Prose - literary work using familiar spoken form of language. 

14. Realistic fiction - writing showing life in its actual form, with all the hardships coming as an event in the fiction.

15. Science fiction - writing on real or imaginary scientific developments, which is often set in future.

16. Short story - a piece of fictional writing which is shorter than novel.

17. Tall tale - humorous, exaggerated story which is based on real life of a person.

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