Literature is prose, written or oral, including fiction and non-fiction, drama and poetry. See also: outline of poetry.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to literature:
[edit] Essence of literature
[edit] Forms of literature
[edit] Oral literary genres
- Epic poetry - Legend - Mythology - Ballad - other forms of oral poetry - Folktale - Oral Narrative (Oral History) - Urban legend
[edit] Written literary genres
Main articles:
Poetry and
Prose - Aubade - Clerihew - Epic - Haiku - Lied - Lyric - Ode - |Rhapsody - Song - Limerick - Sonnet - Speculative poetry
- Saj' (Maqama) - Fu (literature) - Rayok
[edit] Non-fiction
Main article:
Non-fiction - Autobiography - Biography - Diaries and Journals - Essay - Frame Narrative - In Medias Res - Literary criticism - Memoir - Outdoor literature - Spiritual autobiography - Travel literature
- Parody - Satire
- Detective fiction (Hardboiled, Whodunit) - Newgate novel
- Southern Gothic
- Inspirational fiction - Religious literature
- Historical romance (Regency romance) - Inspirational romance - Paranormal romance
- Alternate history - Fantasy (for more details see Fantasy subgenres; fantasy literature) (Epic fantasy, Science fantasy, Steampunk, Urban fantasy, Weird fantasy) - Horror (Lovecraftian horror, Weird menace) - Science fiction (for more details see Science fiction genres and related topics) (Cyberpunk, Hard science fiction, Space opera) - Supernatural fiction
- Conspiracy fiction - Legal thriller - Spy fiction/Political thriller - Techno-thriller
[edit] History of literature
- History of the book - History of theater - History of science fiction - History of ideas - Intellectual history - Literature by country
[edit] General literature concepts
- Prosody - Meter - Scansion - Constrained writing
- Villanelle - Sonnet - Sestina - Ghazal - Ballad - Blank verse - Free verse - Epic poetry
- Fiction - Non-fiction - Biography
- Essay - Flash prose - Journalism - Novel - Novella - Short story
- History of theater
- Metaphor - Metonymy - Symbol - Allegory
- Basic procedural knowledge
- Poetry analysis - effective reasoning in argument writing
- False document - Frame tale - Anecdote - Point of view
- Marxist literary criticism - Semiotic literary interpretation - Psychoanalytic literary interpretation - Feminist literary interpretation - New historicism - Queer literary interpretation
[edit] Literary scholars and literary critics
- See also Category:Literary critics
[edit] Literature lists
- List of basic literature topics - List of authors - List of books - List of literary awards - List of literary terms - List of prizes, medals, and awards for literary prizes - List of women writers - List of writers - List of literary genres
[edit] See also
[edit] External links