ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Genres. Genres are often divided into subgenres. Literature is divided into the classic three forms of Ancient Greece, poetry, drama, and prose. Poetry may then be subdivided into the genres of lyric, epic, and dramatic.

Detailed explanation-2: -A subgenre is a smaller and more specific genre within a broader genre. Each genre can contain several subgenres, and there can even be additional more niche types within other subgenres. Every primary genre can be thought of as a family with its various subgenres populating its family tree.

Detailed explanation-3: -Genre categorizes literary works based on specific shared conventions, including style, mood, length, and organizational features. These genres are in turn divided into subgenres. Western literature is typically subdivided into the classic three forms of Ancient Greece, poetry, drama, and prose.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some resources will cite only two genres: fiction and non-fiction, though many classics will argue that fiction and non-fiction can, and do, both fall under poetry, drama or prose.

Detailed explanation-5: -Drama. Stories composed in verse or prose, usually for theatrical performance, where conflicts and emotion are expressed through dialogue and action. Fable. Fairy Tale. Fantasy. Fiction. Fiction in Verse. Folklore. Historical Fiction. More items