ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Historical fiction includes any books set in the past. That means your book can take place during the ice age, the American Civil War, World War II, or even 1970.

Detailed explanation-2: -folk literature, also called folklore or oral tradition, the lore (traditional knowledge and beliefs) of cultures having no written language.

Detailed explanation-3: -Historical Fiction is set in a real place, during a culturally recognizable time. The details and the action in the story can be a mix of actual events and ones from the author’s imagination as they fill in the gaps. Characters can be pure fiction or based on real people (often, it’s both).

Detailed explanation-4: -Informational text is a subset of the larger category of nonfiction (Duke & Bennett-Armistead, 2003). Its primary purpose is to inform the reader about the natural or social world. Different from fiction, and other forms of nonfiction, informational text does not utilize characters.