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The word literature in a general sense means the collection
of all written word about a subject.
For example, the literature of stamp collecting includes:
- books on stamp collecting
- journals on stamp collecting
- newspapers on stamp collecting
- any other thing written about stamp collecting in just about any format.
However, as an art form, literature is written art: works, either
on verse or prose, that stem from a creative process.
As with every art form, what is and is not art is matter of debate, and changes with time and space, so the listing that
follows doesn't mean that every work in that category is a
work of art.
Forms
- The novel
- [The play]? (see also Theater)
- The short story
- The poem
- Comics
Genres
- Autobiography?
- Bildungsroman?
- Biography
- Detective
- Mystery?
- Fantasy
- Satire
- Science fiction
- Spy fiction
- The Slave narrative
- Horror
- Gothic?
Literary figures (note that many of these figures will fit in more than one category. If an author is not listed in every relevant place, please feel free to correct it)
- Novelists
- Poets
- Dramatists
- Short story authors
- Critics?
Also see cultural movements for literary movements.
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