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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:

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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