Literary Genres

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Literary Genres

• With an emphasis on books we have read in our
  class this semester
• This is NOT a comprehensive list

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Literary Genres
Out of the Dust
The Skin Im In
The Giver
Weetzie Bat
Hiroshima No Pika
Hiroshima and the First Atom Bomb
NON-FICTION
POETRY
DRAMA
FICTION
Realism
Fantasy
Informational books
Science fiction
Contemporary realism
Historical fiction
High fantasy
Narrative non-fiction
Multicultural or international literature
Magical Realism
Dystopias
Fictionalized biography
Biographical fiction
Authentic biography
Talking animals, small people, supernatural,
other worlds and many others
Fictionalized history
Historical fiction, historical realism
Authentic history