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Parent topics

• Culture [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Culture (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.

Subtopics

Genres

• Children's literature [r]: Fiction and poetry written specifically for children, entertaining rather than didactic ^[e]
• Drama [r]: A type of literature, especially plays, meant to be delivered in spoken performance on stage. ^[e]
• Epic [r]: A type of poem, usually describing the heroic exploits of a character with a narrative story important to the culture and history of a people. ^[e]
• Fairy tale [r]: A story with magical or supernatural elements, in either oral tradition or written literature. ^[e]
• Fantasy [r]: A speculative artistic genre involving the supernatural. ^[e]
• Folklore [r]: The body of myths, legends, and traditional beliefs of a people or the study of those beliefs. ^[e]
• Gothic novel [r]: A form of fiction which became popular in England in the second half of the eighteenth century involving elements of the supernatural designed to give a pleasing frisson of terror to the reader. ^[e]
• Haiku [r]: A Japanese poem containing of three lines with five, seven, five syllables, respectively. ^[e]
• Historical novel [r]: A form of fiction which places its fictional characters in historical settings where they interact with the real people of the time. ^[e]
• Mystery [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Nature writing [r]: Literature of natural world subjects. ^[e]
• Novel [r]: A work of prose fiction of extended length. ^[e]
• Poetry [r]: A form of literary work which uses rhythm, metre, and sound elements (such as assonance or dissonance) to structure, amplify, and in some instances supplant the literal meanings of words. ^[e]
• Romance literature [r]: A medieval verse or prose story concerning often concerning love or acts of chivalry in somewhat of a fantasy setting. ^[e]
• Science fiction [r]: A story-telling genre that presents alternatives to what is currently considered scientifically possible or that extrapolates from present-day knowledge. ^[e]
• Short story [r]: A short work of fiction. ^[e]
• Young adult literature [r]: Add brief definition or description

National literatures

• American literature [r]: The novels, plays, poetry, and other creative written work of the American people, from Colonial times to the present. ^[e]
• English literature [r]: Literature of the British isles written in English. ^[e]
• French literature [r]: Novels, poetry, essays and plays written in the French language from the earliest years until the present day ^[e]
• German literature [r]: Novels, poetry, essays and plays written in the German language from the earliest stages (ca. 9^th century) until the present day ^[e]
• Japanese literature [r]: Novels, poetry, essays and plays written in the Japanese language from the earliest years until the present. ^[e]
• Russian literature [r]: Add brief definition or description