Genre

Genre

Established categories of literary works or other forms of art or entertainment that are based on some set of stylistic criteria or conventions.

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paranormal fiction

Literature; Genre

Paranormal fiction is a genre of fiction whose storylines revolve around the paranormal.

paranormal romance

Literature; Genre

Paranormal romance is a sub-genre of both romantic fiction and speculative fiction. Paranormal romance focuses on romantic love and includes elements beyond the range of scientific explanation, ...

A parody, in current use, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on or trivialize an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of satiric or ironic imitation. ...

past tense

Literature; Genre

The past tense is a grammatical tense whose principal function is to place an action or situation in past time. In languages which have a past tense, it thus provides a grammatical means of ...

patristics

Literature; Genre

Patristics or Patrology is the study of the Early Christian writers who are designated Church Fathers. The names derive from the combined form of Latin pater and Greek patḗr (father). The period is ...

people's history

Literature; Genre

A people's history, history from below, or folk history is a type of historical narrative which attempts to account for historical events from the perspective of common people rather than political ...

performance

Literature; Genre

A performance, in performing arts, generally comprises an event in which a performer or group of performers behave in a particular way for another group of people, the audience. Choral music and ...