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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Metahistorical Romance is a term describing postmodern historical fiction, defined by Amy J. Elias in Sublime Desire: History and Post-1960s Fiction. Elias defines metahistorical romance as a form of ...

metaphysics

Literature; Genre

Metaphysics is a traditional branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world that encompasses it, although the term is not easily defined. Traditionally, ...

military science fiction

Literature; Genre

Military science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction featuring the use of science fiction technology, mainly weapons, for military purposes and normally principal characters that are members of ...

milesian tale

Literature; Genre

The Milesian tale originates in ancient Greek and Roman literature. According to most authorities, it is a short story, fable, or folktale featuring love and adventure, usually being erotic and ...

moral

Literature; Genre

A moral is a message conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event. The moral may be left to the hearer, reader or viewer to determine for themselves, or may be explicitly encapsulated in ...

monster literature

Literature; Genre

Monster literature is a genre of literature that combines good and evil and intends to evoke a sensation of horror and terror in its readers by presenting the evil side in the form of a monster.

flash fiction

Literature; Genre

Flash fiction is a style of fictional literature or fiction of extreme brevity. There is no widely accepted definition of the length of the category. Some self-described markets for flash fiction ...