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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saga

Literature; Genre

Sagas are stories about ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history, about early Viking voyages, the battles that took place during the voyages, about migration to Iceland and of feuds between ...

Satire is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, ...

adventure fiction

Literature; Genre

Adventure fiction is a genre of fiction in which an adventure, an exciting undertaking involving risk and physical danger, forms the main storyline.

alien invasion

Literature; Genre

The alien invasion is a common theme in science fiction stories and film, in which extraterrestrials invade Earth either to exterminate and supplant human life, enslave it under a colonial system, ...

academic history

Literature; Genre

An academic history can mean a large, multivolume work such as the Cambridge Modern History, written collaboratively under some central editorial control. In the 19th century, the idea appeared in ...

alternate history

Literature; Genre

Alternate history or alternative reality is a genre of fiction consisting of stories that are set in worlds in which one or more historical events unfolds differently than it did in the real world. ...

antagonist

Literature; Genre

An antagonist is a character, group of characters, or institution that represents the opposition against which the protagonist or protagonists must contend. In other words, an antagonist is a person ...