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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young-adult fiction

Literature; Genre

Young-adult fiction or young adult literature (often abbreviated as YA), also juvenile fiction, is fiction written, published, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, although recent studies ...

Yuri, also known by the wasei-eigo construction girls' love, is a Japanese jargon term for content and a genre involving love between women in manga, anime, and related Japanese media. Yuri focuses ...

vampire literature

Literature; Genre

Vampire literature covers the spectrum of literary work concerned principally with the subject of vampires. The literary vampire first appeared in 18th century poetry, before becoming one of the ...

absurdist fiction

Literature; Genre

Absurdist fiction is a genre of literature, most often employed in novels, plays, or poems that focuses on the experiences of characters in a situation where they cannot find any inherent purpose in ...

parallel universe

Literature; Genre

A parallel universe or alternative reality is a hypothetical self-contained separate reality coexisting with one's own. A specific group of parallel universes is called a "multiverse", ...

romantic fantasy

Literature; Genre

Romantic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy fiction, describing a fantasy story using many of the elements and conventions of the romance genre. One of the key features of romantic fantasy involves the ...