A literary genre is a
genre of
literature, that is "a loose set of criteria for a category of literary composition", depending on
literary technique,
tone, or
content. The most general genres in literature are (in chronological order)
epic,
tragedy,
comedy,
novel, and
short story. They can all be in the genres
prose or
poetry, which shows best how loosely genres are defined. Additionally, a genre like
satire,
allegory or
pastoral might appear in any of the above, not only as a subgenre (see below), but as a mixture of genres. Finally, they are defined by the general
cultural movement of the
historical period in which they were composed. The concept of "genre" has been criticized by
Jacques Derrida.
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