literary genre
C1829
concept
A literary genre is a category of written works defined by shared stylistic, thematic, or structural characteristics that shape readers’ expectations and interpretations.
All labels observed (41)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| literary genre canonical | 30 |
| literary fairy tale | 24 |
| literary concept | 15 |
| Southern Gothic novel | 13 |
| literary style | 9 |
| Bildungsroman | 7 |
| fiction | 6 |
| ethnic literature | 5 |
| magical realist novel | 5 |
| narrative genre | 5 |
| dramatic genre | 4 |
| literary journalism | 4 |
| magical realism novel | 4 |
| contemporary fiction | 3 |
| literary subgenre | 3 |
| Islamic literary genre | 2 |
| Southern Gothic literature | 2 |
| medieval literary genre | 2 |
| poetic genre | 2 |
| poetry genre | 2 |
| sentimental fiction | 2 |
| Decadent literature | 1 |
| LiteraryConcept | 1 |
| Literaturgattung | 1 |
| Lost Generation literature | 1 |
| Sanskrit literary genre | 1 |
| branch of Gothic literature | 1 |
| domestic literature | 1 |
| genre | 1 |
| genre of Urdu literature | 1 |
| genre of ancient Indian literature | 1 |
| genre of prophetic medicine works | 1 |
| literary fairy tale type | 1 |
| literary fiction | 1 |
| literary form | 1 |
| literary genre label | 1 |
| literary work category | 1 |
| literary work type | 1 |
| magic realism novel | 1 |
| narrative fiction category | 1 |
| ননসেন্স সাহিত্যিক | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
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Input
Class: literary genre
Generated description
A literary genre is a category of written works defined by shared stylistic, thematic, or structural characteristics that shape readers’ expectations and interpretations.
Instances (164)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Tristero | literary concept |
| History as a Novel, the Novel as History | literary concept |
| dirty realism | literary style |
| Child of God | Southern Gothic novel |
| The Orchard Keeper | Southern Gothic novel |
| Spontaneous prose | literary style |
|
Kitab al-Tibb al-Nabawi (Prophetic medicine works)
surface form:
Kitab al-Tibb al-Nabawi
|
genre of prophetic medicine works |
| The King of the Birds | fiction |
| Mountains of Heaven | literary concept |
| Wisdom Literature | — |
| Holocaust literature | — |
|
fairy tale "The Little Mermaid"
surface form:
The Little Mermaid
|
literary fairy tale |
| How the Leopard Got His Spots | literary fairy tale |
| Winesburg, Ohio | fiction |
| Peri Physeos | literary genre label |
| World War I poetry | poetry genre |
| Fantasy Beginning | literary concept |
| Dakhni Urdu ghazals | — |
| Dakhni Urdu masnavis | genre of Urdu literature |
| Mughal chronicles | — |
| Zen koans | literary form |
| Shakespearean tragedies | dramatic genre |
| In Cold Blood | literary journalism |
| Other Voices, Other Rooms | Southern Gothic novel |
| New Journalism | literary journalism |
| Golden Age detective fiction | — |
| socialist realism | literary style |
| Metaphysical poetry | literary style |
| Itihasa | Sanskrit literary genre |
| Who Do You Think You Are? | fiction |
| The Spy Coast | contemporary fiction |
| Asian American literature | ethnic literature |
| Free indirect discourse | literary concept |
| National Suicide Day | literary concept |
| New Weird | — |
| Mimiambi | literary work type |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Southern Gothic novel |
| LGBTQ Nonfiction | — |
| LGBTQ Poetry | — |
| Female Gothic | literary subgenre |
| Urban Gothic | — |
| Diecisiete ingleses envenenados | fiction |
| Jane Eyre | Bildungsroman |
| Purana | genre of ancient Indian literature |
| Wizard of the Crow | magical realist novel |
| Under the Frangipani | magical realist novel |
| O Último Voo do Flamingo | magical realist novel |
| Tartan Noir | literary subgenre |
| The Bear | Southern Gothic literature |
|
Winter's Tale (novel)
surface form:
Winter's Tale
|
magical realism novel |