Literature

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Literature is a body of verbal works, written or oral, related by subject-matter, by language or place of origin, or by dominant cultural standards. Literally translated, the word means "acquaintance with letters" (from Latin littera letter). In Western culture the most basic written literary types include poetry and prose, fiction and non-fiction.

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Contents 1 History 2 Forms of Literature 3 Genres 4 Creators 5 Literary techniques

[edit] History

[edit] Forms of Literature

[edit] Genres

These are the main genres with some subgenres

• Adventure
• Biography: Autobiography
• Crime
• Drama
• Epic
• Fantasy
• Horror
• Humor
• Mystery
• Poetry
• Realism: Magical
• Science Fiction: Cyberpunk, Hard SF, Soft SF, Far Future, Utopian, Interstellar Travel
• Travel

[edit] Creators

In general, the creators of literature are known as authors. Authors can be younger than 6 years old or older than 60. They come from all over the world and various backgrounds. Other terms for writers include authors, poets, playwrights.

[edit] Literary techniques

Some of the techniques writers use include

• character development
• red herring
• deus ex machina