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{{Short description|Written works of art}} {{Literature}} <!--... Attention: THIS IS AN OUTLINE part of the set of 830+ outlines listed at [[Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines]]. Wikipedia outlines are a special type of list article. They make up one of Wikipedia's content navigation systems See [[Wikipedia:Outlines]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines]] for more details. Further improvements to this outline are on the way ...--> The following [[Outline (list)|outline]] is provided as an overview of and topical guide to literature: '''[[Literature]]''' – [[prose]], written or [[oral literature|oral]], including [[fiction]] and [[non-fiction]], [[drama]], and [[poetry]]. : ''See also the [[Outline of poetry]].'' {{TOC limit|limit=2}} == What <em>type</em> of thing is literature? == Literature can be described as all of the following: * [[Communication]] – activity of conveying information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast distances in time and space. ** [[Written communication]] (writing) – representation of language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols (known as a writing system).<ref>Peter T. Daniels, "The Study of Writing Systems", in ''The World's Writing Systems'', ed. Bright and Daniels, p. 3</ref> * Subdivision of [[culture]] – shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution, organization, or group. ** One of [[the arts]] – imaginative, creative, or nonscientific branch of knowledge, especially as studied academically.<ref>[http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/the-arts the arts]. CollinsDictionary.com. Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 11th Edition. Retrieved October 25, 2012.</ref> ==Essence of literature== * [[Composition (language)|Composition]] – * [[World literature]] – ==Forms of literature== {{See also|Literary genre}} ===Oral literary genres=== [[Oral literature]] * [[Oral poetry]] – ** [[Epic poetry]] – *** [[Legend]] – *** [[Mythology]] – *** [[Ballad]] – * [[Folklore|Folktale]] – * [[Oral Narrative]] – ** [[Oral History]] – ** [[Urban legend]] – ===Written literary genres=== {{Main|Poetry|Prose}} * [[Cordel literature|Cordel Literature]] * [[Children's literature]] – * [[Constrained writing]] – * [[Erotic literature]] – * [[Electronic literature]] – Literary fiction and poetry that uses the capabilities of computers and networks ** [[Digital poetry]] – ** [[Interactive fiction]] – ** [[Hypertext fiction]] – literary fiction written with hypertextual links ** [[Fan fiction]] ** [[Cell phone novel]] * [[Poetry]] (see that article for an extensive list of subgenres and types) ** [[Aubade]] – ** [[Clerihew]] – ** [[Epic poetry|Epic]] – ** [[Grook]] – form of short [[aphorism|aphoristic]] poem invented by the Danish poet and scientist [[Piet Hein (Denmark)|Piet Hein]], who wrote more than 7,000 of them. ** [[Haiku]] – form of short Japanese poetry consisting of three lines. ** [[Instapoetry]] ** [[Tanka]] – classical Japanese poetry of five lines. ** [[Lied]] – ** [[Limerick (poetry)|Limerick]] – a kind of a witty, humorous, or nonsense poem,<ref>Oxford English Dictionary (2d edition, 1989), s.v. Limerick.<br />Vaughn, Stanton. Limerick Lyrics. 1900. Retrieved from [https://books.google.com/books?id=CBJAAAAAYAAJ&dq=limerick&pg=PR3-IA3].</ref> especially one in five-line [[Anapaest|{{tooltip|2=Two short, unstressed syllables followed by one long stressed syllable.|anapestic}}]] or [[amphibrach|{{tooltip|2=One stressed syllable surrounded by two unstressed syllables.|amphibrachic}}]] [[meter (poetry)|meter]] with a strict [[rhyme scheme]] (aabba), which is sometimes obscene with humorous intent. ** [[Lyric poetry|Lyric]] – ** [[Ode]] – ** [[Epic poetry|Rhapsody]] – ** [[Song]] – ** [[Sonnet]] – ** [[Speculative poetry]] – * [[Prison literature]] – * [[Rhymed prose]] – ** [[Saj']] *** [[Maqama]] ** [[Fu (literature)]] ** [[Rayok]] ====Non-fiction==== [[Non-fiction]] * [[Autobiography]] – * [[Biography]] – * [[diary|Diaries and Journals]] – * [[Essay]] – * [[Literary criticism]] – * [[Memoir]] – * [[Outdoor literature]] – * [[Self-help|Self-Help]] – * [[Spiritual autobiography]] – * [[Travel literature]] – ==== Fiction genres ==== [[Fiction]] * [[Manga]] – * [[Adventure novel]] – * [[Airport novel]]s – * [[Comic novel|Comedy]] – * [[Parody]] – * [[Satire]] – *[[Crime fiction]] – ** [[Detective fiction]] – *** [[Hardboiled]] – *** [[Whodunit]] – ** [[Newgate novel]] – *[[Erotica]] – *[[Fable]] – *[[Fairy tale]] – *[[Family saga]] – *[[Gothic novel|Gothic]] – ** [[Southern Gothic]] – *[[Historical fiction]] – *[[Inspirational fiction]] – *[[Invasion literature]] – *[[Mystery fiction|Mystery]] – *[[Philosophical novel|Philosophical literature]] – :[[Inspirational fiction]] (religious literature) – *[[Psychological fiction]] – *[[Psychological thriller]] – *[[Romance (heroic literature)]] – *[[Romance novel|Romance]] – ** [[Historical romance]] – *** [[Regency romance]] – ** Inspirational romance – ** [[Paranormal romance]] – *[[Saga]] – *[[Speculative fiction]] – ** [[Alternate history]] – ** [[Fantasy]] – (for more details see [[Fantasy subgenres]], [[fantasy literature]]) *** [[Epic fantasy]] – *** [[Science fantasy]] – *** [[Steampunk]] – *** [[Urban fantasy]] – *** [[Weird fantasy]] – ** [[Horror fiction|Horror]] – *** [[Lovecraftian horror]] – *** [[Weird menace]] – ** [[Science fiction]] – (for more details see [[Science fiction genres and related topics]] *** [[Cyberpunk]] – *** [[Hard science fiction]] – *** [[Space opera]] – ** [[Supernatural fiction]] – *[[Sensation novel]] – *[[Slave narrative]] – *[[Thriller (genre)|Thriller]] – ** [[Conspiracy fiction]] – ** [[Legal thriller]] – ** [[Spy fiction|Spy fiction/Political thriller]] – ** [[Techno-thriller]] – *[[Western fiction]] – == Literature by region and country == === [[:Category:Asian literature|Asia]] === *[[East Asian literature]] **[[Chinese literature]] **[[Japanese literature]] **[[Korean literature]] **[[Mongolian literature]] **[[Taiwanese literature]] *[[South Asian literature]] **[[Bangladeshi literature]] **[[Bhutanese literature]] **[[Indian literature]] ***[[Assamese literature]] ***[[Bengali literature]] ***[[Bhojpuri language#Bhojpuri literature]] ***[[Indian English literature]] ***[[Gujarati literature]] ***[[Hindi literature]] ***[[Kannada literature]] ***[[Kashmiri literature]] ***[[Konkani literature]] ***[[Malayalam literature]] ***[[Maithili literature]] ***[[Meitei literature]] ***[[Marathi literature]] ***[[Mizo literature]] ***[[Nepali literature]] ***[[Odia literature]] ***[[Punjabi literature]] ***[[Rajasthani literature]] ***[[Sanskrit literature]] ***[[Sindhi literature]] ***[[Tamil literature]] ***[[Telugu literature]] ***[[Urdu literature]] **[[Maldivian literature]] **[[Nepalese literature]] **[[Pakistani literature]] **[[Sri Lankan literature]] *Southeast Asian literature **[[Brunei literature]] **[[Burmese literature]] **[[Cambodian literature]] **[[Indonesian literature]] **[[Literature of Laos|Laotian literature]] **[[Malaysian literature]] **[[Philippine literature]] **[[Singaporean literature]] **[[Thai literature]] **[[Timoran literature]] **[[Vietnamese literature]] *[[Central Asian literature]] **[[Kazakh literature]] **[[Kyrgyz literature]] **[[Tajik literature]] **[[Turkmen literature]] **[[Uzbek literature]] === [[European literature|Europe]] === {{see also|Western literature}} ** [[Albanian literature]] ** [[Andorran literature]] ** [[Armenian literature]] ** [[Aromanian literature]] ** [[Austrian literature]] ** [[Azerbaijani literature]] ** [[Basque literature]] ** [[Belarusian literature]] ** [[Belgian literature]] *** [[Flemish literature]] ** [[Bosnian literature]] ** [[Bulgarian literature]] ** [[British literature]] *** [[Cornish literature]] *** [[English literature]] *** [[Manx literature]] *** [[Jèrriais literature]] *** [[Scottish literature]] **** [[Scots-language literature]] **** [[Scottish Gaelic literature]] *** [[Literature of Northern Ireland|Ulster literature]] *** [[Welsh literature in English]] *** [[Welsh-language literature]] ** [[Croatian literature]] ** [[Cypriot literature]] *** [[Culture of Northern Cyprus#Literature|Turkish Cypriot literature]] ** [[Czech literature]] ** [[Danish literature]] *** [[Faroese literature]] *** [[Literature of Greenland|Greenlandic literature]] ** [[Dutch literature]] *** [[Frisian literature]] **[[Esperanto literature]] ** [[Estonian literature]] ** [[Finnish literature]] *** [[Åland#Literature|Åland literature]] ** [[French literature]] - also [[Francophone literature]] *** [[Breton literature]] *** [[Occitan literature]] ** [[Georgian literature]] *** [[Abkhaz literature]] *** [[Chechen literature]] *** [[Ossetian literature]] ** [[German literature]] ** [[Modern Greek literature|Greek literature]] ** [[Hungarian literature]] ** [[Icelandic literature]] ** [[Irish literature]] *** [[Gaelic literature]] *** [[Literature of Northern Ireland]] ** [[Italian literature]] *** [[Friulian literature]] *** [[Sardinian literature]] *** [[Venetian literature]] *** [[Western Lombard literature]] ** [[Kazakh literature]] ** [[Literature of Kosovo|Kosovar literature]] ** [[Latvian literature]] ** [[Liechtensteiner literature]] ** [[Lithuanian literature]] ** [[Luxembourg literature]] ** [[Macedonian literature]] ** [[Maltese literature]] ** [[Moldovan literature]] ** [[Monégasque literature]] ** [[Literature of Montenegro|Montenegrin literature]] ** [[Norwegian literature]] ** [[Polish literature]] ** [[Portuguese literature]] ** [[Romanian literature]] ** [[Russian literature]] ** [[Sammarinese literature]] ** [[Serbian literature]] ** [[Slovak literature]] ** [[Slovene literature]] ** [[Spanish literature]] *** [[Aragonese-language literature|Aragonese literature]] *** [[Asturian literature]] *** [[Catalan literature]] *** [[Galician-language literature]] ** [[Swedish literature]] ** [[Swiss literature]] ** [[Turkish literature]] ** [[Ukrainian literature]] ** [[Yiddish literature]] === Middle East and North Africa === **[[Afghan literature]] **[[Algerian literature]] **[[Arabic literature]] **[[Bahraini literature]] **[[Egyptian 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[[History of literature]] * [[History of the book]] * [[History of theater]] * [[History of science fiction]] * [[History of ideas]] * [[Intellectual history]] === Literature by written language === * [[Bronze Age literature]] ** [[Sumerian literature|Sumerian]] ** [[Ancient Egyptian literature|Ancient Egyptian]] ** [[Akkadian literature|Akkadian]] * [[Classical language|Classical literature]] ** [[Avesta]]n ** [[Chinese classics|Chinese]] ** [[Ancient Greek literature|Greek]] ** [[Hebrew literature|Hebrew]] ** [[Latin literature|Latin]] ** [[Pali literature|Pali]] ** [[Prakrit literature|Prakrit]] ** [[Sanskrit literature|Sanskrit]] ** [[Syriac literature|Syriac]] ** [[Sangam literature]] ** [[Middle Persian literature]] * '''[[Medieval literature]]''' ** [[Medieval Dutch literature]] ** [[Medieval French literature]] ** [[Byzantine literature]] ** [[Medieval Bulgarian literature]] ** [[Old English literature]] ** [[Middle English literature]] ** [[Medieval German literature]] ** [[Old Irish literature]] ** [[Old Norse literature]] ** [[Georgian literature]] ** [[Catalan literature]] ** [[Medieval Welsh literature]] ** [[Renaissance literature]] ** [[Early Modern literature]] ** [[Baroque literature|Baroque]] **[[English literature]] **[[French literature]] **[[German literature]] **[[Italian literature]] **[[Spanish literature]] ** [[Bengali literature]] ** [[Hindi literature]] ** [[Kannada literature]] ** [[Newari literature]] ** [[Telugu literature]] **[[Chinese literature]] **[[Japanese literature]] **[[Korean literature]] ** [[Arabic literature]] ** [[Persian literature]] ** [[Armenian literature]] ** [[Turkish literature]] ==== Literature by century ==== * [[Ancient literature]] - until the 6th century CE * [[Early medieval literature]] - 6th through 9th centuries * [[10th century in literature]] * [[11th century in literature]] * [[12th century in literature]] * [[13th century in literature]] * [[14th century in literature]] * [[15th century in literature]] * [[16th century in literature]] * [[17th century in literature]] * [[18th century in literature]] * [[19th century in literature]] * [[20th century in literature]] * [[21st century in literature]] ==== Literature by year ==== * [[List of years in literature]] * [[Table of years in literature]] ==General literature concepts== {{See also|Index of literary terms|Glossary of poetry terms}} *[[Book]] *[[Western canon]] – * Teaching of writing: ** [[composition studies|Composition]] – ** [[Rhetoric]] – *[[Poetry]] – ** [[prosody (poetry)|Prosody]] – ** [[Meter (poetry)|Meter]] – ** [[Scansion]] – ** [[Constrained writing]] – *[[Poetics]] – **[[Villanelle]] – **[[Sonnet]] – **[[Sestina]] – **[[Ghazal]] – **[[Ballad]] – **[[Blank verse]] – **[[Free verse]] – **[[Epic poetry]] – * [[Prose]] – ** [[Fiction]] – ** [[Non-fiction]] – ** [[Biography]] – * Prose [[genre]]s – ** [[Essay]] – ** [[Flash prose]] – ** [[Hypertext fiction]] – ** [[Journalism]] – ** [[Novel]] – ** [[Novella]] – ** [[Short story]] – *[[Theater]] – ** [[History of theater]] – *[[Rhetoric]] – ** [[Metaphor]] – ** [[Metonymy]] – ** [[Symbol]] – ** [[Allegory]] – * Basic procedural knowledge ** [[Poetry analysis]] – ** effective reasoning in argument writing * [[Narratology]] ** [[Frame tale]] – ** [[Anecdote]] – ** [[In Medias Res]] – ** [[point of view (literature)|Point of view]] – * [[Literary criticism]] – an application of [[literary theory]] ** [[Marxist literary criticism]] – ** [[Semiotic literary interpretation]] – ** [[Psychoanalytic literary interpretation]] – ** [[Feminist literary interpretation]] – ** [[New historicism]] – ** [[Queer literary interpretation]] – ==Literary awards== * [[List of literary awards]] * [[List of poetry awards]] ==Persons influential in the field of literature== * [[List of authors]] * [[:Category:Literary critics]] * [[List of writers]] ** [[List of women writers]] == Literature creation == * [[Author]] * [[Publishing|Publisher]] * [[Editing|Editor]] * 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