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	Genre, a French ~~word translating into~~ kind or ~~type,~~ is the literary device that tells what category of literature a work falls within. ~~Works~~ are ~~characterized into a certain genre depending the type of~~ subject matter ~~they focus on~~. ~~It can tell whether~~ the ~~work is fiction or nonfiction. Since many types~~ of ~~fiction and nonfiction exist~~, ~~genre can also go deeper and specify types such as~~ comedy, ~~tragedy, epic poetry~~, and ~~science fiction within those categories~~. Genres have to allow for some flexibility as some works do not fit clearly into one category or another.		Genre is a French term for "a kind, a literary type or class" (Barnet 120). It is the literary device that tells what category of literature a work falls within. Harmon states that works are most commonly grouped according to three major characteristics--form, technique, or subject matter. Cudden says that the major traditional genres consisted of epic, tragedy, lyric, comedy, and satire. In modern days, the novel and short story were added to this listing. Genres have to allow for some flexibility as some works do not fit clearly into one category or another. Harmon states that many successful works are hybrids of different types of genres. He uses the prose poem, nonfiction novel, and television movies just to name a few.


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	== Works Cited ==		== Works Cited ==

	~~Belton~~, ~~Robert~~. ''~~Words~~ of ~~Art~~''. ~~2002~~.		Barnet, Sylvan. ''A Dictionary of Literary, Dramatic, and Cinematic Terms.'' 2nd ed. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1971.

	~~"Genre~~.~~" '~~'~~Merriam-Webster~~'~~s Encyclopedia~~ of ~~Literature~~''~~. 1995 ed~~.		Cudden, J.A. ''A Dictionary of Literary Terms.'' Great Britain: Penguin Books, 1979.

	~~Murfin~~, ~~Ray~~. ''~~The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms~~''. ~~2003~~.		Harmon, William and C. Hugh Holman. ''A Handbook to Literature.'' 7th ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1996.

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Genre, a French word translating into kind or type, is the literary device that tells what category of literature a work falls within. Works are characterized into a certain genre depending the type of subject matter they focus on. It can tell whether the work is fiction or nonfiction. Since many types of fiction and nonfiction exist, genre can also go deeper and specify types such as comedy, tragedy, epic poetry, and science fiction within those categories. Genres have to allow for some flexibility as some works do not fit clearly into one category or another.

“Yellow Woman” by Silko and “To Build a Fire” by London are both examples of fictional short stories. ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' by Harper Lee is an example of a fictional novel.

== Works Cited ==

Belton, Robert. ''Words of Art''. 2002.

"Genre." ''Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature''. 1995 ed.

Murfin, Ray. ''The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms''. 2003.

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