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Literary Works Related to Genre Fiction
According to Wikipedia (2006), works that are fiction and often come in the form of a novel or short story with the purpose of placing into a certain literary genre to appeal to a certain group or fans is referred to genre fiction. It was known from the very beginning of literature that there are different groups or categories of literary works. Narrative, dramatic, and lyric forms were the divisions of poetry in ancient times (Forbes, 1998). Narrative poetry was often an epic and was not sung or recited, dramatic poetry had two divisions which led to tragedy and comedy, and Aristotle started categorizing genres based solely on the ending and the design of the literary work (Forbes, 1998). There are several different...
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