Genre

Entertainment / Literature / Genre: A type or category of literature or film marked by certain shared features or conventions. The three broadest categories of genre include poetry, drama, and fiction. These general genres are often subdivided into more specific genres and subgenres. For instance, precise examples of genres might include murder mysteries, westerns, sonnets, lyric poetry, epics, tragedies, etc. Many bookstores and video stores divide their books or films into genres for the convenience of shoppers seeking a specific category of literature.
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Genre Noun Synonyms: kind, sort, type, class, style, brand, character, category, genus, species, variety, fashion
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Tzu

Entertainment / Literature / Tzu: A Chinese genre of poetry invented during the t'ang period. It was akin to a song libretto with a tonal pattern similar to the lu-shih, but with irregular meter. This term should not be confused with MORE

Uta

Entertainment / Literature / Uta: Another term for the Japanese genre of poetry also called a waka or tanka. See discussion under tanka. MORE

Lai

Entertainment / Literature / Lai: (plural lais, also spelled lay) A short narrative or lyrical poem, usually in octosyllabic couplets, intended to be sung. Helen Cooper called the genre the 'mini-Romance' since the typical theme and c MORE