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  2. Verse drama and dramatic verse - Wikipedia

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    Literature portal. v. t. e. Verse drama is any drama written significantly in verse (that is: with line endings) to be performed by an actor before an audience. Although verse drama does not need to be primarily in verse to be considered verse drama, significant portions of the play should be in verse to qualify. [1]

  3. Vignette (literature) - Wikipedia

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    Literature, Novel, Poetry. A vignette ( / vɪnˈjɛt / ⓘ, also / viːnˈ -/) is a French loanword expressing a short and descriptive piece of writing that captures a brief period in time. [1] [2] Vignettes are more focused on vivid imagery and meaning rather than plot. [3]

  4. Narrative poetry - Wikipedia

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    Narrative poetry. Narrative poetry is a form of poetry that tells a story, often using the voices of both a narrator and characters; the entire story is usually written in metered verse. Narrative poems do not need to rhyme. The poems that make up this genre may be short or long, and the story it relates to may be complex.

  5. List of writing genres - Wikipedia

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    List of writing genres. Writing genres (more commonly known as literary genres) are categories that distinguish literature (including works of prose, poetry, drama, hybrid forms, etc.) based on some set of stylistic criteria. Sharing literary conventions, they typically consist of similarities in theme/topic, style, tropes, and storytelling ...

  6. Short story - Wikipedia

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    Short stories date back to oral storytelling traditions which originally produced epics such as the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, and Homer 's Iliad and Odyssey. Oral narratives were often told in the form of rhyming or rhythmic verse, often including recurring sections or, in the case of Homer, Homeric epithets. Such stylistic devices often acted ...

  7. Literature - Wikipedia

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    In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include oral literature, also known as orature [3] much of which has been transcribed. [4] [5] Literature is a method of recording, preserving, and transmitting knowledge and entertainment, and can also have a social, psychological, spiritual, or political role.

  8. Drama - Wikipedia

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    Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television. Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's Poetics (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory.

  9. Dalit literature - Wikipedia

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    Dalit literature is a genre of Indian writing that focuses on the lives, experiences, and struggles of the Dalit community, who have faced caste-based oppression and discrimination for centuries. [1] [2] [3] This literature encompasses various Indian languages such as Marathi, Bangla, Hindi, [4] Kannada, Punjabi, [5] Sindhi, Odia and Tamil and ...