Chapter 3 Genres and Formats


In this chapter, we learn that genres “might not be what you think”. We tend to mislead students when teaching genres. Here is why:

There are essentially two Genres fiction and nonfiction.

Fiction has two subgenres: realism and fantasy. Realism is than broken down into realistic: modern contemporary and historical. Fantasy is then broken into modern and traditional. These two can both be specified. The modern side includes high fantasy, soft science fiction, hard science fiction and low fantasy. Hard science fiction is when science is the main part of the story, where as soft science fiction is when the character plays a big role in the story. High fantasy is when whole worlds are created like languages. Low fantasy books are books that include fantasy but its children are able to recognize more of the setting.  Traditional consist of folktale, fairytale, myth, fable and legend.

Nonfiction is broken into many informational sets like Biography, autobiography, memoir, narrative nonfiction, expository. The difference between autobiography and memoir is when you are reading autobiography, you are reading about their whole life, where as a memoir you are reading about a certain part.

There are many categories and subjects that are sometimes mistaken for genres, these include chick lit, horror, mystery, guy reads, sport fiction, action/ adventure, paranormal, war, classics, humor and dystopia.

Formats

The types of formats include poetry, drama, novels, chapter books, short stories, picture books and graphic novels. You will sometimes see these as a genre, which is another misconception.

Reflection:

This chapter was really eye opening. There are many misconceptions about genres that I too didn’t know. As a librarian, it is very important to know what truly is a genre and what are categories, subject and formats. When the format were discussed and presented, I was really able to understand the differences between genres and formats.

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