General concepts about the novel and its kin that apply across many works, including the novel as the extended prose fiction form, allegory as a narrative of hidden moral or political meaning, hybrid genre blending two or more genres, the retelling that reworks an earlier story, slice of life with its ordinary events, and the South Asian champu that joins prose to verse. A genre belongs here when its cited article describes a general form or narrative mode and not a regional tradition or a commercial market category. It excludes the named regional novel traditions and the popular genre novel forms.
Broad Forms and Narrative Modes of Fiction
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Allegory (Wikipedia)
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As a literary device or artistic form, an allegory is any narrative or visual work of art intended as symbolism for moral or political ideas.
Champu - Wikipedia
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Champu or campū-kāvya (Devanagari: चम्पूकाव्य) is a genre of literary composition in South Asian literature.
Hybrid genre - Wikipedia
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A hybrid genre is a literary or film genre that blends themes and elements from two or more different genres.
Retelling (Wikipedia)
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Retelling, in media studies and literary studies, is the production of a derivative work that is substantially based on an earlier work but that presents the story differently.
Slice of life - Wikipedia
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Slice of life is a depiction of mundane experiences in art and entertainment.
Novel (Wikipedia)
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A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book.
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