Analysing fiction: Fiction text types

Question 1

What are the different types of fiction texts?

Answer 1

Prose.
Poetry.
Drama.

Question 2

What genres are there within prose fiction?

Answer 2

Science fiction (or sci-fi).
Historical action.
Romance fiction.
Bildungsroman.

Question 3

What does the genre science fiction rely on?

Answer 3

Writer’s imagination.

Question 4

What different forms of prose fiction are there?

Answer 4

Short stories: tell complete story in few thousand words. Limited number of characters. Sometimes more about conveying atmosphere than plot. Leave questions unanswered for reader to think about.
Novellas: mid-way in length. 1 plot-line. Not always divided into chapters.
Novels: relatively modern form of literature. Often number of different plot lines which can support or contrast each other. Usually have several characters + their stories. Often divided into chapters. Normally tie up all loose ends by end of book.