Welcome to Literary Genres!


This wiki is a resource for secondary teachers as they think about ideas for teaching specific literary genres created by English education students at Western Michigan University.

According to Wikipedia, "the distinctions between genres and categories are flexible and loosely defined, often with subgroups." How should teachers approach traditional genres, such as poetry, short stories, drama and novels, as well as the enormous variety of subgenres.

Subgenres include: epic, sonnet, haiku, lyric, historical fiction, epistolary novel, young adult fiction, adventure novel, romance, memoir, graphic novel, slave narrative...


Some resources beyond this wiki include Read, Write, Think, Kim's Korner, Education World IRA