Narrative literature: Narrative literature is a literary work with narrative stories as its main form of expression. It creates images and expresses the author's thoughts and feelings by depicting characters, plots and environments. Narrative literature includes novels, narrative poems and essays.
Lyric literature: Lyric literature is a literary work that mainly expresses emotions. It expresses the author's feelings and thoughts by describing nature, characters and emotions, and creates an emotional atmosphere. Lyric literature includes poems, prose poems and so on.
Dramatic literature: Dramatic literature is a literary work with stage performance as its main form of expression. It expresses stories and characters, and expresses the author's thoughts and emotions through actors' performances and stage arrangements. Dramatic literature includes drama, opera and ballet.
After the May 4th New Culture Movement, it was generally classified as "three-way division" or "four-way division". The so-called "trisection" means that literary works are divided into three categories according to the different ways in which they create images. Narrative literature includes myths, epics, novels, narrative poems, reportage and biographical literature. Their * * * characteristics are telling stories and shaping characters.
Lyric literature includes lyric poetry and lyric prose, with the main feature of expressing the author's feelings. Drama literature is a script for stage performance, which reflects social life and shapes artistic image through the dialogue and action of roles.
? Basic characteristics of literature
1, language artistry, the language of literary works is artistic, it is not only a tool to convey information, but also a way to express emotions, thoughts and beauty. The language of literary works needs the aesthetic feeling of phonology, rhythm and rhythm, as well as the expressive force of images, metaphors and symbols.
2. Subjectivity. Literary works are the expression of the author's subjective thoughts and feelings, reflecting the author's understanding and feelings about the world. Therefore, literary works are strongly subjective, which is different from the description of objective facts, but expressed through the author's subjective feelings and imagination.
3, artistry, literary works is an art form, it needs artistry. The artistry of literary works is reflected in its structure, plot, characterization and language use. Artistry is an important feature of literary works, which makes literary works have aesthetic value and artistic value.
4. Emotion. Literary works are expressions of emotions, which express the emotions of the author and readers through words. The emotion of literary works is reflected in its theme, plot, characterization, language use and so on. Emotion is an important feature of literary works, which makes literary works infectious and appealing.
5. Ideological literary works are the expression of thoughts, which express the author's thoughts and readers' ideological literary works through words, which are reflected in their themes, plots, characterization, language use and so on. Ideological nature is an important feature of literary works, which makes literary works have ideological depth and enlightenment.