Character, plot and environment are the three elements of a novel. The plot generally includes four parts: beginning, development, climax and ending, and some also include prologue and ending. Environment includes natural environment and social environment. Novels can be divided into novels, novellas, short stories and mini-novels (short stories) according to their length and capacity. According to the performance content, it can be divided into myth, science fiction, case-solving, legend, martial arts, romance, fan, official and so on. According to the system, it can be divided into chapter novels, diary novels, epistolary novels and autobiographical novels. According to language forms, it can be divided into classical Chinese novels and vernacular novels.
Novel, poetry, prose and drama are also called "four major literary genres".
According to the content and theme
1. Myth novel
Endless sky lantern
Novels with mythical expressions or mythical themes originated from the oral creation of primitive ancestors in ancient times. At that time, there were a lot of ancient myths about "conquering nature, dominating nature and visualizing natural forces with imagination or imagination". In fact, this is a fairy tale created by human beings. The representative work of oriental classic fairy tales: The Journey to the West in Wu Cheng'en.
2. Martial arts novels
It can also be called martial arts novels, represented by Jin Yong, and can be regarded as male romance and inspirational novels. During the Republic of China, especially since the May 4th Movement, due to the impact of foreign cultures, the development of China's novels showed a diversified trend. The representative figures are six schools, including Lu Ba Lao Cao and Yuanyang Butterfly School. 1930, Li Shoumin began to serialize the novel The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan in Tianjin Tianfeng Daily under the pseudonym of the landlord of Zhu Huan. Since then, there has been a martial arts style in Southeast Asia, and then it has reached its peak in Jin Yong's work "The Legend of the Condor Heroes Eight Dragons".
3. Horror novels [3]
Including "Ghost Blowing Lights" and "Notes on Grave Robbery"
Fantasy novel-ghosts blow out candles
Use plot or language to scare readers.
4. Romance novels
Including many, such as harem, travel, city, youth campus and so on. , with the theme of describing love and feelings. For example, concubines in the harem, translators in the city, lovers in the youth campus and so on.
5. Detective mystery novels
A mystery novel refers to a novel in which there are enough clues in the description of the story for readers to infer the ending, or it can be inferred by the "detective" in the novel without reasoning.
6. Historical novels
Historical novels are usually separated from military novels. Strictly speaking, historical novels are mainly based on historical records, re-describing and portraying historical figures and events. Historical novels appearing on the Internet are mostly time-travel novels based on the ancient history of China. Walking on thin ice, acting as an agent for imperial concubine 1 1, etc.
7. Science fiction
This is a novel based on existing scientific theories, not fiction. For example, Three-body.
8. Online game novels
The product of the new era comes from online games. For example, love O2O and so on.
9. Fantasy novels
Very different from science fiction. Many of them are imaginative, and most of them are more oriental, such as China.
According to the school of doctrine
Classical novel
satirical novel
Realistic novels
Critical realistic novels
Romantic novel
Naturalistic novels
Formalism novel
Expressionist novels
Existentialist novels
stream-of-consciousness novel
New novel school
Magic Realism
According to the form of expression
Epistolary style [4]? Novel [3]
Diary novel
Dialogue novels [5]
autobiographical novel
According to the creative progress
uninterrupted
The whole novel