LITERARY GENRES

Romance

Medieval romance literature

Romance novels

Literature in the Romance languages

Comedy

Romantic Comedy

Comedy of Humors

Comedy of Manners

Drama

Tragedy

Farce

Melodrama

Satire

humor

irony

exaggeration

Tragedy

Tragic Comedy

Used loosely to describe any sort of disaster or misfortune

Blends aspects of both tragic and comic forms.

Blends aspects of both tragic and comic forms.

Novels of this type of genre fiction place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending.

Refers to any discourse or work generally intended to make people laugh: be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, television, film, stand-up comedy, or any other medium of entertainment.