6 unknown literary genres

In the vast world of literature, both fiction and non-fiction encompass genres and sub-genres that, either because they belong to a certain geographical setting or because of limited diffusion, have gone unnoticed in recent years by some of us. Good proof of this are these 6 unknown literary genres among which the climate-fiction or even the oriental version of magical realism stand out.

Saga

When we read this word all those best sellers agglutinated in several installments such as Harry Potter or The Hunger Games. However, the literary origin of this term comes from the old Norse language, more specifically from an Icelandic culture that portrayed the stories of warriors, Vikings and other authorities of Norse cultures and Germanic more than seven hundred years ago. One of the best examples would be The Grettir Sagas, written in the thirteenth century.

Penny Dreadful

The famous series starring Eva Green has rescued many of the characters that included a literary genre that remains partially unknown to lovers of literature. Greatly successful in Victorian London, the publications "Penny Dreadful" were horror stories edited as supplements they could be bought for a penny (hence the "penny terrors"). One of the most famous characters in these collections was the barber Sweeney Todd, adapted for film in 2007 by Tim Burton.

Robinsonade

Possibly the content of this genre of adventures is familiar to you, but not the fact that their stories are known as Robinsonadas, a term that takes from the mythical Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dafoe when referring to those novels whose common concept addresses the loneliness of man faced with a hostile nature, far from civilization. Contemporary examples that draw from the novel published in 1719 would be The Lord of the Flies, by William Goldin or more recently Life of Pi, by Yann Martel.

cli-fi

Climate change is a phenomenon that has mobilized a literature that does not escape the potential of telling stories set in a dystopian future. The gender cli-fi (or climate-fiction) encompasses the melting of the ice caps or the rise of the oceans as epic resources when it comes to disengaging from science fiction by giving away works such as The Submerged World, by JGBallard, the more contemporary Solar by Ian McEwan or the recent Something, out there, by the Italian journalist Bruno Arpaia and published by the Alianza publishing house this month.

LaPrek

इश्क़ और राजनीति में घोषणा-पत्र और वादों का कुछ होता तो है नहीं…. # लप्रेक #Laprek@girindranath @RajkamalPrakshn pic.twitter.com/l0jZ0gGUBx

- Sudhakar Ravi (@TheSudhakarRavi) March 17, 2016

This is the story of a journalist named Ravish Kumar that he took a meter every day to get to work. During the journey, Kumar noticed the tendency of passengers to substitute books for their mobile phones, which is why he also began to use them. . . but to write 140-character micro-stories. Months later, the so-called gender LaPrek, or Laghu Prem Katha (Romantic Stories), patented by this journalist has not only revitalized the publishing industry in India, but confirms once again the potential of a micro literature born on the Internet ranging from haikus written on a Facebook wall to contests like #TwitterFiction.

chaouhan

Certain literary genres emerge as a response of a certain culture towards its own identity, and in the case of China, possibly one of the countries that has evolved the most in the last thirty years, this literary trend is called chaouhan (or ultra-unreal). Ultra-unreal realism emerges as a response to the magical realism of Latin America but based on the history of the Chinese giant and, especially, on its latest episodes of corruption: judges whose funeral is attended by four widows, politicians who take refuge in American embassies. . . Perceptions that confirm how reality can surpass fiction in a country whose accelerated social, political and cultural evolution has become the reason for an emerging literary movement during 2016.

These 6 unknown literary genres They include already known works and others that will be a surprise for readers eager for new narratives. In this way, it is confirmed that, in the XNUMXst century, literature can be appreciated in many new ways based on a successful concept, an era that will not return or even relying on new technologies.

Which of these unknown literary genres would you choose?

Do you know any little known literary genre that you want to share with us?