There are different Types of story Among which are fantastic, children, police, realistic, comic, horror and mystery, among others.
He story Is a short story with a simple argument. It does not have many characters and is usually fictional. Stories can be transmitted orally or via written. Although traditionally, they were transmitted orally.
There are two variants of short stories, popular stories and literary tales. Folk tales are narratives of imaginary facts, and often have several versions that change the details, but keep the same structure.
Within these stories we have the subtypes of fairy tales, stories of animals and customs. Literary stories are transmitted by writing and usually have a known author, there is only one version of the story.
These literary works are characterized by their structure. The Parts of the story Are the introduction, the knot and the denouement.
In the introduction the characters of the story are presented and the bases are laid so that the knot makes sense In the knot is where the plot of the story unfolds through a bankruptcy in the introduction .
It is also known as development. And the link or end is where the solution to the problem is posed and the story ends.
Main types of stories
1- Fantastic
These stories are characterized by being impregnated with fantastic elements. They can be magic, epic, futuristic, etc.
They are tales of unusual facts that escape reality, but always have a logical explanation and, despite including fantastic data, do not usually leave rationality.
This type of stories have characters that are perceived as normal throughout history, such as witches, dragons, fairies...
Use imprecise expressions to determine the time and place. The quintessential phrase to start a fantastic story is"Once upon a time".
Within the Fantastic stories We can also distinguish:
- Fairy tales: They have characters like fairies, goblins, gnomes... and are directed mainly to a children's audience
- Science fiction stories They are about scientific or pseudoscientific subjects, but always from the fantastic point of view. They focus on the future, space travel, artificial life, etc. They have characters as diverse as aliens, mutants and robots.
2- Children
These stories are dedicated to children, so they often tell fantastic stories and happy.
They are distinguished from fantastic books because language is much simpler, and many of them are used as teaching materials to introduce social values , Moral or religious.
3- Policemen
Within this genre of stories are told facts related to crime and justice. As a general rule they have to do with the resolution of a crime.
Within the police genre we can distinguish two types of narration, the white and the black. In the white narration, the police are correct and it fulfills its duty to catch the delinquent.
On the other hand, in the black narration, the policeman infiltrates the lines of crime and delves into the criminal group to get the criminal.
4- Realistic
This genre of stories is characterized by presenting stories that seek to be credible through real events.
They do not pursue verisimilitude, since stories are invented by the author. But this, specifies the place and time where the story unfolds and provides clear and precise descriptions.
The characters are characteristic because they are commonplace. The flaws and virtues of them can be easily guessed and their personality is easy to understand.
5- Terror
These stories seek to infuse the fear or the chill in the readers through subjects like the death, catastrophes, crimes, etc.
The best known author of horror stories is Edgar Allan Poe . It was one of the precursors of this genre. They seek to inculcate a psychological terror not only for the story itself, but for the atmosphere that creates the story.
Together with Poe, we find Lovecraft As one of the greatest exponents of horror stories, which has generated a wave of followers and the whole world of role-playing, through tales of cosmic horror known as the Myth of Cthulhu.
6- Comedy
These are stories that represent festive or comic situations. Its main task is to entertain the reader of the story through a happy story and in many cases, funny.
The central plot of these stories usually revolves around the defects of the main character or characters, and how this influences the society around him provoking comical situations that make the reader laugh.
Also, they include verbal jokes throughout the story that provoke a relaxed and funny climate for readers of this genre.
7- Mystery
They are stories that draw readers through a mysterious plot in which they have to maintain attention. Try to keep the tension of what will happen next and how the story will end.
They are stories of paranormal events, magic plots and even issues of cops and crimes in which the mystery remains until the end.
8- Historical
These stories are characterized by being located within a particular historical context. It does not mean that they tell the story happened, but it is based on real facts to maintain the plot invented by the author.
9- Microrrelates
It is a short story in which a story is told. This type of story is characterized by needing an active reader, who is able to maintain the rhythm of the story that is narrated through a simple structure, characters not characterized and schematic spaces.
These stories often have a chalice of irony, parody or humor. That they are short does not mean that they use few lines, but that they are concise.
It is important a good title to explain the subject of the micro-story and that many explanations are not necessary in the body of the story.
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