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through the constitution of "the relation between the hero of the work and ourselves or the laws of nature." He also uses the juxtaposition of the "real" and the "ideal" to categorize the genres of romance (the ideal), irony (the real), comedy (transition from real to ideal), and tragedy (transition
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2523:Epic poetry
2244:Time travel
2057:Red herring
2042:Plot device
2013:Frame story
1966:Cliffhanger
1909:Tritagonist
1884:Protagonist
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1258:tragicomedy
1177:epic poetry
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499:Non-fiction
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342:Short story
212:spoken word
202:Performance
175:heroic epic
3070:Literature
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2654:Picaresque
2629:Historical
2614:Epistolary
2486:Fairy tale
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2379:Exposition
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2077:Stereotype
2047:Plot twist
1795:Antagonist
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973:literature
810:Postmodern
745:historical
684:Villanelle
565:Travelogue
560:Persuasive
540:Journalism
518:philosophy
485:Historical
453:paranormal
413:Children's
286:Electronic
160:fairy tale
125:Literature
69:newspapers
2816:Narration
2765:Superhero
2689:Chivalric
2674:Religious
2659:Political
2594:Adventure
2579:Biography
2501:Tall tale
2349:Structure
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2202:Leitmotif
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2125:Backstory
2082:Story arc
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302:Anthology
257:narrative
207:audiobook
165:folk play
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2726:Southern
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2207:Metaphor
2165:parallel
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2140:Dystopia
2097:Suspense
1983:Dialogue
1971:Conflict
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1851:Hamartia
1728:"Genres"
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1372:See also
1325:notebook
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1076:forensic
1068:Rhetoric
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1008:pastoral
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800:Medieval
735:Libretto
664:Limerick
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596:Children
525:Anecdote
508:Academic
448:military
269:Nonsense
170:folksong
150:Folklore
99:May 2022
2952:Prequel
2908:Related
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1914:Villain
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1333:novella
1306:sonnets
1289:fiction
1250:tragedy
1095:tragedy
1087:Poetics
1085:In the
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826:Outline
790:Ancient
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316:romance
281:Ergodic
197:Oration
190:proverb
83:scholar
2956:Sequel
2940:Retcon
2935:Reboot
2899:Future
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2721:Gothic
2706:Satire
2624:Erotic
2491:Legend
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2174:Utopia
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2481:Fable
2459:Drama
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2254:Style
2222:Motif
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