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   Hierarchy of Associated Concepts Facet .... Associated Concepts Facet
   Hierarchy of Associated Concepts (hierarchy name) ........ Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
   Hierarchy of <concepts in the arts and humanities> ............ <concepts in the arts and humanities>
   ................ <genres in literature and performing arts>
   Hierarchy of biography (general genre) .................... biography (general genre)
   ........................ autobiography (genre)
   ........................ fictional biography [N]
   ........................ hagiography (genre)
   Hierarchy of comedy (general genre) .................... comedy (general genre)
   ........................ commedia dell'arte
   ........................ kyogen
   ........................ screwball comedy [N]
   ........................ zarzuela
   Hierarchy of fiction (general genre) .................... fiction (general genre)
   ........................ autofiction
   Hierarchy of crime fiction ........................ crime fiction
   ........................ fantasy fiction
   ........................ fictional biography
   ........................ psychological fiction
   ........................ pulp fiction
   ........................ romantic fiction (popular fiction)
   ........................ science fiction
   ........................ spy fiction
   ........................ young adult fiction
   Hierarchy of <genres for literature> .................... <genres for literature>
   Hierarchy of adventure stories ........................ adventure stories
   ........................ allegories (literary genre)
   ........................ anecdotes
   ........................ animal stories
   ........................ aphorisms
   ........................ ballads (literary genre)
   ........................ benedictions (literary genre)
   ........................ bianwen
   ........................ Bible stories
   Hierarchy of biographies (literary genre) ........................ biographies (literary genre)
   ........................ botanical literature
   ........................ burlesques (literary genre)
   ........................ cautionary tales
   Hierarchy of children's literature ........................ children's literature
   ........................ Christmas stories
   ........................ comedies (literary genre)
   ........................ commentaries
   Hierarchy of dialogues ........................ dialogues
   Hierarchy of drama (literary genre) ........................ drama (literary genre)
   ........................ epic literature
   ........................ epigrams
   ........................ epistles
   ........................ erotic stories
   ........................ essays
   ........................ fables
   ........................ fairy tales
   Hierarchy of fantasies (literary genre) ........................ fantasies (literary genre)
   Hierarchy of folk tales ........................ folk tales
   ........................ ghost stories
   ........................ gospels
   Hierarchy of histories (literary genre) ........................ histories (literary genre)
   Hierarchy of instructional literature (moral guidance works) ........................ instructional literature (moral guidance works)
   ........................ jātakas
   ........................ jokes
   ........................ kavya
   ........................ letters to the editor
   ........................ literary forgeries
   ........................ literature (general genre)
   ........................ logia (literary genre)
   ........................ maxims
   ........................ memoirs
   ........................ midrash
   ........................ mock heroic literature
   ........................ monographs
   Hierarchy of mythology (literary genre) ........................ mythology (literary genre)
   Hierarchy of narratives (literary works) ........................ narratives (literary works)
   Hierarchy of natural history literature ........................ natural history literature
   ........................ novellas
   Hierarchy of novels ........................ novels
   ........................ nursery rhymes
   ........................ opuscules
   ........................ oral histories (literary genre)
   ........................ origins stories (literary genre)
   ........................ parables
   ........................ passions (literary genre)
   ........................ plays (literary genre)
   Hierarchy of <poetry and poems> ........................ <poetry and poems>
   ........................ polemics
   Hierarchy of popular literature ........................ popular literature
   Hierarchy of prayers (literary genre) ........................ prayers (literary genre)
   ........................ prose poems
   ........................ prosopographies
   ........................ proverbs
   ........................ religious literature (genre)
   ........................ reminiscences
   ........................ romances (medieval narratives)
   ........................ satires (literary genre)
   ........................ sayings (literary genre)
   ........................ school stories
   ........................ sea stories
   ........................ short stories
   ........................ stories (literature genre)
   ........................ stories in rhyme
   ........................ sutras
   ........................ tracts (literary genre)
   ........................ tragedies
   Hierarchy of travel literature ........................ travel literature
   ........................ treatises
   ........................ truisms
   ........................ utopian literature
   ........................ visionary literature (dream literature)
   ........................ western (literary genre)
   Hierarchy of <genres for motion pictures> .................... <genres for motion pictures>
   ........................ actuality (genre)
   Hierarchy of animated film ........................ animated film
   Hierarchy of documentary film ........................ documentary film
   ........................ film noir
   ........................ Grindhouse
   ........................ horror film
   ........................ melodrama (motion picture genre)
   ........................ Neorealism (motion picture genre)
   ........................ process (motion picture genre)
   ........................ profile (motion picture genre)
   ........................ science-fiction film
   ........................ screwball comedy
   ........................ slapstick comedy
   ........................ swashbuckler
   ........................ travelog (performed works genre)
   ........................ trick film (genre)
   ........................ western (motion picture genre)
   Hierarchy of <genres for performing arts> .................... <genres for performing arts>
   ........................ acrobatics
   ........................ acting
   ........................ dance (performing arts genre)
   ........................ frevo
   ........................ illusion (performing art)
   ........................ mime (performing art)
   Hierarchy of music (performing arts genre) ........................ music (performing arts genre)
   ........................ music theater (performing arts genre)
   ........................ public speaking
   Hierarchy of puppetry (performing art) ........................ puppetry (performing art)
   ........................ religious drama
   ........................ singing (perfoming arts genre)
   ........................ spoken word
   ........................ storytelling
   ........................ street theater (performing art)
   Hierarchy of theater (performing arts genre) ........................ theater (performing arts genre)
   ........................ tightrope walking
   ........................ vaudeville
   .................... nonfiction (general genre)
   .................... <temporary alphabetical list: genres in literature and performing arts>
   .................... tragedy (general genre)
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