YA Textbook Reflection Chapter 4

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Chapter 4: Genres and Formats
Summary: There are only two types of genres; Fiction and Nonfiction. Everything else is considered and subgenre both of which to not get confused with categories and formats.
    • Fiction
      • Realism
        • Realistic Modern Contemporary
        • Historical
      • Fantasy
        • Modern
          • Hard/Soft Science Fiction and High/Low Fantasy
        • Traditional
          • Folktale, Ballad, Fable, Legend, Myth, Fairy Tale
    • Nonfiction (Informational)
      • Biography
        • Autobiography: written about the span of a person's life
        • Memoir: written about a portion of a person’s life
      • Narrative Nonfiction: written in story form (Notorious Benedict Arnold)
      • Expository Nonfiction: books with facts
    • Categories and Subjects (NOT GENRES)
      • Chick Lit, Mystery, Guy Reads, Horror, Sports Fiction, Action/Adventure, Paranormal, War, Classics, Humor, Dystopia
    • Formats
      • Poetry, Drama, Novels, Chapter Books, Short Stories, Picture Books, Graphic Novels

Reflection/Response: Dr. Perry mentioned organizing your library by genrefying or the traditional way.  She encouraged listeners to research both pros and cons of each method but focused on organizing a library the traditional way rather than genrefying a library.  Simply for the fact that there are too many sections that one book could be stored if your library was indeed organized by genres. For example you might think that a certain book needs to be in the war section, but the reader might only think to look for that book in the dystopian section.  Another great example is the Twilight series being found in the romance section when a boy might want to read it, but then be reluctant to check it out simply for the fact that it’s in “girl books”. I personally follow a handful of librarian Facebook pages and always come across librarians genrefying their library and speak about how much more circulation of books happen because of it.  I always leaned toward genrefying my books when I get my own library. My thought process was, the more books being circulated the more books being read. But after going through chapter 4 of this textbook with Dr. Perry’s video, I now realize I might need to do a little more research before I make my decision. Her explanation on there only being two genres is really compelling. I also just learned about categories and formats within a library and how not to get those confused with genres.  Categories and formats make more sense in order to have two genres only.

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