Akademisches IELTS (Band 5 und Darunter) - Literature

a writer who explores characters, events, and themes in depth through long narrative stories, particularly novels

Romanautor, Romanschriftsteller

a long written story that usually involves imaginary characters and places

Roman

a written piece with particularly arranged words in a way that, usually rhyme, conveys a lot of emotion and style

Gedicht, Dichtung

a written story that is meant to be performed on a stage, radio, or television

Theaterstück

spoken or written language in its usual form, in contrast to poetry

Prosa

a form of writing that has rhyme and is different form everyday language

Vers, Gedicht

a type of literature about unreal people, events, etc.

Fiktion, Roman

a type of literature that gives information based on real events and facts

Sachliteratur, Non-Fiction

the story of someone's life that is written by another person

Biografie

the story of the life of a person, written by the same person

Autobiografie

a complete story that is not long and can be read in a short time

Kurzgeschichte, Erzählung

a play with sad events, especially one that the main character dies at the end

Tragödie

a genre that emphasizes humor and often has a happy or lighthearted conclusion

Komödie, humoristisches Genre

a movie, novel, or play in which a crime takes place, especially a murder, and the story starts unraveling as it goes on

Mystery, Kriminalroman

the person who tells the story in a novel, poem, etc.

Erzähler(in)

someone who writes essays to be published

Essayist

an evil character in fiction or a motion picture

Bösewicht, Antagonist

someone who is morally good, especially a character in a movie, play or book

guter Charakter, guter Mensch

a critical evaluation and analysis of a book's content, style, and merit, written with the intention of informing potential readers and providing feedback to the author

Buchbesprechung, Buchkritik

a type of writing that uses special language, rhythm, and imagery to express emotions and ideas

Poesie

a person who writes pieces of poetry

Dichter(in)

a short piece of poem

Reim

a person or an animal represented in a book, play, movie, etc.

Charakter