Genre+Descriptions

Please review the following descriptions.
 * The Fiction Section of our Media Center is organized by Genres **

A**dventure** is a genre of novels that have adventure, travel, an exciting undertaking involving risk and physical danger, as its main theme. R**omance** novels in this genre place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending."
 * Animal ** fiction may have animals as the main characters or playing a central role in the story.
 * Classic ** s The idea of a classic implies something that has continuance and consistence, and which produces unity and tradition, fashions and transmits itself, and endures. “//Your// classic author is the one you cannot feel indifferent to, who helps you define yourself in relation to him, even in dispute with him.” Italo Calvino
 * Family Issues ** deals with books that have conflicts between either siblings or parent and child. The books in our collection deal mostly with young adults.
 * Fantasy ** is a genre of fiction that uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting . Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common.
 * Historical fiction ** tells a story that is set in the past. That setting is usually real and drawn from history, and often contains actual historical persons, but the principal characters tend to be fictional.
 * Horror fiction ** is a genre of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror . Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural.
 * Humor** is a work of fiction in which the writer not only seeks to amuse the reader, but also to make the reader think about controversial issues, sometimes with subtlety and as part of a carefully woven narrative.
 * Inspirational ** **fiction** its main purpose is to use the example of a change in the life of a major character to inspire readers to think that such changes are possible in their lives, as well. This section also includes faith based literature.
 * Multicultural fiction ** includes stories about characters in different countries around the word. The books located here mostly have young adult characters facing challenges in their countries.
 * Mystery fiction ** is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction — in other words a novel or short story in which a detective (either professional or amateur) investigates and solves a crime mystery.
 * Science fiction ** is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible (or at least non- supernatural ) content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel , aliens , and paranormal abilities.
 * Sports fiction ** is a literary genre that focuses on the theme of sports and athletics in general.
 * Suspense** contains a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty , anxiety , thrills, excitement , tension, terror . Literary devices such as red herrings and cliffhangers are used extensively.
 * War** genre is a novel in which the primary action takes place in a field of armed combat or the home front where the characters are preoccupied with the preparations for, or recovery from, war.
 * Western fiction** is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century.
 * Young Adult** The vast majority of YA stories portray an adolescent as the protagonist, rather than an adult or a child. Themes in YA stories often focus on the challenges of youth, so much so that the entire age category is sometimes referred to as problem novels or coming of age novels.

Most definitions from wikipedia.