Prose writing that is based on facts real events and real people such as biography or history.

Example of prose nonfiction biography. 5 Main Literature Genres. The sections of this course will compare various examples of how people have represented their own lives the lives of others and sometimes both. Memoir biography autobiography journalism magazine articles newspaper stories case studies even witness statements and such.

Non-fiction refers to books based on fact. The writing of nonfictional prose should not entail the tension the monotony and the self-conscious craft of fiction writing. It is a very broad category of literature.

And historical scientific technical or. In science the term is used in both ways. A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis.

Best examples of non-fiction books embody The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Bossypants by Tina Fey Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. Defining nonfictional prose literature is an immensely challenging task. As used in a broad sense.

In the 4th century BC Aristotle wrote the Poetics a typology and description of literary forms with many specific criticisms of contemporary works of art. The search for le mot juste the precise word so fanatically pursued by admirers of Flaubert and Maupassant is far less important in nonfictional prose than in the novel and the short story. Books shelved as nonfiction-biography.

Non-fiction texts are informative or persuasive pieces of writing across a broad range of topics. Though this list is tentative most if not all of these texts in various media will be part of the course. Nonfictional prose any literary work that is based mainly on fact even though it may contain fictional elements.