This is a Guide to help the literature students to get the basic ideas regarding different genres in literature in an easy and understandable way. This book covers the history and characteristics of most of the genres in a short and crispy manner. This book will help the students in preparing for their university exam as well as competitive exams. This will also be quite useful for TET SET TRB and UGC NET English aspirants. This book mainly focusses on 1st UG students of MS University.