What is the genre of Animal Farm?

The genre
ofis defined as a long work of prose . The first component of the genre is that it is written in
prose, as opposed to verse or poetry. The term "fiction" means that it is concerned
with imaginary people or events. Unlike such nonfiction genres as history or autobiography,
fictional works are not primarily focused on the lives or actions of real people. Short works of
prose fiction are called "short stories," medium length works are called novellas, and
long works (usually over 40,000 words) are called novels.

Another major
generic distinction is between novels and plays or dramas. A play consists primarily of dialogue
and is meant to be performed by actors pretending to be the characters the author has imagined.
A novel is designed to be read rather than performed and usually contains a mixture of dialogue
and narration.

There are many different types or "subgenres" of
novels. Animal Farm can be described as an "animal story" because
its main characters are animals, and as an "" because the animal characters represent
certain human character types. The use of animals to represent moral types of humans is
characteristic of the "," although traditional fables tend to be very short and
simple. Finally,himself referred to the work as a fairytale.