Cov ntawv sau hauv zaj dab neeg yog keeb kwm tshwm sim thiab txhim kho cov kev sau ntawv uas sib koom ua ke los ntawm cov ntaub ntawv ib txwm muaj thiab ntau yam.
Lo lus ntawm hom ntawv (los ntawm Fabkis cov hom - genus, hom) hauv cov ntawv nyeem tuaj yeem siv rau cov pawg lus tsim tsim raws ntau yam ntxwv. Feem ntau cov feem ntau nws siv nyob rau hauv kev sib raug zoo rau kev ua haujlwm sib xyaw hauv cov ntsiab lus (comedy, kev xwm txheej, ua yeeb yam). Muaj kev faib tawm ntawm cov ntawv nyeem ntawm hom ntawv: ode, dab neeg, ua si, dab neeg, zaj dab neeg, thiab lwm yam. Thiab los ntawm kev yug los: epic (dab neeg, dab neeg, hais dab neeg, thiab lwm yam), lyric (ode, elegy, thiab lwm yam), lyric-epic (ballad thiab paj huam), ua yeeb yam (comedy, raug xwm txheej, ua yeeb yam). Lawv tuaj yeem muab faib ua ntau pawg - hom kab ke ntawm lub qhov ncauj pej xeem (zaj dab neeg, nkauj, epic) lossis cov keeb kwm me me ntawm cov dab neeg (kev sib cav, paj lug, ditty). Cov ntsiab lus ntawm Cov Ntawv Lavxias Yav Dhau Los muaj xws li: lub neej (qhia txog lub neej ntawm ntiaj teb thiab txiv plig), kev qhia, taug kev (piav qhia txog kev taug kev, feem ntau feem ntau mus rau qhov chaw dawb huv), tub rog hais dab neeg, lo lus (cov ntawv sau hais ntawm kev ua haujlwm ntawm kev qhia. xwm) thiab muaj keeb kwm.
Genre yog lub tswv yim dav ncaj ncees hauv kev tsim txuj ci. Txawm tias Aristotle, hauv nws cov lus qhuab qhia "Paj Cai", tau teeb tsa lub hauv paus rau kev faib theoretical ntawm kev ua haujlwm, tab sis txog tam sim no tsis muaj ib qho kev lees txais feem ntau ntawm cov ntsiab lus xws li genus, hom thiab hom. Yog li, raws li lub ntsiab ntawm etymological ntawm lo lus, koj tuaj yeem hloov genera nrog cov hom, thiab hom nrog cov ntawv. Nws yog qhov nyuaj dua los txheeb xyuas ib txoj ntsiab cai ntawm kev faib cov hom paj huam thiab cov lus hais rau hom thiab hom, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog xav tias qhov tseeb ntawm cov ntawv nyeem tau hloov tas li "hloov thiab hloov" thaum lub sijhawm. Txawm li cas los xij, ib qho tuaj yeem tawm ib qho uas nquag siv hloov pauv, qhov twg lub genus yog to taub raws li ib txoj hauv kev ntawm kev piav qhia (txaus ntshai, zaj nkauj lossis epic); nyob rau hauv cov ntawv sau cia - ib daim ntawv lossis lwm qhov kev ua yeeb yam, nkauj thiab kev ua haujlwm; nyob rau hauv hom ntawv nyeem - ntau hom qee yam haujlwm ntawm kev sau ntawv (keeb kwm tshiab, paj huam satirical).
