Literature cycle
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A literature cycle is a group of literary works connected by recurring characters, settings, events, themes, or a shared narrative world. The works may be composed by one author or may develop through contributions from several writers over a long period.
Such cycles can include poems, prose narratives, legends, romances, sagas, or plays. Individual works may stand alone while also forming part of a larger sequence that expands the history, mythology, or development of the subject.
Literary cycles often grow through repetition and variation. Stories may retell earlier events, add new episodes, shift attention to different characters, or reorganise older traditions into a more coherent body of material.
Examples are commonly found in epic and medieval literature, where related tales become grouped around a hero, dynasty, war, place, or legendary history. The boundaries of a cycle can remain flexible because different manuscripts, adaptations, and traditions include different works.
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