Biographical literature is the product of the combination of history and literature, and it is a literary style that artistically reproduces the life stories and personalities of real individuals.

(2) The characteristics of biography: authenticity and literariness.

(3) By biographical object: autobiography and other biographies.

(4) The nature and function of biographical literature:

Nature:

1, historic, authentic and scientific;

2. literature and art.

Function:

1, social function; 2. Educational awareness; 3. Aesthetic function.

(5) the form of biography:

Literary biography, critical biography, textual research, biographical memoir diary

(6) the classification of contemporary biographical literature:

1, biographies of modern politicians;

2. Biographies of writers, artists and famous scholars;

3. Various famous stars;

4. Biography of historical figures;

5. Biography of overseas people;

6. Family biography of modern and contemporary enterprises;

7. Biography of ordinary people.