Thread: What genre would work like this belong to?u

I've set the foundation for sixteen short stories, all of which I'm having trouble categorising. They were originally toyed around with as ideas between a friend and I, though they eventually developed some structure, moral message, and many other devices which qualified them as good, quality stories.

If anyone has read Les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles, The Decameron, The Heptameron, and other such works, then you'll have an idea as to what kind of content is present. The style is my own; my normal style, but the content is very much, errr... not really suitable for general fiction, despite being essentially just that.

One particular story highlights the life of a very bearded man; hairy to the point of madness (think Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting). As fashions change, which they are wont to do, he is given an ultimatum at his work place: to either shave and keep his job, or refuse the razor, both proverbial and literal, and lose his job. He chooses the beard. It's worth mentioning, in typical bawdy fashion, that his wife is very partial to his hirsuteness, particularly in the context of certain... marital pleasures. To cut a long story short, he loses the beard, and subsequently-- his wife's affections. His life descends into utter chaos. Eventually, fashions change again (how conveniently capricious they are), and he the beard returns. You can guess the rest.

So my question is; how would such a thing be classified?

There is no explicit mention of any illicit object or act, no swearing or unsavoury language of any sort, and the style, whether it means anything or not, is highly literary. It obviously wouldn't be pornographic or erotic, as it's told in a very ribald, comic fashion.

Seeking responses!

EDIT: I ask specifically if one were to submit such a work, not merely classify it. I've noticed that submissions, as a whole, tend to have several genres to choose from, along with several sub-genres. This kind of thing doesn't fit any of them, really.

Sounds like a parable to me. : )

Originally Posted by KyleColorado

Sounds like a parable to me. : )

It's different than any that I've read previously.

That example in particular was one of the less bawdy. Assuredly, there are more risqué stories amongst the lot.