Adventure: Definition & Examples

Adventure genre definition: A story about characters who are struggling for survival. This genre, as a result, would include the subgenres of western, high-seas adventure, and survivalist fiction.
 
Examples from film and television:

• Indiana Jones
• The Lone Ranger
• Pirates of the Caribbean

Literature examples of the adventure genre:

• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defore
• Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
• Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
• The westerns of Louis L'Amour
• The westerns of Zane Gray