Genre of "Hamlet" and "Oedipus Rex" (7)

I believe the answer is:

tragedy

(Other definitions for tragedy that I've seen before include "Play with sad ending" , "Catastrophic event that causes great sadness" , "shocking event" , "work by Shakespeare?" , "play by Aeschylus?" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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