literature
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CHAPTER 10
According to Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary:
- learning acquaintance with letters or books;
- collective body of literary productions;
-class of writings distinguished for beauty of style and expression;-the occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work.
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BASIC TYPES OF LITERATURE
FICTION
DRAMA
POETRY
NON-FICTION
A. FICTION - derived from the Latin fictio , “the act of making and fashioning,or molding.”
-created from imagination-not presented as fact ,though it may be based
on a true story or situation.
SUB-TYPES OF FICTION: Short Story Novel
Short Story- a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format.
The Philosophy of Composition- Edgar Allan Poe’s essay
Edgar Allan Poe- father of the short story
ANCIENT FORM OF SHORT STORY:• Fables- a succinct story, in prose or verse, that features
animals, mythical creatures, inanimate objects/ nature that illustrates a moral lesson.
Aesop- earliest known writer of fables
Aesop’s Fables- popular moral stories
• parable - a succinct, didactic story, in prose or verse, which illustrates one or more instructive lessons.
-have human characters. - a type of analogy.
• Anecdote-popular under the Roman Empire
- a brief realistic narrative that embodies a point
Gesta Romanorum- a Latin collection of anecdotes and tales that was probably compiled about the end of the 13th century or the beginning of the 14th.
Sir Roger de Coverley- published his fictional anecdotal letters
Novel- a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity.
- portray characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
B. Non- Fiction(nonfiction)- is an account, narrative or representation of a subject which an author presents a facts.
Examples of non-fiction:• essays * biographies * textbooks• journals * travel books * blue prints• histories * technical documentation• scientific papers * user manuals• photographs * diagrams
C. Poetry- uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language.
• Poems- a composition written in verse- rely heavily on imagery, precise word
choice, and metaphor.
Forms of Poetry: Haiku Limerick Sonnet
HAIKU
LIMERICK
SONNET
FREE VERSE
D. Drama - derived from “to do”, meaning “action”
-specific mode of fiction represented in performance.
Hamlet- early modern tragedy by Shakespeare
Oedipus the King by Sophocles-the classical Athenian tragedy
- the supreme masterpieces of the art of drama.
Satire - a way of using humor to show that someone or something is foolish, weak, bad, etc.
: humor that shows the weaknesses or bad qualities of a person, government, society, etc.
Black Comedy – dark humorRomantic Comedy - depicts romance in
humorous terms
Example of Satire
ELEMENTS OF POETRY
STYLE
SYMBOL
ONOMATO-PEIA
SIMILE
ALLITERATION
METER
THEME
IMAGERY
RHYME and RHYTHM
METAPHOR
FAMOUS LITERARY ARTISTS AND THEIR WORKS
EDGAR ALLAN POE
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS