Introduction to World Literature
DIVISION OF LITERATURE
What are the 2 divisions of - Poetry
literature? - Prose
What are the differences between poetry and prose in:
Form - Poetry: written in stanza or verse form
- Prose: written in paragraph from
Language - Poetry: expressed in figurative language
- Prose: expressed in ordinary form
Appeal - Poetry: to the emotion
- Prose: to the intellect
Aim - Poetry: stir the imagination and set an idea how life
should be
- Prose: to convince
WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF PROSE? (10)
What is a prose drama? - A drama in prose form.
- Consists of entirely dialogues in prose
- Meant to be acted on stage
What is essay? - Short literary composition which is expository
(explanatory) in nature
- Author shares his thoughts, feelings, experiences, or
observations on some aspects of life that has
interested him
What is prose fiction? Something invented, imagined, or feigned (pretended)
to be true
What is a novel? - Long fiction narrative with a complicated plot
- May have one main plot and one or more sub plots
that develop with the main plot
- Made up of chapters
What is a short story? - Fictitious narrative compressed into one unit of time,
place, and action
- Deals with single character interest, a single emotion
or series of emotions called forth by a single
- Distinguished from a novel because of its
compression
How will you differentiate Novel is complex and lengthy while short story is
novel and short story? compressed and revolves around a single topic
What is biography? Story of a certain person’s life written by another who
knows the subject well
What is autobiography? Written account of a man’s life written by himself
Difference between auto vs Auto written by self about self
bio Bio written by others about self
What is a letter? - Written message which displays aspects of an
author’s physiological make-up (personality) not
immediately apparent in his more public writings
- By the force of its style and the importance of its
statements become an object of interest in its own
right
What is a diary? Daily written record of account of the writer’s own
experiences, thoughts, activities or observations
, What is a journal? - A magazine or periodical especially of serious or
learned nature
- Reflection, opinion of a read material (readers)
TYPES OF POETRY (12)
Narrative poetry
tells a story, often with various subcategories.
Epic - Long narrative poem of the largest proportions
- About a hero concerning the beginning,
continuance, and the end of events that has great
significance on tribal or national significance
Metric poem - Narrative poem tells a story of adventures, love, and
chivalry
- Typical hero: knight on a quest
Ballad - Simplest type of narrative poetry
- Short narrative poem telling a single incident in a
simple meter and stanzas
- Meant to be sung
Popular ballad Wide workmanship telling some simple incidents of
adventure, cruelty, passion, or superstition, an incident,
that shows the primary instincts of man influenced by the
restraint of modern civilization
Modern or artistic - Created by poet in imitation of the folk ballad, make
use of many of its devices and conventions
Metrical allegory Extended narrative that carries a second meaning along
worth the surface story
Lyric poetry
- Very personal in nature
- Expresses author’s own thoughts, feelings, moods,
and reflections in musical language
- Came from musical instru. “lyre”
Ode - Some length, serious subject and dignified style.
- Most majestic of the lyric poem
- Written in a spirit of praise of some persons or things
Elegy - Written for the death of the friend of a poet
- Ostensible (apparent) purpose is to praise a friend
- End, come to term with his grief
Song - Regular metric pattern set to music
- 12 syllables and slowly sung to the accompaniment
of a guitar or banduria
Sonnet Contains four iambic pentameter lines and a
complicated rhyme (4 stanzas 4 lines)
LITERARY THEORIES AND CRITICISM
LITERARY THEORES
What is a literary theory? school of thought that provides readers with the logical
means to critique the
concepts, ideas, and principles of a certain piece of
literature.
What is the main question that Literary theory seeks to answer the question: "What is
literary theory seeks to literature?"
answer?
DIVISION OF LITERATURE
What are the 2 divisions of - Poetry
literature? - Prose
What are the differences between poetry and prose in:
Form - Poetry: written in stanza or verse form
- Prose: written in paragraph from
Language - Poetry: expressed in figurative language
- Prose: expressed in ordinary form
Appeal - Poetry: to the emotion
- Prose: to the intellect
Aim - Poetry: stir the imagination and set an idea how life
should be
- Prose: to convince
WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF PROSE? (10)
What is a prose drama? - A drama in prose form.
- Consists of entirely dialogues in prose
- Meant to be acted on stage
What is essay? - Short literary composition which is expository
(explanatory) in nature
- Author shares his thoughts, feelings, experiences, or
observations on some aspects of life that has
interested him
What is prose fiction? Something invented, imagined, or feigned (pretended)
to be true
What is a novel? - Long fiction narrative with a complicated plot
- May have one main plot and one or more sub plots
that develop with the main plot
- Made up of chapters
What is a short story? - Fictitious narrative compressed into one unit of time,
place, and action
- Deals with single character interest, a single emotion
or series of emotions called forth by a single
- Distinguished from a novel because of its
compression
How will you differentiate Novel is complex and lengthy while short story is
novel and short story? compressed and revolves around a single topic
What is biography? Story of a certain person’s life written by another who
knows the subject well
What is autobiography? Written account of a man’s life written by himself
Difference between auto vs Auto written by self about self
bio Bio written by others about self
What is a letter? - Written message which displays aspects of an
author’s physiological make-up (personality) not
immediately apparent in his more public writings
- By the force of its style and the importance of its
statements become an object of interest in its own
right
What is a diary? Daily written record of account of the writer’s own
experiences, thoughts, activities or observations
, What is a journal? - A magazine or periodical especially of serious or
learned nature
- Reflection, opinion of a read material (readers)
TYPES OF POETRY (12)
Narrative poetry
tells a story, often with various subcategories.
Epic - Long narrative poem of the largest proportions
- About a hero concerning the beginning,
continuance, and the end of events that has great
significance on tribal or national significance
Metric poem - Narrative poem tells a story of adventures, love, and
chivalry
- Typical hero: knight on a quest
Ballad - Simplest type of narrative poetry
- Short narrative poem telling a single incident in a
simple meter and stanzas
- Meant to be sung
Popular ballad Wide workmanship telling some simple incidents of
adventure, cruelty, passion, or superstition, an incident,
that shows the primary instincts of man influenced by the
restraint of modern civilization
Modern or artistic - Created by poet in imitation of the folk ballad, make
use of many of its devices and conventions
Metrical allegory Extended narrative that carries a second meaning along
worth the surface story
Lyric poetry
- Very personal in nature
- Expresses author’s own thoughts, feelings, moods,
and reflections in musical language
- Came from musical instru. “lyre”
Ode - Some length, serious subject and dignified style.
- Most majestic of the lyric poem
- Written in a spirit of praise of some persons or things
Elegy - Written for the death of the friend of a poet
- Ostensible (apparent) purpose is to praise a friend
- End, come to term with his grief
Song - Regular metric pattern set to music
- 12 syllables and slowly sung to the accompaniment
of a guitar or banduria
Sonnet Contains four iambic pentameter lines and a
complicated rhyme (4 stanzas 4 lines)
LITERARY THEORIES AND CRITICISM
LITERARY THEORES
What is a literary theory? school of thought that provides readers with the logical
means to critique the
concepts, ideas, and principles of a certain piece of
literature.
What is the main question that Literary theory seeks to answer the question: "What is
literary theory seeks to literature?"
answer?
