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LITERATURE
PROSE
POETRY
DRAMA
IT IS LITERARY PIECE WHICH IS WRITTEN IN
THE PATTERN OF ORDINARY SPOKEN
LANGUAGE AND WITHIN THE COMMON FLOW
OF CONVERSATION.
It is derived from Latin word Prosa
which means ‘straightforward’
 IT REFERS TO THOSE
EXPRESSIONS IN VERSE, WITH
MEASURES,RHYMES,LINES,
STANZAS AND MELODIOUS
TONES.
IS A TYPE OF LITERATURE TELLING A
STORY, WHICH IS INTENDED TO BE
PERFORMED TO AN AUDIENCE ON THE
STAGE.
 SUB GENRES OF
LITERATURE

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FICTION- It is a series of imagines facts which shows truths about
human life. Examples are:
• SHORT STORY
• NOVEL
NON-FICTION- these are literary works that are based mainly
facts rather than on the imagination. An example is the
• ESSAY
 MEDIA-Then newest type of
literature that has been defined as a
distinct genre is media.
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TYPES OF POETRY

LYRICAL POETRY-It came from the greek word poiesis which

means ‘making’.

In earlier days, it was meant to be sung to the accompaniment of a

musical instrument known as lyre. Examples are:
A. Simple lyric- Embraces a wide variety of poems and
is characterized by subjectivity, imagination, melody
and emotion.

B. Song- short lyric poem which has a specific

melodious quality and is intended to be sung

C. Sonnet- a poem expressing of 14 lines with a formal

rhyme.

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D. Elegy- A poem expressing lament or grief for the
dead.

E. Ode- Most splendid type of lyric poetry that

expresses a noble feeling with dignity.
 NARRATIVE POETRY- It tells a story following an
order of events. It includes:

A. Ballad- short simple narrative poem composed to be

sung and is orally told from one generation to another.

B. Metrical Romance- a long rambling love story in

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verse which is centered around the adventures of
knights and lords, and their royal ladies during the age
of chivalry.

C. Epic- a long , majestic narrative poem which tells the

adventures of a traditional hero and the development
of a nation.
 Dramatic Poetry- it has the elements that are
closely related to drama because it is written in
dramatic form or makes use of a dramatic technique.
It includes:

A. Dramatic Monologue- A combination of drama

and poetry which presents the speech of a character
in a particular situation at a critical moment.

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B. Soliloquy- Passage spoken by the speaker in a poem
of a by the character in a play except that there is no
one present to hear him except the audience or the
reader.

C. Character Sketch- Poem which the writer is

concerned less with complete or implied matters of a
story, but rather with arousing sympathy or antagonism
for, or some interest in an individual.
 ELEMENTS OF DRAMA

Plot– the events in a play.

Setting- the time and place of a literary work.
Characters- people or creatures in a play.
Dialogue- Conversation in a play.
Theme- the central thought of a play; the idea or

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ideas with which a play deals.

Scenery- The various elements that are used to

create a particular visual setting for a play.
 TYPES OF DRAMA

Tragedy- In the Greek sense, a play that ends with the

death of at least one of the main characters. In modern
usage, it refers to a play that doesn’t have a happy ending.

Comedy- In the Greek sense, it is a play that doesn’t end in

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death. In modern usage, it refers to a play that ends happily
or that is humorous.

Tragicomedy- A play in which serious and comic elements

are mixed.
 Greek Drama

In Greece, dramatic performances were associated with

religious festivals. The Greeks produced different types of
drama, mainly tragedy and comedy. Famous Greek
tragedians include Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.
The best writer of comedy was Aristophanes.

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Drama is generally thought to have started in Greece
between 600 and 200 BC, although some critics trace it to
Egyptian religious rites of coronation.
 Anna Karenina(By Leo Tolstoy)
“Happy families are all alike; every
unhappy family
 As You Like It (By William
Shakespeare)
“All the world’s a stage, and all then
men and women merely players.”
 “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst
“The lottery” by Shirley Jackson
“The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant
“Souls Belated” by Edith Wharton
“Newspaper”
“planner”
“Anecdote”
“Magazine”
Television Dramas
*The Sopranos
*Mad Men
*The wire
*Breaking Bad
*House of Cards
*Game of Thrones
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Rhea C. Maat
3 Year AB English
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