Enumerate Terms, Words or Phrases That You Can Associate With The Word Literature Using An Acrostics
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Louiegie B. MendozaEnumerate Terms, Words or Phrases That You Can Associate With The Word Literature Using An Acrostics
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Louiegie B. MendozaEnumerate terms,
words or phrases
that you can
associate with the
word LITERATURE
using an acrostics.
Introducti
on to
Literature
LITERARINES
S
Using creative
techniques and devices
to render theme in the
best way possible
LITERARINES
is the apt use of devices,
S
techniques, and figurative
language in the careful
shaping of the elements of a
poem or story to
communicate a point or
Woebegone
I find myself sitting comfortably in this box tried to stuff with all
the memories we failed to reminisce. Gazing blankly on the part
where I decided to let go of the vows we uttered on each others ears.
Wearing these dark glasses slowly covering my eyes which
constantly shed tears for you and forcedly trying to wash all the
sights I gained with you. I ran away from you with the confidence
that you'll grab my arms and ask me to stay. I'm wrong. I was like an
audience who hurriedly escaped your show. Something I took
seriously as you uttered those sweet words I assumingly received.
That moment solidified the fact that we were finish. You're a joke I
never got.
GENRES
OF
LITERATURE
FICTION
Fiction is basically a
prose narrative, its
distinctive feature being
the centrality of plot
action.
Fiction reveals truth
that reality
obscures.
- Ralph Waldo
Emerson
FICTION
Fiction is also an interplay
and interlaying of other
elements like character,
setting, point of view and
tone.
FICTION
Fiction makes use of
figurative language
especially SYMBOL and
IRONY.
Some Filipinos prefer
watching foreign shows,
programs and movies (e.g.
Korean dramas and
Bollywood movies) instead
of local or Philippine
shows, why do you think
so?
speculative
elements thatfiction
marked by the presence of fantastical or
dont belong to this world we
consider real fantasy, sciemce fiction,
futurisic fiction, horror, gothic, magical
realism, traditional/modern/retold fairy tales
and folktales, slipstream and many more
metafiction
to reflect upon the fictional or
constructed quality of the real lives
we live
MODES OF FICTION
Modes of Fiction
Romance
characters are rendered superior to other
people and the environment
(e.g. Filipino movies were the protagonist
never died amidst of multiple gunshots
Modes of Fiction
Romance
not necessarily about love stories
the setting is realistic but presented in
highly imaginative way
romantic paradox (e.g. The Necklace)
Modes of Fiction
Romance
trauma fiction a past traumatic event
that keeps on haunting the present and
opening old wounds finds closure in a
terapheutic choice
Modes of Fiction
Realism
told in plain, rational and
straightforward language
objective depiction of life (extreme
poverty, horrible crimes, social
inequality)
Modes of Fiction
Realism
shattering of false idealism
devoid of moral center, through
characters are driven to make moral
choices in a seemingly amoral universe
Modes of Fiction
Realism
realist paradox ordinary life of a girl
in a province sold by her father to an old
man for prostitution
CREATIVE
NONFICTION
Genre that incorporates
elements of fiction and
poetry in the retelling of a
personal experience
CREATIVE
NONFICTION
Examples are
autobiography, biography,
autobiographical narratives,
memoir and essays in the
tradition of literary
CREATIVE
NONFICTION
Nobody can fully remember
the past, nobody can access
the past in its pure
objectivity.
CREATIVE
NONFICTION
Thats why narrating a
memory involves
fictionalization of the past
and putting our own
interpretation of what
POETRY
works via
suggestion,
implication and
ambiguity
General Types of
Poetry
lyric poetry
narrative poetry
dramatic
poetry/dramatic
monologue
General Types of
Poetry
lyric poetry expresses
thoughts, ideas or feelings of
the speaker or persona; often in
first person; involved in
dramatic situation (Monet
Refuses the Operation by Liesel
General Types of
Poetry
narrative poetry deals
with a series of events
(plot action)
General Types of
Poetry
Dramatic poetry/dramatic
monologue- the speaker is an
imaginary character
addressing another imaginary
character who remains silent
(e.g. Anthonys speech)
DRAMA
performed with sounds and
rhythm seen by an
embodied audience
(The Glass Menagerie and
Romeo & Juliet by Edith
Mandigma)
DRAMA
Tragedy, Comedy
and Tragicomedy
DRAMA
Tragedy teaches us that
bad things happen even to
the best people, and these
bad things are not always
caused by external matters
DRAMA
Comedy- teaches us the
possibility that there are
rewards for good people
doing hard work, that no
obstacle is too difficult to
overcome.
