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What is the main focus of poetry?
What is the main focus of poetry?
What is the origin of the word 'essay'?
What is the origin of the word 'essay'?
What distinguishes drama from other forms of literature?
What distinguishes drama from other forms of literature?
Which literary form aims at preserving genealogical, legal, moral, and religious aspects of ancient civilizations?
Which literary form aims at preserving genealogical, legal, moral, and religious aspects of ancient civilizations?
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How did Russian Formalists primarily define literariness in literature?
How did Russian Formalists primarily define literariness in literature?
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Which literary form is characterized by a discussion of a topic from the author's personal point of view?
Which literary form is characterized by a discussion of a topic from the author's personal point of view?
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Which aspect is NOT a defining feature of poetry?
Which aspect is NOT a defining feature of poetry?
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What did Drama evolve into during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?
What did Drama evolve into during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?
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'Essay' in English derives from which language?
'Essay' in English derives from which language?
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Study Notes
Essay Genres
- Essays can be related to memoirs, which tell the story of an author's life from their personal point of view.
- Epistles are formal, didactic, or elegant letters that can be considered as an essay genre.
- Blogs are informal, short, and opinion-based writings that can be classified as an essay genre.
Prose Fiction
- Prose fiction is narrative written without a metrical pattern that tells an imaginary or invented story.
- It is often used to write novels, short stories, graphic novels, and other forms of narrative fiction.
Classification Notes
- Prose poetry attempts to convey the aesthetic richness typical of poetry using only prose.
- Free verse is a type of poetry that does not adhere to any formal poetic style or structure.
- Narrative fiction generally favors prose for storytelling.
Emergent Literature Genres
- Hyper Poetry is a digital form that uses links and hypertext mark-up, and can take various forms such as text, videos, or multimedia.
- Chick Literature is a genre that focuses on women's interests and relationships.
- Illustrated Novels and Graphic Novels are forms of narrative fiction that combine text and images.
- Text-Talk Novels use text messaging formats to tell stories.
- Manga has various genres, including Shonen (Boy's Manga), Shojo (Girl's Manga), Seinen (Men's Manga), Josei (Women's Manga), and Kodomo (Children's Manga).
- Digi-Fiction combines three media forms to tell stories.
- Doodle Fiction incorporates doodle writings, drawings, and handwritten graphics into traditional font.
- Flash Fiction is extremely brief, and can be as short as Six-word Flash Fiction.
- Blog writing is a genre that combines personal opinion and storytelling.
Definition of Literature
- Since the 19th century, literature has been defined more broadly based on criteria such as imaginative, creative, and artistic value.
- Non-fictional writings, including philosophy, history, biography, criticism, topography, science, and politics, are considered as literature.
- Russian Formalist theories attempt to define literariness in terms of linguistic deviations, which is important in poetry but has not addressed non-fictional prose forms.
Forms of Literature
- Poetry is a composition in written verse that relies heavily on imagery, precise word choice, and figures of speech.
- Drama is a form of literature that comprises chiefly dialogue between characters and aims at dramatic or theatrical performance.
- Essays are discussions of a topic from an author's personal point of view, exemplified by works by Francis Bacon or Charles Lamb.
- The term "essay" in English derives from the French "essai," meaning "attempt."
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Test your knowledge on different genres related to essays including memoir, epistle, blog, and prose fiction. Explore how each genre presents stories and information through various writing styles and structures.
