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What is the term for poetry that tells stories through verse?
What is the term for poetry that tells stories through verse?
- Epic Poetry
- Narrative Poetry (correct)
- Lyric Poetry
- Metrical Romance
Which type of poetry is characterized by having 14 lines and written in iambic pentameter?
Which type of poetry is characterized by having 14 lines and written in iambic pentameter?
- Ode
- Elegy
- Ballad
- Sonnet (correct)
What is the term for a poem that is meant to be recited or acted out?
What is the term for a poem that is meant to be recited or acted out?
- Dramatic Poetry (correct)
- Metrical Tales
- Lyric Poetry
- Narrative Poetry
What is the term for a type of prose that is a moral or spiritual lesson?
What is the term for a type of prose that is a moral or spiritual lesson?
What is the term for a story that has one conflict and is resolved at the end?
What is the term for a story that has one conflict and is resolved at the end?
What is the term for the character that is opposite to the protagonist in terms of traits?
What is the term for the character that is opposite to the protagonist in terms of traits?
Who is considered the Father of English History?
Who is considered the Father of English History?
What is the name of the collection of life and adventures of King Arthur and the Knights of Round Table?
What is the name of the collection of life and adventures of King Arthur and the Knights of Round Table?
Who is the author of the allegorical play 'Everyman'?
Who is the author of the allegorical play 'Everyman'?
Who is considered the National Poet of Scotland?
Who is considered the National Poet of Scotland?
What is the name of the poem that praises God and was written by a cowherd?
What is the name of the poem that praises God and was written by a cowherd?
Who is considered the Father of Classic Prose in Tagalog?
Who is considered the Father of Classic Prose in Tagalog?
Who is the author of the novel 'Pride & Prejudice'?
Who is the author of the novel 'Pride & Prejudice'?
What is the title of the first Tagalog novel published?
What is the title of the first Tagalog novel published?
Who is the author of the Philippine National Anthem?
Who is the author of the Philippine National Anthem?
What is the title of the first book printed in the Philippines in 1593?
What is the title of the first book printed in the Philippines in 1593?
Who is the author of the novel 'The Woman Who Had Two Navels'?
Who is the author of the novel 'The Woman Who Had Two Navels'?
What is the title of the first novel in English written by a Filipino?
What is the title of the first novel in English written by a Filipino?
Who is considered the Indian Shakespeare?
Who is considered the Indian Shakespeare?
What is the name of the oldest grammar book in the world?
What is the name of the oldest grammar book in the world?
Who wrote the novel 'Thousand Cranes'?
Who wrote the novel 'Thousand Cranes'?
What is the characteristic of a traditional Haiku poem?
What is the characteristic of a traditional Haiku poem?
Who wrote the book 'Clear Light of Day'?
Who wrote the book 'Clear Light of Day'?
What is the name of the Indian epic that portrays ideal characters?
What is the name of the Indian epic that portrays ideal characters?
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Study Notes
Literature: Authors and Works
- Carmen Guerrero Nakpil wrote "Scent of Apple"
- Bienvenido Santos wrote "The Man Who (Though He) Looked Like Robert Taylor"
- Yasunari won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968 for "Thousand Cranes"
- Anita Desai wrote "Clear Light of Day"
- Catherine Lim wrote "Taximan’s Story"
Indian Literature
- Mahabharata: bitter quarrel of two brothers
- Ramayana: portrays ideal characters, probable author: Valmiki
- Kalidasa: known as the Indian Shakespeare
Japanese Literature
- Basho: greatest haiku poet
- Lady Murasaki Shikibu wrote "Tale of Genji", considered as the world's first novel
- Manyoshu: first and largest collection of Japanese poetry (4,156 poems)
- Noh Drama: dramatic dance with lyrical poetic texts and masked actors
- Haiku: 5-7-5, about nature
- Kabuki: Japanese dance drama
- Kojiki: Record of Ancient Matters
General Terms
- Prose: written in ordinary form
- Poetry: written in verse
- Narrative Poetry: tells stories through verse
- Epic: heroic
- Metrical Romance: love, chivalry
- Ballad: short poems adapted for singing
- Metrical Tales
- Lyric Poetry: song-like
- Ode: admiration, praising, glorifying
- Elegy: for the dead
- Song
- Simple Lyric
- Psalms: songs praising God
- Sonnet: 14-line poem, iambic pentameter
- Awit: 12 syllables per line, realistic
- Korido: 8 syllables per line, fantasy
Philippine Literature
- El Renacimiento & Free Press: published writings in English in 1890s
- UP College Folio (1910): published English works of Filipino writers
- "Never Mind" & other Poems by Procopio Solidum: first book of poems written in English by a Filipino
- "A Child of Sorrow" by Zoilo M.
- Earliest surviving work in Japan
English Literature
- Old English (before A.D. 1100): Venerable Bede, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Caedmon’s Hymn
- Middle English (A.D. 1100-1500): Everyman, Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, The Canterbury Tales
- Renaissance (16th Century): Doctor Faustus, Faerie Queene
- Age of Reason (17th Century): Paradise Lost & Paradise Regained
- Restoration (18th Century): Gulliver’s Travels, The Rape of Lock
- Romantic Movement: Robert Burns, Gothic Literature, Frankenstein
- Victorian Age: Pride & Prejudice, Ode to the West Wind, Ode to a Nightingale
American Literature
- Edgar Allan Poe: Father of Horror Stories (Annabel Lee, Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, Cask of Amontillado)
- Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens): Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn
- Ernest Hemingway: Old Man & the Sea
- William Ernest Henley: Invictus
World Literature
- Bible: Christianity
- Koran/Quran: Muslim
- Iliad & Odyssey: Greece
- Mahabharata: longest epic, India
- Canterbury Tales: England
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin: about slavery, America
- Divine Comedy: Italy
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