24 Questions
What is the term for poetry that tells stories through verse?
Narrative Poetry
Which type of poetry is characterized by having 14 lines and written in iambic pentameter?
Sonnet
What is the term for a poem that is meant to be recited or acted out?
Dramatic Poetry
What is the term for a type of prose that is a moral or spiritual lesson?
Allegory
What is the term for a story that has one conflict and is resolved at the end?
Organic Plot
What is the term for the character that is opposite to the protagonist in terms of traits?
Foil
Who is considered the Father of English History?
Venerable Bede
What is the name of the collection of life and adventures of King Arthur and the Knights of Round Table?
Le Morted’ Arthur
Who is the author of the allegorical play 'Everyman'?
The author is unknown
Who is considered the National Poet of Scotland?
Robert Burns
What is the name of the poem that praises God and was written by a cowherd?
Caedmon’s Hymn
Who is considered the Father of Classic Prose in Tagalog?
Modesto de Castro
Who is the author of the novel 'Pride & Prejudice'?
Jane Austen
What is the title of the first Tagalog novel published?
Barlaan at Josephat
Who is the author of the Philippine National Anthem?
Jose Palma
What is the title of the first book printed in the Philippines in 1593?
Doctrina Christiana
Who is the author of the novel 'The Woman Who Had Two Navels'?
Nick Joaquin
What is the title of the first novel in English written by a Filipino?
Galang
Who is considered the Indian Shakespeare?
Kalidasa
What is the name of the oldest grammar book in the world?
Ashtadyayi
Who wrote the novel 'Thousand Cranes'?
Yasunari
What is the characteristic of a traditional Haiku poem?
It has a 5-7-5 syllable structure
Who wrote the book 'Clear Light of Day'?
Anita Desai
What is the name of the Indian epic that portrays ideal characters?
Ramayana
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
Test your knowledge of the two major divisions of literature, including prose and poetry, and their various subcategories such as narrative poetry, lyric poetry, and more. Identify the different types of poetry, including epic, ballad, and ode, and explore their characteristics.
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