Literature - What is it? PDF

Literature What is it? A Presentation brought to you by E. Papa  "When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language."- James Earl J...

Literature What is it? A Presentation brought to you by E. Papa  "When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language."- James Earl Jone Literature is literally "acquaintance with letters" (from the Latin littera meaning "an individual written character (letter)"). The term has generally come to identify a collection of texts or work of art, which in Western culture are mainly prose, both fiction and non-fiction, drama and poetry.  ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE Written works having excellence in: The Major Genres Literature Prose Poetry Drama  PROSE Prose is writing that is organized in sentences and paragraphs. It imitates the spoken language.  Literature Prose Poetry Drama Prose FICTION NON-FICTION Short Stories Biographies Long Short Letters Fairy Tales Memoirs Fables Historical Essays Novels Reports  Literature Prose Poetry Drama Poetry Poetry is language written with rhythm and is organized in lines and groups of lines called stanzas. Major Types of Poetry Lyric Poetry Narrative Poetry Concrete Poetry Lyric Poem Lyric poem is a highly musical verse that expresses the observation and feelings of a single speaker. Narrative Poem Narrative Poem is a story told in verse. Narrative poems often have all the elements of short stories, including characters, conflict, and plot. Concrete Poem Concrete Poem is one with a shape that suggests its subject. The poet arranges the letters, punctuation, and lines to create an image or picture, on the page.  Sailboat Dove  Literature Prose Poetry Drama DRAMA Drama is a story written to be performed by actors. Although a drama is meant to be performed, one can also read the script, or written version, and imagine the action. Folk Literature Most works of prose or poetry travel from the author’s imagination to a page. Folk literature makes a different and longer journey, from the mouths of many tellers to the ears of many listeneres. Folk literature-including myths, folk tales and legends- is shaped by a group or culture over many years before being written down. It expresses the hopes and values of the culture that creates it. ~*!*~Review~*!*~ 1. What is Literature? 2. What does genre mean? 3. What are the three main genre’s of literature? 4. Write the categories in which prose is divided and write two examples of each. 5. Write the categories in which poetry is divided 6. What is drama?