Literary Genre PDF

 Literary genres are categories, types, or collections of literature. They often share characteristics, such as their subject matter or topic, style, form, purpose, or audience. o Riddles o Myth o Proverbs o Legends o Songs o Fable o Chants o Folktale o Epic ...

 Literary genres are categories, types, or collections of literature. They often share characteristics, such as their subject matter or topic, style, form, purpose, or audience. o Riddles o Myth o Proverbs o Legends o Songs o Fable o Chants o Folktale o Epic  These are mystifying statements or questions phrased and rhymed to require ingenuity in determining its answer. These are presented as a game and considered as forms of entertainment during the earlier times.  I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I? What has legs, but doesn’t walk?  These are called sawikain or salawikain in Tagalog or sarsarita in Ilocano. Philippine proverbs are wise sayings that prescribe codes of behavior, mirror societal norms, traditions, and beliefs and impart lessons in brief, rhyming verse.  You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink it. Don’t put too many irons in the fire.  These are forms of folk lyric speak volumes of the typical rural lives and reflect aspirations and lifestyles of the people. 1. Folk Songs- a song originating among the people of a country or area, passed by oral tradition from one singer or generation to the next. 2. Lullaby (Oyayi)- These are soothing songs often sung to put babies to sleep. The word lullaby is known in various terms such as uyayi or oyayi which means “Close your eyes now. ” 3. Harana - is a dating tradition practiced in Filipino culture (originally influenced by the Spanish). In this tradition, a man will get a group of his friends together to go to the window of the woman he admires.  These are used to give respect, excuse, or apology to unseen or other elemental spirits our ancestors believed in to deliver them from danger or harm.  Tabi-Tabi po. Makikiraan po.  is a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero.  Biag ni Lam-ang (Ilokano)-is an Ilocano epic poem written by Pedro Bucaneg, known as the Father of Ilocano Literature.  a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation.  These are stories that explain the origin of things and phenomena in the surrounding world.  These are brief stories for the children of the native Filipinos. These talk about supernatural or extraordinary people and usually follow in the form of narration that demonstrates a useful truth.  a traditional story that people of a particular region or group repeat among themselves.  Most of the writings were religious, secular, and at the latter part, propaganda and revolutionary. Religious matters were in the form of prose as prayer books, novenas, biographies of saints, and the likes.  Senakulo, a Filipino dramatization of the life and times of Jesus Christ presented during the Lent. Pasyon, Philippine epic narrative of the life of Jesus Christ, focused on his Passion, Death, and Resurrection. Dalit (psalm), a song praising God or the Virgin Mary and containing a philosophy of life, also became popular. o Creative Nonfiction o Blog o Fiction o Poetry o Drama  It is also known as literary nonfiction or narrative nonfiction, is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives.  It is a web log containing short articles called posts that can be changed regularly. Some blogs are written by one person (called blogger) containing his/her hobbies or interests, opinions, and experiences, while others are written by many different people.  Fiction has genres that can be defined as narrative literary works whose content is produced by the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact. In fiction something is invented, or imagined; a made-up story. o is a brief work of fiction, usually ranging from 1,000 to 7,500 words. Unlike novels or epics, which have complex narratives spread over hundreds of pages, short stories focus on a single incident, character, or period.  This is a genre which addresses issues of modern womanhood, often humorously and light-heartedly. The genre became popular in the late 1990s.  This is a style of fictional literature or fiction of extreme brevity. There is no widely accepted definition of the length of the category. Some self-described markets for flash fiction impose caps as low as three hundred words.  is a genre consisting of stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting. These stories resemble real life, and fictional characters within these stories react similarly to real people.  is a literary genre where the story takes place in the past. Historical novels capture the details of the time period as accurately as possible for authenticity, including social norms, manners, customs, and traditions.  is a genre of literature, film, and television that is meant to scare, startle, shock, and even repulse audiences. 1) Gothic 2) Paranormal 3) Occult 4) Survival  It refers to a long-form work of sequential art, often with complex narratives and developed characters.  a genre of fiction that encompasses works in which the setting is other than the real world, involving supernatural, futuristic, or other imagined elements. 1) Sci-Fi 2) Fantasy