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This document introduces the concept of literature and its characteristics. It goes on to discuss various literary periods such as Pre-colonial, Spanish, American and Japanese periods. It also covers different figures of speech, poetry, and short stories.
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Literature - is an enduring expression of significant human experience Characteristics of literature Universality - timely and relevant Artistry - Aesthetic appeal Suggestiveness - Appeal to our Emotions Permanence - timeless and it endures Spiritual Value - elevates...
Literature - is an enduring expression of significant human experience Characteristics of literature Universality - timely and relevant Artistry - Aesthetic appeal Suggestiveness - Appeal to our Emotions Permanence - timeless and it endures Spiritual Value - elevates spirit by moral values Fiction & nonfiction - authors imagination o realities Intellectual value - products of mind About man and a nature - all abt people and their surroundings Oral and written - through speaking or written Literary Periods Pre colonial period - oral tradition, customs and tradition in everyday life Proverbs - words of wisdom Tanaga - longer than proverbs Folk songs - songs for our people riddles - world puzzle epic - heroic deeds myth - strange occurrences legends - exaggeration fable - stories about animal as character Spanish Period - religious and secular Pasyon - death and resurrection senakulo - passion and suffering awit - tales of chivalry korido - metrical tales abt life American Period - English as the medium instruction & signalled the growth of the ph Japanese Period - topics and themes are about life in the provinces Poetry - has verses and stanzas & has measurement elements of poetry Stanza - Group of lines couplet tercet quatrain cinquian sestet septet octave spenserian sonnet Persona - one who is speaking the poem Addressee - who is being addressed Rhyme - identical sounds that has repetition end rhyme - two successive lines slant rhyme - similar but not often rhymed eye rhyme - just spelling not pronunciation Tone - attitude Theme - central idea or message Symbolism - stands Figures of speech - language that communicate ideas beyond the literal meaning of the words Simile - like and as metaphor - comparison of two unlike things personification - inanimate object, animal or idea with human quality metonymy - one word is substitute for another Synedoche - a part is used to represent the whole thing Allusion - a reference to any literary, scientific historical, and such Apostrophe - absent or non existent person or thing is addressed Irony - words are use in such a way that the intended meaning is different from the actual meaning Oxymoron - two opposite ideas are joined the make an effect Paradox - to contradict i self tOnomatopoeia - uses words to imitate or suggest the source of the idea Alliteration - initial consonant sounds the neighbouring words are repeated Assonance - Internal rhyming Consonance - consonant appears repeatedly Anaphora - consists of repeating sequence of words in the beginning Epiphora - consist of sequence of words in the end Anadiplosis - last wors of one clause is repeated Repetition - words appears repeatedly to add emphasis Hyperbole - exaggerated statements Understatement - makes the situation make less important or serious Euphemism - offensive or impolite words Idioms - Cannot be understood by a literal translation Imagery - visually descriptive Short story - focuses on a single plot setting - time, place, condition or event plot - chain of related events linear circular en medias res Pov - struggle involving the characters Mood - atmosphere or feeling of the story Theme - central idea Symbolism - representation of
