To Literature: A Powerpoint Presentation For Lit 3 Class
To Literature: A Powerpoint Presentation For Lit 3 Class
To Literature: A Powerpoint Presentation For Lit 3 Class
to Literature
A Powerpoint Presentation
for Lit 3 class
KEY IDEAS ON LITERATURE:
Definitions
1. Narrative
Tells story in richly imaginative and
rhythmical language
2. Lyric
Expresses personal thoughts and feelings
3. Dramatic
Portrays life and character through action
in powerful, emotion-packed lines such as
those in Shakespearean plays
TYPES OF
NARRATIVE POETRY
1.Epic
Long, narrative poem divided into distinct parts and
episodes bound together by a common relationship to
some great hero, action and time; may either be folk /
popular or literary
2.Metrical Romance
Long, rambling love story in verse
Ideals of rivalry, romantic love and religious elements
predominate
3.Ballad
Short poem intended to be sung
4.Metrical Tale
Deals with any emotion or phase of life and story is
told in a simple, straightforward and realistic manner
1. Ode
Extended poem usually complicated in meter and
stanza forms and always deals with a serious theme
such as immortality
Said to be most majestic of lyric types, it expresses
enthusiasm, lofty praise of some person or thing
Author is in exalted mood and deeply feels what
she/he says
2. Elegy
Poem of subjective and meditative nature
Poem of lamentation
Suggestions of hope and faith which tend to allay and
soothe the sorrow of the poet may be embodied
3. Song
Short lyric poem intended to be
sung; has particularly melodious
quality required by the singing
voice
May either be secular or sacred
4. Simple Lyric
Short poem where the verse is
especially musical or where there
is a marked subjective or
emotional tone
5. Sonnet
Distinguished by its exact form- fourteen iambic
pentameter lines; produces single emotional effect
Italian - contains an octave where the
theme, problem and hope are presented
and a sestet where the resolution or
conclusion is reached
Shakespearian (Elizabethan) – presents
and develops its theme in the first three
quatrains and states conclusion in the
couplet
6. Vers de Societe – light verse or occasional and
complimentary verses which deal in a witty
and polished fashion with subjects that, on the
surface at least, are not very serious
1. Poetic Plays
a. Comedy
Aims primarily to amuse and which ends happily
Presents incongruous aspects of human speech, character
and conduct as they are displayed in social life
b. Tragedy
Type of drama in which the chief character undergoes a
morally significant struggle which ends disastrously
c. Farce
Exaggerated comedy based on broadly humorous situations
d. Historical Play
Drama in which materials are taken from the lives of
outstanding figures in the history
e. Melodrama
Play with sensational acquisitions, a sensational love story,
extravagant emotions and generally, happy ending.
2. Masque
form of court pageantry that flourished in England
in the 16th century and not revived later
With prologue serving to introduce a group of
actors who came in a sort of decorative float
Settings, costumes, music and scenery were lavish
3. Dramatic Monologue
One character speaks throughout but the presence,
actions and even the words of other characters are
implied
Speaker unconsciously and even ironically reveals
his innermost character
1. Essay
Short literary composition dealing with a single
matter usually from a single point of view
Revelatory of the author’s taste, opinions,
prejudices, moods and in general, his personality
2. Fiction
Literary production of men’s imagination finding
shape in stories of people or events
A. Prose Allegory – characters, ideas or actions stand
for something else or for a system of ideas with
meanings implied; concrete characters are
personifications of abstract ideas
Includes fables, myths and legends
B. Prose Romances - stories in which some
supernatural or magical, fantastic and unrealistic
events occur; include fairy tales and folk tales
C. Prose Satires – stories in which human vices and follies
are held up to ridicule
D. Novels – prose narratives on a large scale and can be
divided into three types: fantasy, love and adventure
E. Short Story – prose narrative of limited length which
must have characterization, unity, cumulative interest,
climax and resolution; invented in the 19th century,
although loosely speaking, the oldest story is an
Egyptian tale entitled The Brothers, from about 3,200
B.C.
F. Novelettes – intermediate between short story and
novels; about 50 – 150 pages long; example is
Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea
3. Prose Drama – literary work written in dialogue
intended for presentation by actors
- essence is the make-believe by which an actor
impersonates a character of the play
- same division under poetic plays applies to it
- special types include closet drama, tragicomedy,
problem plays, comedy of manners and comedia del
l’arte
1. Mimetic theory
2. Authorial theory
3. Reader response theory
4. Literary tradition theory
5. Textual analysis theory
1. Mimetic theory
• Based on the classical
Aristotelian idea that literature
imitates or reflects the real
world or the world of ideal or
concepts or things from which
the subjects of literature is
derived
2. Authorial theory
• Author is the source of meaning