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LITERATURE GENRES
LYRICDRAMATIC
EPIC
LITERARY MOVEMENTS
IN TIME
GRECO-
LATIN
MEDIEVAL
MODERNNEOCLASICCISM
RENAISSANCE
VANGUARD
REALISM
CONTEMPORARY
ROMANTICISM
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Literary Movements or Period:
Terms which group writers whose works have similar subject
matter, writing style or thought. It is a product of a social
movement, usually parallel to history timeline.Literary Trend:
New tend or form (school of thought) influenced by short
peaks, in specific groups and places.
Inside a Movement there could exist several trends.Example: Realism (naturalism and symbolism)
MOVEMENTS AND TRENDS
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In order to understand Literature we must know:
The author, The story, the text and the context.
1. The authorauthor is the emmiter / speaker of the literary
message.
2. The readerreader receives the message, and approves or
rejects.
3. The storystory is the subject matter of the literary
message.
4. The texttext is the work of literature itself.
5. The contextcontext is the reality or specific topicconsisting on past or future phenomenon, that
could happen individually or collectively.
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We interpret Literature:
Make sense of; assign a meaning to;
"How do you interpret his behavior?".
To explain or tell the meaning of;
To translate orally into intelligible or
familiar language or terms; To decipher; to define.
In order to make a Literary Analysis:
1) Read superficial or skim reading and
determines its main genre.
2) Write down all new words and look up forthe meaning in the dictionary, searching for
the meaning in its context.
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DRAMATIC SUBGENRES
1. Farce
2. Satire
3. Comedy
4. Melodrama
5. Tragicomedy
6. Piece or
Modern Tragedy
7. Tragedy
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CONTEMPORARY GENRES
Instead of:
EPIC
LYRIC
DRAMATIC
NowadaysNowadays::
THEATRETHEATRE
POETRYPOETRY
PROSEPROSE
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LITERARY FIGURES ORRHETORICAL FIGURES
Afigure or schemais any deviation, either in thought or
expression, from the ordinary and simple method of speaking
Poetically or rhetorically (oratoria) altered from the simple and
obvious method of expression
Figure is the term employed when we give our language a
conformation other than the obvious and ordinary. (Quintilian, IX.i.)
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RHETORICAL FIGURES
Metaphor
Simile
Symbol
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RHETORICAL FIGURES
Metaphor: is a literary figure of speech that uses an image,
story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some
intangible quality or idea;
e.g., "Her eyes were glistening jewels."
Metaphormay also be used for anyrhetorical figures of
speech that achieve their effects via association, comparison or
resemblance.
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RHETORICAL FIGURES
Simile: directly compares two different things, usually by employing the words
"like", "as".
Even though both similes and metaphors are forms of comparison,
similes indirectly compare the two ideas and allow them to remain distinct
in spite of their similarities,
whereas metaphors compare two things directly.
Simile compares a person with a bullet: "Chris was arecord-settingrunneras
fast as a speedingbullet."
Metaphor might read: "WhenChrisran, he was a speedingbulletracingalongthetrack."
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RHETORICAL FIGURES
Symbol: is something that represents an idea, a physical
entity or aprocess but is distinct from it.
The purpose of a symbol is to communicate meaning. For example, a red octagon may be a symbol for
"STOP".
On a map, a picture of a tent might represent a campsite.
Numerals are symbols for numbers. Personal names are symbols representing individuals. A
red rose symbolizes love and compassion.