RAMOS, Maurine Nicolai N. 2M5
2 TYPES OF LITERATURE
1. Prose - It is made up of sentences and paragraphs, without an metrical !or rhming" structure. - It has no formal and metrical structure. It applies a natural #ow of speech and ordinar grammatical structure.
Kinds of Prose: Fiction: a. Nove- $his is a long narrati%e di%ided into chapters. $he e%ents are ta&en from true-to-li true-to-life fe stories' stories'and and span a long period of time. $here are man characters characters in%ol%ed. ()ample* +I$O$ S((IN $( /A+N 0 Ste%en 1a%allena.
!. S"ort Stor#- $his is a narrati%e in%ol%ing one or more characters, one plot and one single impression. ()ample* $( A$(R O3 M4 3A$(R 0 arlos 6ulosan. c. Pa#s- $his is presented on a stage, is di%ided into acts and each act has man scenes. ()ample* $IR$((N 7A4S 0 +ilfredo M. uerrero. d. Le$ends Le$ends-$hese $hese are are 8ctitious 8ctitious narrati narrati%e, %e, usuall usuall a0out a0out origins. origins. ()ample* ()ample* $( 6I9O ((N/ 0 7io /uran. e. Fa!es- $hese are also 8ctitious and the deal with animals and inanimate thins who spea& spea& and act li&e li&e peopl people e and their their purpos purpose e is to enligh enlighten ten the minds minds of children children to e%ents that can mold their was and attitudes. ()ample* $( MON9(4 AN/ $( $R$(. Non%&ction: a. Essa#% $his e)presses e)presses the %iewpoint or opinion of the writer a0out a particular pro0lem or e%ent. $he 0est e)ample of this is the (ditorial page of a newspaper. !. 'io$ra("#% $his deals with the life of a person which ma 0e a0out himself, his auto0iograph auto0iograph or that of others. ()ample* A4($ANO AR(ANO 0 Socorro O. Al0ert c. A)to!io$ra("#% it gi%es the histor of a person:s life, written or told 0 that person. It is oftenwritten in Narrati%e form of their person:s life. 2. POETRY -literar wor& in which special intensit is gi%en to the e)pression of feelings and ideas 0 the use of distincti%e stle and rhthm - writing that formulates a concentrated imaginati%e awareness of e)perience in language language chosen and arrange arranged d to create create a speci8c speci8c emotional emotional response response throug through h meaning, sound, and rhthm
TYPES OF POETRY POE TRY:: A. NARRATI*E POETRY ; ; a poem that tells a stor. <. E(ic ; a long narrati%e poem of the largest proportions. (pic is a tale mainl a0out a hero concerning the 0eginning, continuance, and the end of e%ents of great signi8cance on tri0al or national signi8cance. ()amples* $he (pic of ilgamesh, Iliad, Odsse 2. +etrica Tae ; a narrati%e poem consisting usuall a single series connecti%e e%ents that are simple, and generall do not form a plot. ()amples of these are simple idlls or home tales, lo%e tales, tales of the supernatural or tales written for a strong moral purpose in %erse form. ()amples* ()amples* (%angeli (%angeline ne 0 enr enr +adsworth adsworth ongfell ongfellow ow and Sir +alter Scott=s >$he ad of the a&e.> ?. 'aad ; the simplest tpe of narrati%e poetr. It is s short narrati%e poem telling a single incident in simple meter and stan@as. It is meant to 0e sung. ()amples* $he +asteland 0 (lliot, $homas Sterns, Sang from the art Sire 0 /ic&inson, (mil
'. LYRI, POETR POETRY ; a poem poem that that is %er person personal al in natur nature. e. It e)pre e)presse sses s the the author:s author:s own thoughts thoughts,, feelings feelings,, moods moods and re#ecti re#ections ons in musical musical language. language. It deri%ed its name from the musical instrument, the lre. <. Ode ; a lric poem of some length, serious in su0ect and digni8ed in stle. It is most maestic of the lric poems. It is written in a spirit of praise of some persons or things. ()ampl ()amples* es* Ode on Intima Intimatio tions ns of Immort Immortali alit t from from Recolle ecollecti ctions ons of (arl (arl hildhood 0 +illiam +ordsworth, Ode to the onfederate /ead 0 Allen $ate. $ate. 2. (leg ; a poem written on the death of a friend of the poet. $he ostensi0le purpose is to praise the friend. 6ut in the end of the poem, howe%er, we can e)pect that poet will ha%e come to terms with his grief. ?. Song ; a lric poem in a regular metrical pattern pattern set to music. $hese ha%e twel%e slla0les and slowl sung to the accompaniment of a guitar or 0anduria. B. Sonnet ; a lric poem containing four iam0ic pentameter lines, and a complicated rhme ()amples* a Cita Nuo%a 0 /ante Alighieri, Cisions 0 3rancesco 7etrarch
