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    CLASS 2

    PROFESSOR NORA TORNES


    GENRES OF
    LITERATURE
    A literary genre refers to the traditional
    divisions of literature of various kinds
    according to a particular criteria of writing
    ● Literary techniques
    ● Literary figures
    ● Literary by country, language, or cultural
    group.
    ● Literary criticism
    ● Themes in literature
    GENRES OF LITERATURE
    THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
    ORIGIN STYLE AND GENRE
    Genre originates from the
    Style means the characters or features of the work of a
    French word meaning kind
    single person or individual. However, the genre is the
    or type. As a literary
    classification of those words into broader categories such as
    device, genre refers to a
    modernist, postmodernist or short fiction and novels, and so
    form, class, or type of
    on
    literary work.

    PRIMARY
    SYNONYMS EXAMPLES
    A few close meanings are category,
    FORMS
    Poetry, Drama, and Prose It is like an implied social
    class, group, classification, grouping, contract between writers
    head, heading, list, set, listing, and and their readers.
    categorization.
    POETRY
    Poetry is the most intense form
    Sub-Genres of Poetry of writing. It allows a writer to
    •Songs and Ballads
    •Lyric express his or her deepest
    •Epic
    •Dramatic emotions and thoughts in a very
    •Narrative personal way. It relies heavily on
    figurative language, rhythm, and
    imagery to relay its message to
    readers.
    DRAMA
    Drama is a literary work written
    Sub-Genres of Drama to be performed in front of an
    •Tragedy
    •Comedy audience. It contains dialogue,
    •History
    •Melodrama and actors impersonate the
    •Musica
    characters. It is usually divided
    into acts or scenes, and relies on
    props or imaginative dialogue to
    create a visual experience for
    the audience.
    PROSE
    Prose is the most common form of writing.
    Fiction Nonfiction
    It is not restricted by rhythm or dialogue,
    and it most closely resembles everyday
    speech. It is usually straightforward, and Sub-Genres of
    Sub-Genres of
    Fiction may utilize figurative language, dialogue, Nonfiction
    • Novel • Autobiography
    characters, and imagery. • Biography
    • Novella
    • Short Story • Essay
    • Myths and • Diaries and
    Legends Journals
    • Fables • Narrative
    Nonfiction
    EXAMPLE 1
     The Color Purple by Alice Walker

    All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to


    fight my brothers. I had to fight my cousins and my
    uncles. A girl child ain’t safe in a family of men. But I
    never thought I’d have to fight in my own house. She let
    out her breath. I loves Harpo, she say. God knows I do.
    But I’ll kill him dead before I let him beat me.

    ANSWER: FICTION
    EXAMPLE 2
     Macbeth by William Shakespeare

    ,
    Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow

    Creeps in this petty pace from day to day


    To the last syllable of recorded time,
    And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
    The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
    Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
    That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
    And then is heard no more: it is a tale
    Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
    Signifying nothing.

    ANSWER: DRAMA OR PLAY


    EXAMPLE 3
    A Word to Husbands by Ogden Nash

    To keep your marriage brimming


    With love in the loving cup,
    Whenever you’re wrong, admit it;
    Whenever you’re right, shut up.

    ANSWER: POETRY

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