Literature

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genre

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– any discipline or subcategory of the humanities.

Question 2

Fiction

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a work of literature created from the author’s imagination rather than from fact. Traditionally, fiction has been divided into two categories:
novels and short stories.

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Novels

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are fictional prose narratives of considerable length, with a plot (the structure of a work of literature) that unfolds from the actions, speech, and thought of the characters.

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Short stories
fables

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are short prose fictional works that developed as a genre in the 19th century.
narratives designed to enforce a useful truth,

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Point of view

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represents the perspective from which an author tells a story to the reader.

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First person (“I”) –

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telling the story through the eyes and speech of one of the characters.

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Epistolary

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telling the story through letters written by the characters

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Third person omniscient

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– telling the story through a narrator that may take the viewpoint of any or all characters, or stand outside the characters and comment on the story.

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Stream of consciousness –

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telling the story through a flow of thoughts, feelings, and memories coming from a specific character’s mind.

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Plot

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is the structure of a work of literature or theatre. A plot may be closed or open.

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closed plot

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follows the model praised by Aristotle. It contains three main sections: Exposition, Complication, and Dénouement.

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The complication

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contains a series of conflicts and decisions that leads to a climax, a turning point in the plot.

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The dénouement

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is the final resolution of the plot.

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An open plot

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has little or no resolution. We leave the characters and imagine them carrying on as their personalities would suggest.

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Nonfiction

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consists of literary works based mainly on fact rather than on imagination.

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A biography

Anecdotes

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is a written account of a person’s life.

are stories or observations about moments in a biography.

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Poetry

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is condensed language selected for its sound, suggestive power, and meaning to convey a vivid and imaginative sense of experience.

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Narrative poetry

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tells a story. One kind of narrative poetry is epic poetry, which is of substantial length and elevated style, such as the ancient Greek poet Homer’s Iliad.

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Dramatic poetry

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uses dramatic form or technique. The dramatic monologue, a poem written as a speech of an individual character to an imaginary audience, is the major form of dramatic poetry.

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Lyric poetry

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, originally intended to be sung and accompanied by a lyre (a small harp-like instrument), comprises a brief, subjective work employing strong imagination, melody, and feeling to create a single, unified, and intense impression of the personal emotion of the poet.

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The sonnet.

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is the most finished form of lyric poetry. Petrarch (1304-1374) in Italian and Shakespeare (1564-1616) in English are the most important writers of these fourteen-line poems