INTRODUCTION

TO WORLD LITERATURE
DEFINITION OF LITERATURE :
THE COLLECTED CREATIVE WRITING
OF A NATION, PEOPLE, GROUP OR
CULTURE.

* ANY SIGNIFICANT HUMAN

EXPERIENCE
* CONSISTS OF WRITINGS THAT DEPICT LIFE
AND NATURE, IN WORKS OF CHARM AND
POWER, TOUCHED BY THE PERSONALITY OF
THE AUTOR, IN ARTISTIC FORMS OF
PERMANENT INTEREST.
CHARACTERISTICS OF LITERATURE

1. UNIVERSALITY
2. PERMANENCE
3. AESTHETIC APPEAL
WORLD LITERATURE
WORLD LITERATURE IS SOMETIMES USED TO REFER
TO THE SUM TOTAL OF THE WORLD’S NATIONAL
LITERATURES, BUT USUALLY IT REFERS TO THE
CIRCULATION OF WORKS INTO THE WIDER WORLD
BEYOND THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. OFTEN USED
IN THE PAST PRIMARILY FOR MASTERPIECES OF
WESTERN EUROPEAN LITERATURE, WORLD
LITERATURE TODAY IS INCREASINGLY SEEN IN
GLOBAL CONTEXT.
TYPES OF
LITERATURE. LITERATURE CAN
GENERALLY BE DIVIDED INTO TWO TYPES;
PROSE AND POETRY. PROSE CONSISTS OF
THOSE WRITTEN WITHIN THE COMMON
FLOW OF CONVERSATION IN SENTENCES
AND PARAGRAPHS, WHILE POETRY REFERS
TO THOSE EXPRESSIONS IN VERSE, WITH
MEASURE AND RHYME, LINE AND STANZA
AND HAS A MORE MELODIOUS TONE
DEFINING POETRY IS TRICKY BECAUSE
A SIMPLE DEFINITION CANT DO IT
JUSTICE. ITS LIKE TRYING TO DEFINE A TREE
OR A SUNRISE.
TO TRULY UNDERSTAND POETRY, YOU
MUST EXPERIENCE IT; YOU MUST READ
IT – DEEPLY, WIDELY, CAREFULLY AND
REPEATEDLY, AND YOU MUST WRITE IT
AS WELL.
CHARACTERISTICS OF POETRY :

1. WRITTEN IN VERSES – VERSES -

STANZA
2. HAS METER- NO. OF SYLLABLES ON A
VERSE
3. USES RHYME
4. USES FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
 FOUR KINDS OF
POETRY
1. NARRATIVE POEM – POEMS THAT
TELL A STORY
A. EPIC
B. BALLAD
C. METRICAL ROMANCE
2. LYRIC POEMS
EXAMPLES
A. ODE
B. ELEGY
C. SONNETS
D. PSALM
E. SONG
5. SONG – POEMS THAT ARE SUNG.
EX. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BAHAY
KUBO
SPECIAL TYPES OF POETRY