ENGLISH 113

CONTEMPORARY, POPULAR AND EMERGENT LITERATURE

MODULE 4

NAME: Rebucas, Jonathan C. BSE-ENGLISH

TEACHER: Mr. Rogelio Mora

1. Give the definition of the world literature.

– Literature, a body of written works. The name has traditionally been applied to those
imaginative works of poetry and prose distinguished by the intentions of their authors and the
perceived aesthetic excellence of their execution. Literature may be classified according to a
variety of systems, including language, national origin, historical period, genre, and subject
matter.

2. What are the major form of literary art.

– The major form of literary art are Fiction and Nonfiction.

3. Give the definition of poetry.

– Literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific

emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm.

4. Give the definition of prose

– Prose is a form of written or spoken language that usually exhibits a natural flow of speech and
grammatical structure. A related narrative device is the stream of consciousness, which also
flows naturally but is not concerned with syntax. The word "prose" first appears in English in the
14th century.

5. Give the definition of drama.

– Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet,
etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.

6. What was the word ‘genre’ mean.

– A genre is a specific type of music, film, or writing. Your favorite literary genre might be
science fiction, and your favorite film genre might be horror flicks about cheerleaders. Go figure.

7. How many groups can generally acknowledge literary genres be divided into.
–2 groups FICTION AND NONFICTION.
8. How many categories may literary genres fall under?

– 14 genres.

9. What is the origin of mother goose and nursery rhymes?

Mary Goose, a woman believed by some to be the infamous author of countless cherished
nursery rhymes: Mother Goose. Visitors toss coins at her tombstone, presumably to garner a bit
of good luck, but the woman who was buried there in 1690 is undoubtedly not the original
Mother Goose. According to local legend, it was the widowed Isaac Goose’s second wife,
Elizabeth Foster Goose, who entertained her numerous grandchildren and other youngsters
with songs and rhymes that were purportedly published by her son-in-law in 1719. Yet despite
repeated searches for a copy of this collection, no evidence of its existence has ever been
uncovered. Regardless, most historians agree that neither Mary nor Elizabeth created the
stories that have passed on from generation to generation. From the mid-16th century nursery
rhymes begin to be recorded in English plays, and most popular rhymes date from the 17th and
18th centuries. The first English collections, Tommy Thumb's Song Book and a sequel, Tommy
Thumb's Pretty Song Book, were published by Mary Cooper in 1744.

10. What does the nursery rhyme “wash on Monday”

– Life was hard for women: wash on Monday, iron on Tuesday, mend on Wednesday, churn on
Thursday, clean on Friday, bake on Saturday and rest on Sunday.