LITERATURE REVIEWER

LESSON 1: Four Major Classifications of Literature

Literature - (from Latin litterae (plural); letter) is 1. Prose

the art of written work
2. Poetry
Literature – things made form letters
3. Fiction
Literature - a body of written works
4. Non-fiction
➢ those imaginative works of poetry and prose
distinguished by the intentions of their authors
and the perceived aesthetic excellence of their Forms of Literature
execution.
1. Oral Literature - literary works transmitted
Literature - “writings having excellence of form from one generation to another verbally
or expression and expressing ideas of
2. Written Literature- literary works in printed
permanent or universal interest.”
form

3. Visual Literature - literary works presented in

Types of Writing front of an audience

Technical - A written form of technical Divisions of Literature

communication used in a variety of technical
fields.
Creative - A piece of writing for entertainment
and education.
1. Prose is the most typical form of language,
applying ordinary grammatical structure and
natural flow of speech rather than rhythmic
structure (as in traditional poetry).

Academic - Proving a theory or viewpoint, and 2. Poetry - a form of literary art which uses the
emphasizes one specific subject. aesthetic qualities of language to evoke
meanings in addition to, or in place of, the
Business - The process of communicating
prosaic ostensible meaning.
business ideas and concepts through written
works.

Literary - A subjective personal view which the

writer expresses through his themes, ideas, and
views.
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LESSON 2: 5. Novella – longer than a novelette and is

sometimes called a long short story or a short
Fiction comes from the Latin fictio, meaning “a
novel.
fashioning or forming,”
Novella – may have 17,000 - 40,000 Words
Fiction is the form of any narrative or
informative work that deals, in part or in whole, Example: Three Filipino Women
with information or events that are not factual,
but rather, imaginary - that is, invented by the
author. 6. Novelette – the term "novelette" referred to
a story that was romantic or sentimental in
Fiction - literature created from the
character.
imagination, not presented as fact, though it
may be based on a true story or situation. Novelette – longer than a short story but
shorter than a novella. The word count is
Fiction – may also refer to theatrical, cinematic,
usually between 7,500 words to 17,500 words.
or musical work.
Example: The Umbrella Tree, The Violin Maker’s
Wife
Examples of Fiction

1. Fairytale - story about kings, queens, princes

and princesses with a touch of magic.
Example: Si Princessa Marianna, Ang Prinsipe at
ang Pulubi
Short story – is often used to describe a single
event, a single episode, or a tale of one
particular character.
Short story – An average short story usually has
at least 3,500 words and no more than 7,500.

2. Mythology – story about gods and goddesses Example: Dead Stars, Footnote to youth

Example: How the world was made

Flash Fiction – also known as short, short

stories, micro fiction, or postcard fiction
3. Legend – the story about the origin of a thing
or a place Flash Fiction – stories that take pride in their
extreme brevity: some works of flash fiction
Example: Alamat ng Saging, Alamat ng
have only 53 words, while others have 1,000.
Ampalaya
Example: 100 Kislap, In Transit

4. Novel – involves multiple major characters,

sub-plots, conflicts, points of view, and twists. Fable– a short story, typically with animals as
characters, conveying a moral
Novel – may have 40,000+ Words

Example: Noli Me Tangere, Banaag at Sikat

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