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    Literature is defined as creative works of poetry and prose that can be classified by language, origin, period, genre or subject matter. There are two types of literature - oral literature which is spoken and written literature. Literary texts typically narrate a story, express thoughts and feelings drawn from imagination or experience, and convey meaningful information across boundaries. Narrative poems include epics like the Mahabharata and Beowulf as well as ballads. Dramatic poems contain dramatic monologues and soliloquies. Lyric poems encompass haiku, odes and elegies.

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    Literature is defined as creative works of poetry and prose that can be classified by language, origin, period, genre or subject matter. There are two types of literature - oral literature which is spoken and written literature. Literary texts typically narrate a story, express thoughts and feelings drawn from imagination or experience, and convey meaningful information across boundaries. Narrative poems include epics like the Mahabharata and Beowulf as well as ballads. Dramatic poems contain dramatic monologues and soliloquies. Lyric poems encompass haiku, odes and elegies.

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    INTRODUCTION TO

    LITERATURE
    Literature
    • is derived from the Latin word "littera"
    which means "a letter of the alphabet".
    • according to the website Britannica,
    literature is traditionally defined as body
    of written works associated to imaginative
    and creative works of poetry and prose and
    can be classified according to variety of
    systems such as language, national origin,
    historical period, genre & subject matter.
    Two Types of Literature

    1. Oral literature
    2. Written literature
    Characteristics of literary text
    1. it narrates a story;
    2. it expresses feelings, thoughts, and
    ideas which can either be based from the
    imagination or real-life
    experiences of the author or other
    people;
    3. it delivers significant information and
    crosses boundaries of time, places, cultures
    & languages.
    NARRATIVE POEMS
    Epic
    1. Biag ni Lam-ang
    2. The Mahabharata
    3. Beowulf
    4. The Aeneid and the Odyssey
    5. The Epic of Gilgamesh
    6. The Shahnameh
    NARRATIVE POEMS
    THE BALLAD
    1. The Rime of the Ancient
    Mariner by Samuel Taylor
    Coleridge
    2. Ballad of A Mother's Heart
    by Jose La Villa Tierra
    DRAMATIC POEMS
    1. DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE
    2. SOLILOQUY
    LYRIC POEMS
    HAIKU
    LYRIC POEMS
    HAIKU
    LYRIC POEMS
    ODE
    LYRIC POEMS
    ELEGY
    LYRIC POEMS
    ELEGY

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