LITERATURE GENRES

LYRIC

EPIC

DRAMATIC

LITERARY MOVEMENTS
GRECOLATIN

IN TIME
CONTEMPORARY

MEDIEVAL
VANGUARD RENAISSANCE NEOCLASICCISM ROMANTICISM

MODERN REALISM

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MOVEMENTS AND TRENDS

Literary Movements or Period: Terms which group writers whose works have similar subject matter, writing style or thought. It is a product of a social movement, usually parallel to history timeline. Literary Trend: New tend or form (school of thought) influenced by short peaks, in specific groups and places. Inside a Movement there could exist several trends. Example: Realism (naturalism and symbolism)

In order to understand Literature we must know: The author, The story, the text and the context. 1. The author is the emmiter / speaker of the literary message. 2. The reader receives the message, and approves or rejects. 3. The story is the subject matter of the literary message. 4. The text is the work of literature itself. 5. The context is the reality or specific topic consisting on past or future phenomenon, that could happen individually or collectively.

We interpret Literature:
Make sense of; assign a meaning to; "How do you interpret his behavior?". To explain or tell the meaning of; To translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; To decipher; to define.

In order to make a Literary Analysis: 1) Read superficial or skim reading and determines its main genre. 2) Write down all new words and look up for the meaning in the dictionary, searching for the meaning in its context.

DRAMATIC SUBGENRES
1. Farce 2. Satire 3. Comedy 4. Melodrama 5. Tragicomedy 6. Piece or Modern Tragedy 7. Tragedy

CONTEMPORARY GENRES
Instead of:  EPIC  LYRIC  DRAMATIC

Nowadays: Nowadays: THEATRE POETRY PROSE

LITERARY FIGURES OR RHETORICAL FIGURES

 A figure or schema is any deviation, either in thought or expression, from the ordinary and simple method of speaking  Poetically or rhetorically (oratoria) altered from the simple and obvious method of expression  Figure is the term employed when we give our language a conformation other than the obvious and ordinary. (Quintilian, IX.i.)

RHETORICAL FIGURES
Metaphor Simile Symbol

RHETORICAL FIGURES
Metaphor: is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g., "Her eyes were glistening jewels." Metaphor may also be used for any rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association, comparison or resemblance.

RHETORICAL FIGURES
 Simile: directly compares two different things, usually by employing the words "like", "as".  Even though both similes and metaphors are forms of comparison, similes indirectly compare the two ideas and allow them to remain distinct in spite of their similarities, whereas metaphors compare two things directly.

 Simile compares a person with a bullet: "Chris was a record-setting runner as

fast as a speeding bullet."

 Metaphor might read: "When Chris ran, he was a speeding bullet racing along the
track."

RHETORICAL FIGURES
Symbol: is something that represents an idea, a physical entity or a process but is distinct from it. The purpose of a symbol is to communicate meaning.
For example, a red octagon may be a symbol for "STOP". On a map, a picture of a tent might represent a campsite. Numerals are symbols for numbers. Personal names are symbols representing individuals. A red rose symbolizes love and compassion.