Post on 30-Dec-2015
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WHAT IS LITERATURE?
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Why study literature?
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GENRES OF
LITERATURE
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Literature is studied
under two categories:
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BASIC
LITERARY TERMS
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a lengthy fictitious prose narrative portraying characters and presenting an organized series of events and settings
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the way in which the narrative events are arranged.(the sequence of events)
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a fictional representation of a person (or animal).
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the angle from which a story is told
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the way a writer selects and arranges words to express ideas
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the leading character of a drama, novel, etc. This is not always the hero, but is always the principal and central character whose rival is the antagonist.
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a struggle between two opposing forces
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the state of feeling created by a work of literature.
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the time and place of the action
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the central message or insight into life
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the attitude of the speaker or author of a work toward the subject matter
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a fictional narrative generally centering on one event and usually developing only a single character in depth
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person, place or object that has a literal meaning, but stands for something else
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