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3rd-QTR - this is lit
Accountancy (BSA2)
Quezon City University
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Let’s recall the major literary genres!
A. TRADITIONAL/ CONVENTIONAL GENRES 1 .POETRY- is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning, sound and rhythmic language choices to evoke an emotional response. It has been known to employ meter and rhyme. The very nature of poetry as an authentic and individual mode of expression makes it nearly impossible to define. 2- is a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict more contrast of character, especially on intended to be acted on a stage: a play. It may be any situation or series of events having vivid, emotional, conflicting or striking interest.
- FICTION- is literature created from the imagination, not presented as fact, though it may be based on a true story or situation. Types of literature in the fiction include the novel, short story and novella.
4-FICTION- is based on facts and the author’s opinion about a subject. The purpose of non-fiction writing is to inform and sometimes to persuade. Its examples are biographies, articles from textbooks and magazines and newspapers.
B. 21st CENTURY LITERARY GENRES
1 NOVEL - Story through text and illustrated images - 50% of the narrative is presented without words - The reader must interpret the images to comprehend the story completely. - Textual portions are presented in traditional form. - Some illustrated novels may contain no text at all. - Span all genres. - Examples include The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick and The Arrival by Shaun Tan.
2-FICTION
- Triple Media Literature
- Combines three media: book, movie/video and internet website To get the full story, students must engage in navigation, reading, and viewing in all three forms.
- Patrick Carman’s Skeleton Creek and Anthony Zuiker’s Level 26 are examples
3 NOVEL • Narrative in comic book formats • Narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using a comic form. • The term is employed in broadly manner, encompassing non-fiction works and thematically linked short stories as well as fictional stories across a number of genres. • Archie Comics by John Goldwater and illustrator, Bob Montana, is a good example.
4 • Japanese word for comics • It is used in the English-speaking world as a generic term for all comic books and graphic novels originally published in Japan. • Considered as an artistic and storytelling style. • Ameri-manga- sometimes used to refer to comics created by American artists in manga style. • Shonen- Boy’s Manga (Naruto, Bleach, One Piece) • Shojo- Girl’s Manga (Sailormoon) • Seinen- Men’s Manga (Akira) • Josei- Women’s Manga (Loveless, Paradise Kiss) • Kodomo- Children’s Manga (Doraemon, Hello Kitty)
5 FICTION • Literary presentation where the author incorporates doodle writing, drawings and handwritten graphics in place of the traditional font. • Drawing enhances the story, often adding humorous elements • Examples include The Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney and Timmy Failure by Stephan Pastis.
6.TEXT- NOVELS • Blogs, email and IM format narratives • Stories told almost entirely in dialogue simulating social network exchanges.
- CHICK LIT or CHICK LITERATURE • Is genre fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood, often humorously and lightheartedly. • Chick Lit typically features a female protagonist whose femininity is heavily thermalizing in the plot. • Scarlet Bailey’s The night before Christmas and Miranda Dickinson’s It started with a Kiss are examples of this.
8 FICTION • Is a style of fictional literature of extreme brevity • There is no widely accepted definition of the length and category. It could range from word to a thousand.
- SIX-WORD FLASH FICTION • EX. Ernest Hemingway: For sale: baby socks, never worn.
- Margaret Atwood: Longed for him. Got him, Shit.
10 NON-FICTION • Also known as literary non-fiction or narrative non-fiction • A genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives. • Contrasts with other non-fiction, such as technical writing or journalism, which is also rooted in accurate fact, but is not primarily written in service to its craft. • As a genre, creative non-fiction is still relatively young and is only beginning to be scrutinized with the same critical analysis given to fiction and poetry. • 1000 Gifts by Ann Voscamp and Wind, Sand, and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery are examples.
- SCIENCE FICTION • Is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, a parallel universe and extra-terrestrial life. • Often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations and has been called a “literature of ideas”. • Examples include Suzanne Collins’ Mockingjay and Sarah Maas’ Kingdom of Ash.
12 • A weblog, a website containing short articles called posts that are changed regularly.
- Some blogs are written by one person containing his or her own opinions, interests and experiences, while others are written by different people.
- Video is an electronic device used to record, copy, playback, broadcast, and display moving visual media (Lexico 2020).
An anecdote is a short entertaining or interesting story about a real incident or person (Nagpal 2016). Anecdotes tell about a variety of stories and tales, since they can be about any topic under the sun. It is a short story about a real person or event which usually intends to make the listeners laugh or ponder over a topic (Your Dictionary 2020). Purposes of Anecdotes:
- To Bring Cheer Stories pop up anywhere and these are just sometimes making people laugh to brighten their mood. Here is an example of an anecdote meant to look back on happy memories:
- At the dinner, a Grade 11 learner shared his story on his first day at school when he got lost and attended a wrong class.
- To Reminisce In most anecdotes, people are talking about their experiences in the past. They try to look back on moments in their lives and share the joy of that time with others. Here is an example of anecdote with a hint of reminiscence:
- A mother tells her children a story about her life in the province when she was teenager.
- To Caution Sometimes, just giving rules for individuals is not effective. Sharing to them frightening stories of dangers can be helpful for them to realize the possible consequences of their actions. Here is an example of cautionary anecdote:
- Before beginning a lecture on not following traffic rules, a father tells his son an incident of collision that caused many lives due to ignoring traffic signs.
- To Persuade or Inspire Sometimes, people share stories on how they surpassed their struggles in life. These, most of the time, give encouragement to others who have been in similar situations. The message usually conveys successes in life as a fruit of hard work. Here is an example of an inspirational anecdote:
- Before beginning a remedial class, the teacher tells the students how a boy who used to struggle in reading managed to be a proficient reader
BASIC ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY
- Character– A character in a short story is a person, in some stories an animal, who takes part in the action of the story or other literary work. The way an author develops the character in a story is very important in making the story appeal to the readers. It is said that the heart of the
story are the characters. The two most important characters in a short story are the protagonist and the antagonist. a. The protagonist is considered as the main character or most important of all the characters. It is the character who learns something or undergoes some changes throughout the course of the story. Some stories depict the protagonist as the hero of the story, while in other stories the protagonist is not considered a hero as he has done nothing heroic. In any case, the story always revolves around the protagonist. b. The antagonist is the character that challenges the main character. It has no concern for the well-being of the main character. The antagonist may be a person, the nature, the society, or any intangible matter that contends with or creates a problem for the protagonist. 2. Setting– The place (locale) and time (period )when the story happens is called the setting. The setting may be based on real place and real time or it may also be based on the author’s imagination. When analyzing the setting of the story, consider where the action is taking place. Most authors use descriptive words to describe the landscape, scenery, buildings, season, or weather to provide a strong sense of setting which will help the reader visualize the story and connect to the story’s plot. 3. Plot– A plot is the actual story. It is what the story is all about. It is also the series of events and characters’ actions that lead to the highest point of interest in a short story. The following are the different parts of a story’s structure: a. Exposition –This is the beginning of the story. This is where the author introduces the characters, identifies where the story is happening, and establishes the main conflict. b. Rising Action–This event occurs as you begin to move throughout the story. This is where conflicts start to build. c. Climax– It is the most exciting part of a short story. This is the part in the story when important decisions are made or important things are discovered. d. Falling Action– This point occurs after the climax as the problems in the story start to work themselves out. The excitement becomes less and less as the conflict is resolved. e. Resolution– This is the solution to the problem in a story. The solution may not be what you hoped for but as long as it fits the story in tone and theme, the conflict has been resolved. 4. Conflict– Every story needs to have a problem and this problem is called conflict. The main character, also called the protagonist, needs to have someone or something to challenge him. Without conflict, the story will not go anywhere and will not be very interesting to the readers. The main character may be faced with one of the four different types of conflict. These four types of conflict are:
- man versus man;
- man versus nature;
- man versus himself; and
- man versus society.
3rd-QTR - this is lit
Course: Accountancy (BSA2)
University: Quezon City University
