World Lit

What is World Literature?
“It is about stepping out of our

neighborhoods, regions,
cultures, and ethnicities, and
placing ourselves in the larger
context of humanity.”
World Literature is learning about
values, culture, nationalism,
attitudes, thoughts, beliefs, feelings
and experiences
of the continents of the
world their in
different forms like poetry
and prose.
Looking back…
What is Literature?
autobiography, diaries, memoir, letters, and the essay, as

well as in the disciplines of history and philosophy.
Looking back…
What is Literature?
Looking back…
Qualifications of Literature
GENRES of Literature
Let’s define…
POETRY
 It refers to those expressions in verse, with measures, rhymes,
lines, stanzas and melodious tone.
 Function: to embody the deep truths reveal to us the complex

living organism called human being.
 HORACE: Poetry has a two-fold function: to delight
and to instruct.
* Horace was a Roman writer who lived during
the reign of Augustus Caesar in the 1st century
B.C.
Let’s define…
Types of Poetry
Let’s define…
Types of Poetry
Let’s define…
Types of Poetry
b. NARRATIVE POETRY
– it tells a story that follows an order of events.
- long descriptive poem about life and events that may
be real or imaginary.
Let’s define…
Types of Poetry
Types of Narrative Poetry:
1. Ballad – a short simple narrative poem composed to be
sung, and is
orally told from one generation to another.
2. Metrical Romance – written in verse; a long rambling
love story
which centers the adventure s of knights and lords and their royal
ladies during
the age of chivalry. It is also heavily flavored in romance,
fantastic events,
supernatural occurrences, magic, and truth, courage, reverence and
justice.
3. Epic – a long, majestic poem that tells the
adventures of a
traditional hero and the development of a nation.
Let’s define…
Types of Poetry
c. DRAMATIC POETRY
– it has elements that are closely related to
drama because it is written in dramatic form or makes
use of dramatic technique. It may suggest a story but
more emphasis is placed on the characters rather than
the narration.
Let’s define…
Other Forms of Poetry
• Blank verse – (Italy) written in iambic pentameter, or a line
with ten syllables and five stresses; unrhymed and
traditionally uses dramatic speech.
• Haiku – (Japan) a three-line poem which has 5-7-5 syllable
count.
• Free verse – an open form that does not follow a rhyme,
metrical, or musical scheme.
Let’s define…
Elements of Poetry
• Lines/verse
• Meter - describes the rhythm (or pattern of beats) in a line of
poetry.
• Sound Pattern/Rhymes - the repetition of syllables, typically
at the
end of a verse line.
• Imagery- element of a poem that invokes any of the five senses
to
create a set of mental images. Specifically, using vivid or
figurative
language to represent ideas, objects, or actions.
Let’s define…
PROSE
• In writing, prose refers to any written work that

follows a basic grammatical structure (think
words and phrases arranged into sentences and
paragraphs). This stands out from works of
poetry, which follow a metrical structure Prose
simply means language that follows the natural
patterns found in everyday speech.
Let’s define…
PROSE
• FICTION
• NONFICTION
Let’s define…
FICTION
• a series of imaginative facts about truths in human life;
presents human life.
Classifications:
a. Short Story - short narrative artistic in nature involving one
or more
characters that focus on a single plot, one single
experience.
b. Novel - a long narrative divided into chapters and may
involve few or more characters with complex theme (plot).
c. Drama - a literary form presented on stage. It involves three
elements : theater, actors, audience. It is an art of
imitating human
characters and actions. (Tragedy, Comedy)
Let’s define…
FICTION
Classification Word Count

Flash fiction 100 – 1,000
Short story 1,000 – 10, 000
Novelette 10, 000 – 20, 000
Novella 20, 000 – 30, 000
Novel 30, 000 and
beyond
Let’s define…
Elements of Fiction
PLOT – the sequence of evets in the story;

this includes the conflict of the story and
the resolution.
• Conflict: internal or external
• Man vs. Self
• Man vs. Man
• Man vs. Society
• Man vs. Nature
• Man vs. Supernatural
Let’s define…
Elements of Fiction
CHARACTERS – individuals in a story

 Presence: Major/Minor character
 Position: Protagonist/Antagonist
 Characterization: Round/Flat
 Movement: Dynamic/Static
POINT OF VIEW – the position in which the
story is being told and the manner of its telling
Let’s define…
Elements of Fiction
VOICE and DIALOGUE – how speech is

rendered in a story, either as the narrator
talking to the reader or characters talking
to each other
SETTING– where and when the story take place
THEME – what the story is trying about the

human condition
Let’s define…
Elements of Fiction
Symbols – or an object that represents,

stands for, or suggests an idea, belief,
concept, and abstraction that may not
otherwise be rendered into concrete
images. Symbols take the form of words,
sounds, gestures, or visual images and are
used to convey ideas and beliefs.
Let’s define…
Kinds of symbolism:
• Motif/Leitmotif – a repetition of symbol in a
story. It can be an object, an action, a word or
phrase, or even a description. Motifs are
dependent on the fictional world of the story,
and may not carry any meaning in the real
world.
• Tropes – are common literary devices, motifs,
or figurative language that occur across
several creative works, they can be identified
by the way they are commonly used by the
creators.
Ex. a boy falls in love with a girl who does not
love him back; the monster in the closet; or the ordinary
person becomes the hero.
Let’s define…
Kinds of symbolism:
• Archetypes – usually refer to character

templates in a story that fulfill a certain
function.
• Allegory – also known as extended metaphor
and uses characters and events in literary or
other art forms to represent and symbolize
abstractions. Many mythologies and religious
texts use allegories to concretize an abstract
concept or idea.
Let’s define…
based mainly on facts rather than on imagination

although they may contain fictional elements.
• essays, biography/autobiography, memoir, diary,
and the like
Literature, as compared to any other forms of writing, possesses
distinct qualities that separate it from the rest. These are what we call
literary standards.
What are the literary standards?


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What is World Literature?

What is World Literature?

“It is about stepping out of our

autobiography, diaries, memoir, letters, and the essay, as

 Function: to embody the deep truths reveal to us the complex

• In writing, prose refers to any written work that

Classification Word Count

PLOT – the sequence of evets in the story;

CHARACTERS – individuals in a story

VOICE and DIALOGUE – how speech is

THEME – what the story is trying about the

Symbols – or an object that represents,

• Archetypes – usually refer to character

based mainly on facts rather than on imagination

What are the literary standards?

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