Significant Human Experiences

"acquaintance with letters"

collection of preserved writings w/c interprets the meaning and nature of life of people in a particular country or period

“ We learn the innermost feelings and thoughts of

people .Thus we gain an

understanding not only of others, but more

importantly, of ourselves and of LIFE itself .”

self-expression

LOVE for… truth

accuracy &

evaluation

“Spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling” - Wordsworth

“Rhythmical creation of beauty”

- Poe

a)a)Simple lyricSimple lyric*The Passionate Shepherd to His Love *The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (Marlowe) (Marlowe)

b)b) SongSong - sacred, religious, & secular , - sacred, religious, & secular , primarily to be sung or can be set to musicprimarily to be sung or can be set to music **To CeliaTo Celia (Ben Jonson) (Ben Jonson)

c) Sonnetc) Sonnet – 14 lines w/ a formal rhyme – 14 lines w/ a formal rhyme scheme or patternscheme or pattern

1)LYRIC- subjects dwell on LOVE, DEATH, GRIEF,

the BEAUTY and LOVE of NATURE, ARTS & many more

d) Elegy- lament or an expression of mourning for the dead *Break, Break, Break ( Alfred Tennyson)

e) Ode- lofty praise for a person, object, event, or idea*Ode on a Grecian Urn (John Keats)

2) NARRATIVE a) Ballad- short & simple narrative

composed to be sung, & most popular examples of this type are the old English and Scottish traditional songs

b) Metrical Tale- relates real or imaginary events in simple straight forward language*The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales ( Geoffrey Chaucer)

c) Metrical Romance- long love story in verse about the adventures of knights & lords & their highborn ladies * Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (The Pearl Poet)

d) Epic- long majestic narrative which tells of the exploits of a traditional hero*Iliad and Odyssey (Homer)

3) DRAMATIC POETRY

a)Dramatic Monologue- combination of drama and poetry w/c presents the speech of a single character in a specific situation.

*My Last Duchess ( Robert Browning)

b) Soliloquy- passage spoken by a speaker in a poem by a character in a play but there’s no one present to hear him

- ordinary language that ordinary language that people use in writingpeople use in writing

- derived from the derived from the LatinLatin word 'prosa' meaning word 'prosa' meaning straightforward.straightforward.

What is a literary What is a literary genre?genre?

AA genre is a genre is a particular style or particular style or

type of writing.type of writing.

Major GenresMajor Genres•FictionFiction

– series of imagined facts w/c series of imagined facts w/c illustrates truths about human lifeillustrates truths about human life

– opposed to the actual and to the opposed to the actual and to the historically truehistorically true

•Non-FictionNon-Fiction– about real people and about real people and

eventsevents

Biography- is an account of is an account of a real person’s life that is a real person’s life that is written by another personwritten by another person

Memoirs letters Diaries & journals

Autobiography- an account of a person’s life written by the person himself

Essay- aims to explain, elucidate an idea or a point of view

Oration- aims to convince or persuade

••ScienceFiction

trends/predictions

RealisticFiction

Historical Fiction

historical character

Mystery

- usually have a morals

- use animals that speak and act like humans

Fables

Folk TaleFolk Tale• told in many different told in many different

versions by many versions by many different peopledifferent people

• original storyteller is original storyteller is unknownunknown

MythMyth / / LegendLegend MythMyth / / LegendLegend• A kind of fantasyA kind of fantasy

• A very old story A very old story handed down by handed down by word of mouthword of mouth

• Explains something Explains something about nature or about nature or answers questions answers questions about the meaning about the meaning of life or what is of life or what is good or evilgood or evil

Fairy TalesFairy Tales• Often begin with Once upon a time or Often begin with Once upon a time or

Long, long agoLong, long ago

Include a good character and a bad (evil) characterInclude

magic or something enchanted

Involves a problem that is solved and the good people live happily ever after

Setting is a forest or a castle

Drama

Drama

•a cast of characters•a narrator who gives important information•parts called acts or scenes•props to help support action•dialogue that tells what the actors say•stage directions

- written either in poetry or in prose or combination of both

Greek dran – to do

Assignment: Assignment:

– What are the major socio-political or economic What are the major socio-political or economic developments during each period that helped developments during each period that helped shape literature?shape literature?

– Describe the prevailing atmosphere in each Describe the prevailing atmosphere in each period that shaped literature (cultural, social, period that shaped literature (cultural, social, moral, and/or religious aspects).moral, and/or religious aspects).

– Who are the great writers and authors of each Who are the great writers and authors of each period who contributed to the literary period who contributed to the literary development of the times?development of the times?

– What are their immeasurable contributions?What are their immeasurable contributions?

English- American Literature