PRETEST:
1. ____ are those imaginative works of poetry and prose distinguished by
the intentions of their authors and the perceived aesthetic excellence and
execution
2. Give one of point two important aspects of literature
3. This is a type of literary genre that can help you improve your
communicative competencies
4. _____ can give you insights about life or it may lead you to think
critically or persuasively about things and ideas around you.
PRETEST:
5. This type of fiction involves the creative use of research to be able to
transport readers to another time and place
6. ___ may be a combination of different fiction forms like dystopian,
science fiction, and fantasy or any other combination.
7. It has imaginary characters and events that could not exist in real life
and have no basis in science
8. ____ is an instructive story about human social behaviour with
personified animals or natural objects as characters and always ends with
an explicit moral message
PRETEST:
9. It is a narrative prose work of considerable length that talks about
significant human experience
10. This is a sub-genre of fiction which usually focus on one plot and one
main character with few minor characters
Introduction to
Literary Genres
Lesson for Creative Nonfiction
Group 1- PowerPoint Presentation
What is literature?
“arts of words”
“those imaginative works of poetry and prose
distinguished by the intentions of their authors
and the perceived aesthetic excellence and
execution”
“are writings having excellence
of forms or expressions and
expressing ideas of permanent or
universal interest”
What is literature?
point two important aspects of literature:
excellence
expressions
should not simply express humankind’s
thoughts, feelings, experiences and aspirations,
but also reflect merit and brilliance of
expressions
Due to the depth and breadth of
literature,
various academics have classified it based on its
different aspects such as content, technique, tone, or
simply definition
divided into two major forms:
1. Fiction
2. Nonfiction
as to technique used, literature is classified into:
● prose
● poetry
Fiction
Different roles of every genres
May let you into a world which is
01 different
totally 02
03 04
Poetry
Different roles of every genres
May enrich your emotional and
01
imaginative powers 02
03 04
Poetry
Different roles of every genres
May enrich your emotional and
01
imaginative powers 02
03 04
Poetry
Different roles of every genres
May enrich your emotional and
01
imaginative powers 02
03 04
Fiction
Refers to a literary work which comes the
authors imagination
A writer may inform, entertain, inspire or
persuade
It can be realistic, non-realistic, and semi-fiction
Literary
Realist Fiction
Mystery
literature
Magical Thriller
realism
Dystopian 14 Horror
Different
Forms of
Fantasy
Fiction
Historical
Science Romance
Fiction
Speculative
Western
fiction
Bildungsroman
Different forms of Fiction
To Kill a Mockingbird And Then There Were None by
Literary fiction
by Harper Lee MYSTERY
Agatha Christie
A to
it refers Tale
literary
of Twoworks
Cities The
alsoBig Sleep
known as by Raymond Chandler
detective
with artistic
by Charles
valueDickens
and fiction
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Pride andmerit.
literary Prejudice by
Jane Austen. THRILLER
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine
this fictionHansberry
types of
characterized
Gone by dark writer Gillian
Girl by American
mysterious and Patient
The Silent suspenseful plot
by British–Cypriot
author Alex Michaelides.
Different forms of Fiction
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
HORROR
Dracula by Bram Stoker
HISTORICAL
Gone with the Wind by Argaret
written by
to shock, startle, this type of fiction involves the
The Exorcist William Peter Blatty Mitchell
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of research
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be able to
readers transport readers Zusak
to another time and
place
Romance
Enemies to lovers
a romantic fiction highlights
Regency romance
love story between people.
The Hating Game
Different forms of Fiction
Lonesome Dove by Larry Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Western
McMurtry TheBildungsroman
Catcher in the Rye by J. D.
Riders
stories of thisoftype
the Purple Sage by and
often character Zane Salinger
literally translated as "a novel of
Grey Great Expectations by Charles
setting of the Western
The Sisters Brothersfrontiers
by like education" , this highlights from the
cowboys outlaws and settlers of the Dickens
Patrick deWitt transition or metamorphosis of a
American old west. character from youth into adulthood.
1984 by George Orwell
Speculative fiction
this
Brave
typeNew
mayWorld by Aldous Huxley
be a combination of
different
fiction451
Fahrenheit forms like Bradbury
by Ray dystopian,
science fiction, and fantasy or any other
combination.
Different forms of Fiction
Space opera by Wilson Tucker Sword and Leibeersorcry by Fritz
Science fiction
2001: A Space Odyssey by
Fantasy
Dark fantasy by Karl Edward Wagner
inspired by both natural science and it hasPotter
Harry imaginary characters
by J.K. Rowlingand
Stanley Kubrick
social science
A Wrinkle in , sci-fi
Timestories may focus
by Madeleine events that could not exist in real
on time travel , exploration and
L'Engle life and have no basis in science
Societies of the future.
Dystopian
1984 by George
Brave
fiction New World
Orwell
that depicts by that
society Aldous
is Huxley
worse thanGiver
The ours. by
Also another
Lois Lowry type
of science fiction
Different forms of Fiction
One Hundred Years of Solitude by The Rise of Silas Lapham by William
Magical
Gabriel GarcíaRealism
Márquez RealistDeanliterature
Howells's
world
Belovedportrayed
by Toniin magical realism is
Morrison The Adventures
portrays a worldofvery
Huckleberry
much
similar to our real world but with added Finn by
likeMark
oursTwain's
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
magical elements which are considered The Red Badge of Courage by
“natural” in which the story takes place Stephen Crane's
MYTH
NOVEL LEGEND
SHORT Sub-
genres of FABLE
STORY FICTION
Short Story
● brief fictional prose narrative
● shorter than a novel
● Usually focus on one plot and one
main character with few minor
characters
● Should be read in one sitting
Novel
● is a narrative prose work of
considerable length that talks
about significant human
experience
Myth
● a folktale that is considered sacred
and that attempts to explain how
things came to be
Legend
● is a traditional tale which is
thought to have historical bases
Fable
● an instructive story about human
social behavior with personified
animals or natural objects as
characters and always ends with an
explicit moral message
