2. Two Main Divisions of Literature Flashcards
Miriam Defensor-Santiago: The Iron Lady of Asia
Sacred Fire Creative
Who said this?
“What is the meaning of life?
This meaning is not for you to
find, but for you to define. The
meaning of life is found in the
purposes that we pursue as we
grow older.”
Miriam Defensor-Santiago
She is well-known in Philippine politics for her
intelligence, courage, and memorable quotes.
While she ran twice for president and never won,
she remained a consistent and active figure in
politics who made a lasting mark on the Filipino
people’s hearts and minds.
Miriam Defensor-Santiago
Why did Miriam Defensor-Santiago passed away?
Lung Cancer (Sept 2016)
Miriam Defensor-Santiago was a popular mainstay in Philippine politics, especially when she spoke openly about
corruption, injustice, and inefficiences
is a literary piece which is written in the pattern of ordinary spoken language and within the common flow of conversation.
Prose
Prose is derived from the Latin word prosa
which means ‘_________________.’
straightforward
refers to those
expressions in verse,
with measures, rhymes,
rhythm, lines, stanzas and
melodious tones.
Poetry
Poetry came from the Greek word
____________ which means ‘making’.
poiesis
Form of Prose and Poetry
Prose - in paragraph form
Poetry - in stanza or verse form
Language of Prose and Poetry
Prose - expressed in ordinary form
Poetry - expressed in metrical, rhythmical, and figurative language
Appeal of Prose and Poetry
Prose - to the intellect
Poetry - to the emotions
Aim of Prose and Poetry
Prose - to convince, instruct, imitate, and reflect
Poetry - stir the imagination and set an idea of how life should be
Forms of Prose
Prose Drama
Essay
Prose Fiction
Biography
Autobiography
Letter
Diary
Journal
a drama in prose form. It consists entirely of dialogues in prose and is meant to be acted on stage.
Prose Drama
a short literary composition which is expository in nature. The author shares some of their thoughts, feelings, or observations on aspects of life which interest them.
Essay
something invented, imagined, or feigned to be true
Prose Fiction
2 kinds of Prose Fiction
Novel
Short Story
A long fictitious narrative with complicated plot
Novel
A fictitious narrative compressed into one unit of time, place, and action
Short Story
a story of a certain person’s life written by another who knows him (the former) well.
Biography
a written account of man’s life written by himself.
Autobiography
a written message which displays aspects of an author’s physiological make-up not immediately apparent in his more public writings.
Letter
a daily written record of account of the writer’s own experiences,
thoughts, activities, or observations.
Diary
a magazine or periodical especially of a serious or learned nature
Journal
OTHER FORMS OF PROSE
- HISTORICAL PROSE
- SCIENTIFIC PROSE
- SATIRICAL PROSE
- CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- BOOK REVIEW
- PHILOSOPHY
- TRAVEL
- PARODY
- ANECDOTE
- CHARACTER SKETCH
- PARABLE
- PAMPHLET
- EULOGY
- SPEECH (Address, Oration,
Lecture, Talk)
is derived from Greek work poesis meaning “making or creating”.
Poetry
remember five things about poetry
Concentrated Thought
Word-Music
Expresses all senses
Answers our demand for rhythm
Observation plus imagination
Poetry is as _______ as the nature of man—unique in some sense along with man’s eccentricities, yet clings if appreciated or if deeply imbibed by the reader
varied
tells a story. It is often contrasted with lyric verse and verse drama.
Narrative Poem
Examples of Narrative Poem
Epic
Metrical Romance
Metrical Tale
Ballad
Popular Ballad
Modern or Artistic
Metrical Allegory
a long narrative of a hero with supernatural strength
Epic
a poem of a “knight on a conquest”
Metrical Romance
a poem written for a strong purpose in verse form; they do not form a plot
Metrical Tale
a narrative poem intended to be sung
Ballad
a ballad telling of adventures, cruelty, passion, or primary instincts of man influenced by the restraint of modern civilization.
Popular Ballad
a ‘freer’ folk ballad; an imitation
Modern or Artistic
Types of Poetry
Narrative Poems
Lyric Poetry
a symbolic extended narrative
Metrical Allegory
Examples of Lyric Poetry
Ode
Elegy
Song
Corridos
Sonnet
refers to either poetry that has the form and musical quality of a song, or a usually short poem that expresses personal feelings or thoughts of a speaker.
Lyric Poetry
written in a spirit of praise of some person/things.
Ode
a poem written on the death of a friend of a poet
Elegy
a lyrical poem set to music
Song
these have measures of eight syllables and recited to a beat
Corridos
a poem containing 14 lines and a dedicated rhyme
Sonnet
These divisions and types of literature allow us to view literature this way:
There is no single way of representing/ creating/ purging out our thoughts to real words.
The Coconut Poem
Jose Garcia Villa
a Filipino poet, critic, short story writer and painter, is an important person to recognize during Filipino American History
Month.
Jose Garcia Villa
His early path did not involve poetry. Instead he began a pre-medical course of study at the University of the Philippines, eventually switching to pre-law. After some time, Villa recognized that his true passion was in the creative arts, and his career as a writer began
Jose Garcia Villa
Jose Villa published a collection of erotic poems called
Man Songs
Villa was selected for the Best Story of the Year from the Philippine Free Press magazine for his story called
Mir-I-Nisa
shocked a conservative, heavily Roman Catholic society with its sexual imagery. Considered too erotic, such poems got the novice writer tried and fined by the courts for obscenity and suspended from the state-run University of the Philippines—founded, coincidentally, in 1908, the year of his birth
The Coconut Poem
