English Literature Flashcards
Literature comes from which Latin word?
litera
Literature was discovered in Europe in what year?
1940
Who is the first person who called “literature”?
Goet
According to (blank), literature means it is a performance in words
ROBERT FROST
According to (blank), literature means it is an imagination of nature and man
ARISTOTLE
According to (blank), literature means writings that interprets the meaning of life
HENRY BITCHOLYV
According to (blank), literature is life
SANIATAN
2 Major Forms of Literature
Prose and Poetry
consists of those with sentences and paragraphs
Prose
consists of those of lines and stanzas
Poetry
2 Forms of Prose
Fiction Prose and Non-Fiction Prose
any written work that is not real
Fiction Prose
comes from real life and is all based in real world experiences
Non-Fiction Prose
Purpose of Literature
- It gives us awareness of what we already knew.
- It tells us of what we do not already know.
- It moves our feelings.
- It gives us pleasure.
- It puts us in another world
- It uses language in special powerful ways.
This is a long narrative divided into chapters.
Novel
This is a narrative involving one or more character, one plot and one single impression.
Short Story
This is presented on a stage, is divided into acts and each act has many scenes.
Plays
These are fictitious and they deal with animals and inanimate things who speak and act.
Fables
These are fictitious narratives, usually about origins.
Legends