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21st Century Literature
Comes from the latin word, “litera”, which means letters.
Literature
The body of written works of a language, period, or culture. It is an imaginative or creative writing, especially of recognized artistic value
Literature
Allows a person to step back in time and learn about life on Earth from the ones who walked before us
Literature
Evolved to cater the hunger of imagination of the new generation
Literature
Can either be in oral or written form
Literature
This type of literature is handed down from one generation to another, then later on transformed into written form
Oral literature
The products of written literature
literary text
2 major forms of literature
Prose, Poetry
This applies a natural flow of speech and grammatical structures which are mainly consisting of complete sentences arranged logically and sequentially in a paragraph form
Prose
This literary type is usually written in lines and is characterized by having the element of rhythm, sound, imagery, and form. Its main purpose is to express feelings, thoughts, and ideas
Poetry
This serves as a product of the writer’s wild imagination and creative thinking where the characters react to the conflict and various issues central to the main idea of a literary work
Fiction
These are stories inspired by real events where writers aim to present, interpret, or describe experiences based on facts
Non-fiction
Judgements, opinions, commentaries of the writers may be presented in the form of essays, journals, diaries, feature articles, editorials, and the like
Non-fiction
This poetry tells a story and has the elements of a narrative such as characters, setting, conflict
Narrative poetry