Topic 2: Nature, Essence and Significance of Literature

Question 1

What word is Literature derived from?

Answer 1

Litera. It means “letters”

Question 2

This is written work of a specific culture, subculture, religion, philosophy. It is used to refer to works of the creative imagination, including works of poetry, drama, fiction and nonfiction. It represents a language or a people: culture and tradition.

Answer 2

Literature

Question 3

What are the three main points of literature?

Answer 3

Literature is an art, expressive and affective.

Question 4

What are the nine roles of literature?

Answer 4

Literature acts as a form of expression; is a reflection of humanity and a way of understanding; provokes thoughts; discover the human nature through literature; exposes critical and controversial issues; timeless piece of entertainment; provides knowledge, entertainment and encourages creativity; encourages interaction; expands language awareness.

Question 5

What are the four literary genres?

Answer 5

Drama, Essay, Short Story and Poetry.

Question 6

This literary genre is a compostion in prose form that presents a story entirely told in dialogue and action and written with the intention of its eventual performance before an audience; type of play written for theater, television, radio and film; contains conflict between characters, particularly the ones who perform in front of an audience on stage.

Answer 6

Drama

Question 7

What are the five types of drama?

Answer 7

Tragedy, Comedy, Tragicomedy, Farce and Melodrama.

Question 8

What french word is Essay derived from?

Answer 8

Essayer, which means “to attempt”, or “to try”.

Question 9

This literary genre is a short form of literary composition based on a single subject matter, and gives the personal opinion of the author; a short piece of writing on a particular subject or a scholarly work in writing the provides the author’s personal argument.

Answer 9

Essay

Question 10

What are the four types of essay?

Answer 10

Expository Essay, Descriptive Essay, Narrative Essay, Persuasive Essay

Question 11

This literary genre is a narrative involving one or more characters, one plot and one single impression.

Answer 11

Short Story

Question 12

What are the parts of a short story? In order.

Answer 12

Setting, Characterization, Plot and Structure, Narrator and Point of View, Style, Theme.

Question 13

What are the three parts under Plot and Structure? In order.

Answer 13

Conflict, Climax, Resolution.

Question 14

What are the three types of poetry?

Answer 14

Narrative Poetry, Lyric Poetry and Dramatic Poetry.

Question 15

What are the three examples underneath Narrative Poetry?

Answer 15

Epic, Metrical Tale and Ballad.

Question 16

This example of narrative poetry is an extended narrative about heroic exploits often under supernatural control.

Answer 16

Epic

Question 17

This example of narrative poetry is a narrative which is written in verse and can be classified as either ballad or metrical romance.

Answer 17

Metrical Tale

Question 18

This example of narrative poetry is considered the shortest and simplest. It has a simple structure and tells of a simple incident.

Answer 18

Ballad

Question 19

What are the seven examples of Lyric Poetry?

Answer 19

Folksongs, Sonnets, Elegy, Ode, Pslams, Awit, Corrido.

Question 20

This example of lyric poetry are short poems intended to be sung. The common theme is love, despair, grief, doubt, joy, hope and sorrow.

Answer 20

Folksongs

Question 21

This example of lyric poetry has 14 lines dealing with an emotion, a feeling or an idea.

Answer 21

Sonnets

Question 22

This example of lyric poetry expresses feeling of grief and melancholy and whose theme is death.

Answer 22

Elegy

Question 23

This example of lyric poetry is a poem of noble feeling, expressed with dignity, with no definitive numbered syllables of definite number of line in stanza.

Answer 23

Ode

Question 24

This example of lyric poetry is a song praising God or the Virgin Mary and containing a philosophy of life.

Answer 24

Pslams

Question 25

This example of lyric poetry has the measure of twelve syllables and slowly sung to the accompaniment of a guitar or banduria.

Answer 25

Awit

Question 26

This example of lyric poetry has the measure of eight syllables and recited to a martial beat.

Answer 26

Corrido

Question 27

What are the five examples of Dramatic Poetry?

Answer 27

Comedy, Melodrama, Tragedy, Farce and Social Poems.

Question 28

This example of dramatic poetry is usually light and written with the purpose of amusing, and usually has a happy ending.

Answer 28

Comedy

Question 29

This example of dramatic poetry is used in musical plays with the opera which arouses immediate and intense emotion and is usually sad but happy ending for the principal character.

Answer 29

Melodrama

Question 30

This example of dramatic poetry involves hero struggling mightily against dynamic forces.

Answer 30

Tragedy

Question 31

This example of dramatic poetry is an exaggerated comedy.

Answer 31

Farce

Question 32

This example of dramatic poetry is either purely comic or tragic and it pictures the life of today. It may aim to bring about changes in the social condition.

Answer 32

Social Poems