Compare and Contrast Various 21st
Century Genres from the Earlier
Genres/ Periods
Genres and Sub-genres
of Literature: Elements
and Structure
A. Poetry
Elements of Poetry:
1. Rhyme – it is the identical rhyme if the last words or
sounds match each other.
alliteration : followed, flats, front
bother, back
assonance: big, slipper,
picked, slimy
A. Poetry
2. Meter – it is also called the rhythm in poetry. It is the
pattern of beats ( foot) (stressed and unstressed syllables
in a line). It is also called foot.
There are four basic rhythms in poetry:
A. Poetry 3.Imagery and Symbolism
A. Poetry
A. Poetry
Fiction
basic elements
of a story
Freytag’s Pyramid
Nonfiction is a literary genre that tells about stories that actually
happen in real life. The sub genres of literary nonfiction are
biography, memoir, autobiography, journals, diaries, periodicals
and references.
A script may only come to existence once it is performed before
an audience. Its basic elements include the literary element
(script), technical element (scenery set, make-up, costume,
lights, and sound) performance element (acting, character
analysis, character motivation…)
Script is a written text of a play.
dialogues
stage directions
The technical element
scenery set
The technical element
Make-up
Costumes
lights Sound
Performance element
Acting
character analysis
character motivation
The New
Genres of
Literature
It is poetry uploaded in the
internet. Its medium is the
computer screen.
Hyper
Mobile Textula - It is a short poetry in a
form of tanaga, that is sent through SMS
on mobile phone. It consists of 4 lines with
7 syllables using (/)to end a line and (//) to
end the stanza.
Flash Fiction – It is telling a story in a few words, usually about 100-1000
words or less. A flash fiction can be as short as Earnest Hemingway’s 6-word
memoir, “For sale: baby’s shoes; never worn.”
Chick Lit - It is a heroine-
centered fiction narrative; usually
focus on the trials of the
protagonist.
5. Blog - a regularly updated web page or
website that is written in conversational
style.
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Editor's Notes

  • #2 The desire for self-expression resulted to the production of literature. It is a writer’s expression of his mind, heart, emotions, thoughts, and ideas. Literature is written works like poetry, novels, journals of famous authors and usually published. ‘Genre’ literally means ‘type”, so literary genre means types of literary works. On this part of the lesson, you will recall and differentiate the four major literary genres; poetry, fiction, nonfiction and drama; however, literature changes to adapt to the trends of the contemporary world; thus, new genres of literature are born. In this lesson, we will study and appreciate both the earlier genres and the contemporary genres.
  • #5 Poetry is one of the earliest genres of literature. It was either recited or sang back to prehistoric times to call for help from a deity, narrate a hero’s life and victories, tell about the love story of their rulers, or describe someone who inspires them. In order to understand or even write a good poem, you must know the elements of poetry:
  • #6 Rhyme Rhyme is a very popular way of adding coloration to your words. In fact, it's so popular that many people think poetry must rhyme. Rhyme is the repetition of ending sounds, instead of sounds at the beginning or the middle. blue, flu, anew, clue yellow, fellow, bellow fable, table, sable alliteration is a repetition of initial sounds in words. Depending on the sound repeated, this can result in some very different tonal results.  Assonance is repeated vowel sounds within words. Beware: this is not the same as repeated vowels; remember that a vowel which has one sound in one word may have a different sound in a different word. Assonance is usually more subtle than either alliteration or rhyme; because it comes in the middle of the word instead of the beginning or the end, its a little more hidden.  
  • #7 Trochee. Pronounced DUH-duh, as in “ladder.” Iamb. Pronounced duh-DUH, as in “indeed.” Spondee. Pronounced DUH-DUH, as in “TV.” Dactyl. Pronounced DUH-duh-duh, as in “certainly.” Anapest. Pronounced duh-duh-DUH, as in “what the heck!” (Anapestic poetry typically divides its stressed syllables across multiple words.)Poetry is one of the earliest genres of literature. It was either recited or sang back to prehistoric times to call for help from a deity, narrate a hero’s life and victories, tell about the love story of their rulers, or describe someone who inspires them. In order to understand or even write a good poem, you must know the elements of poetry:
  • #8 The beauty of poetry is on the carefully chosen words that rhyme and the lines and stanzas with uniform rhythm. Poetry must also employ figurative language to creatively express emotions, feeling and ideas. Writers use symbolism to express concepts without actually naming the idea. They do this by referring to a person, place, animal, or thing that is used to mean something other than what it means in the dictionary. The meaning behind a symbol is reliant on context. magery in literature is created to help the reader use their senses to produce the story details in their minds. Writers use imagery to help readers connect with the characters and the plot. Sensory language is used to create imagery. imagery in literature is created to help the reader use their senses to produce the story details in their minds. Writers use imagery to help readers connect with the characters and the plot. Sensory language is used to create imagery.
  • #9 Poetry is one of the earliest genres of literature. It was either recited or sang back to prehistoric times to call for help from a deity, narrate a hero’s life and victories, tell about the love story of their rulers, or describe someone who inspires them. In order to understand or even write a good poem, you must know the elements of poetry:
  • #10 To appreciate and write a good poem, it is also essential to know its structure. Poems are written in lines that comprise a stanza. Thus, each type of poem differs from each other because of its structure. :
  • #11 Fiction is a story of make believe. It is a story made by the author’s creative imagination. It has various sub-genres like mystery, fantasy, suspense, historical fiction science fiction, realistic fiction and folklore (myths, fables, legends). To understand fiction and to write a good fictional story, you must be able to identify and understand its elements that comprise the texts’ contents and message the story wanted to impart to its readers. Now, you will read a legend that tells how a great lake was formed. It was retold by one of the writer’s former senior high school student who lived a in village near Lake Sebu.
  • #12 Fiction is a story of make believe. It is a story made by the author’s creative imagination. It has various sub-genres like mystery, fantasy, suspense, historical fiction science fiction, realistic fiction and folklore (myths, fables, legends). To understand fiction and to write a good fictional story, you must be able to identify and understand its elements that comprise the texts’ contents and message the story wanted to impart to its readers. Now, you will read a legend that tells how a great lake was formed. It was retold by one of the writer’s former senior high school student who lived a in village near Lake Sebu.
  • #13 plot, setting, characters, and conflict
  • #14 1. Exposition tells about the background of the story. The information can be about the setting, characters’ back stories, or historical contexts. 14 2. Rising action is the part of the story after the characters and setting are introduced and events in the story begin to reveal probable conflicts that the protagonist must resolve. It also involves events that lead to the climax of the story. 3. Climax is the highest point of tension in the story. It is usually the most interesting part. 4. Falling action is the part of a story after the climax and before the very end. 5. The denouement is the final outcome of the story and it is where other secrets are revealed, if there is any. The setting includes the time or period and place where the event happened. The characters are the persons/ animals/ or any inanimate object that functions as the protagonist, antagonist and other minor entities that perform the actions, speak dialogue and moving the story along a plot line. Conflict creates tension in the story and it involves the struggle of between two opposing forces/ characters, usually the protagonist and the antagonist. Conflict can be internal and external. Internal conflict is a psychological conflict which arises when the character experiences two opposite emotions (like love and hate, patriotism and devotion) or aspirations ( like career and marriage, fame and peace of mind) which usually involves good and evil. External conflict is the struggle of a protagonist against outside forces that hamper his/ her progress and hinders him/her to achieve his/ her goal.
  • #16 hese works of literary nonfiction have character, setting, plot, conflict, figurative language, and theme just like literary fiction, fiction and thriller or suspense. To interpret fiction, we must analyze and interpret using the elements of fiction. The story below was a personal account of the author about his ordinary encounter with a Champorado vendor which made him realized how lucky he was.
  • #19 It is consist of the dialogues or words that will be spoken by the actors and the stage directions which give instructions about the position and movement of the actors and other aspects of the set.
  • #20 A scenery set can be chair, a house or a forest and other properties used to identify the location and period of the dramatic production.
  • #21 Costumes are clothes, garments or attires worn by actors on stage to aid dramatic actions and interpretations. Make-up is used in drama to aid the actors in taking the appropriate appearance of the character they play. lights used on stage. It provides not only visibility of the actors but also creates and enhance the mood and atmosphere. Sound can be produced by actors or by props, musical instruments, and recorded music and effects that can help engage the audience and bring them into another time.
  • #22 Costumes are clothes, garments or attires worn by actors on stage to aid dramatic actions and interpretations. Make-up is used in drama to aid the actors in taking the appropriate appearance of the character they play. lights used on stage. It provides not only visibility of the actors but also creates and enhance the mood and atmosphere. Sound can be produced by actors or by props, musical instruments, and recorded music and effects that can help engage the audience and bring them into another time.
  • #23 Performance element includes acting, character analysis and character motivation. Acting is the enactment of an actor or actress who portrays a character, character analysis is evaluating the character’s traits, his/ her role in the story, and the conflicts they experience, character motivation is the element that drives the character to achieve his goal. That is how complicated a drama is! It is more complicated than other genres of literature because aside from the script, other elements must suit and work together to the theme of the show and make the audience feel the plight of the protagonist, antagonist and other characters in the story effectively. Below is an excerpt from the script of a one-act play which is included in the literary element.
  • #25 The various genres of literature and its sub-genres changes through time. The invention of electricity, use of electronics and other modern technology affected how people view life and express themselves differently from their contemporaries 10 years, 20 years, or a hundred years ago. Technology made our lives easier than the last decade. It made people work fast. Beating deadlines and presenting marketing and management strategies creatively. These changes have also brought new literary genres that gave us new avenues of expressing ourselves; like cell phones and computer screens.
  • #31 Flash Fiction – It is telling a story in a few words, usually about 100-1000 words or less. A flash fiction can be as short as Earnest Hemingway’s 6-word memoir, “For sale: baby’s shoes; never worn.”
  • #33 The term 'chick' is slang used to refer to 'young women' whereas the word 'lit' is the short version of 'literature'. Chick-lit is a literary genre that consists of fiction that is typically written by female authors, centred around female protagonists, and marketed toward young women. Chick lit is a term used to describe a type of popular fiction targeted at young women.