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1. Abstract: The literary essay is a utopian and skeptical genre par excellence, which
uses an expository prose, usually informative or didactic of a brief and ideological
nature that anticipates truths whose rigorously scientific formulation is not possible at
the moment. Discuss a topic without the extension or depth of a Treaty or Manual. In
Latin America it served to express the most valuable of thought and the recognized
ideological approaches. In detail it indicates the characteristics of the essay, the
language that uses and the profile of the essayist.
Introduction: It is called essay to written text, generally by a single author, in which
the point of view, in an argumentative way, is exposed, the opinions of the writer's
positions on a specific subject.
The essay is a genre of writing that exposes a point of view of the author in relation to
some social, scientific or philosophical subject. The essay in English is widely used in
academic subjects, mainly scientific. The test consists of 5 parts
Development: The essay is frequently used in academic fields, although the so-
called "academic texts" is the genre that gives the author more freedom, since it does
not have as requirements some forms that have other types of texts used in the
academic field, such as Monographs Or research thesis.
In the essay, the author - we said - freely exposes his arguments that support a
personal position on a particular topic. For this reason, the essay may include
bibliographical citations, academic papers, journalistic articles, other essays, phrases
or sayings, offer examples, present proposals, include plans or move on to a project,
tell anecdotes, experiences, or Experiences.
The Essay
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Karla Reyes
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2. The essay genre can be both academic and literary, so it is in this characteristic that its
essence of "free genre" stands out most strikingly.
he essays, to differences of academic texts like the thesis of investigation or
monographs, do not require to follow a scientific method of investigation to be realized,
but of a great ability of expression and argumentation on the part of its author.
In general, the test consists of three parts in its structure. The first one is the
presentation of the topic, contextualization and exposition of a hypothesis (an
assumption raised by the author about a certain theme or problem) or personal position
on the central theme. In the second part, commonly called development, the author
exposes arguments through different resources to support his hypothesis or personal
position presented at the beginning. These resources can be: comparisons, examples,
data, statistics, bibliographic citations.
Literary Essays: This type of essay is characterized by the freedom and breadth of
topics covered. Although they start from literary works or quotes, they are not limited to
dealing with them exclusively, but are combined with observations, customs and
experiences. The literary essay is characterized by being subjective, direct and simple,
seeking to clearly portray the author's own vision and reflections and can address
diverse disciplines such as history, philosophy, politics, morality, among others.
Scientific essay: characterized by combining artistic imagination with scientific
reasoning. It can be said that on the side of science aim to explore reality, looking for
truths, while taking the art of expressive beauty, originality and creativity. Despite
appealing to artistic questions, the scientific essay must make clear what it wants to
express.
Critical Essay: This class of essays are also characterized by varied and freely
fashionable themes and are geared towards a broad audience. They tend to be brief
although they seek to deal with the issues in depth. They have a free structure and a
style in which elegance and care predominates. It uses a wide documentation for its
realization and to express its ideologies, valuation, opinions and reflections
accompanied by scientific and theoretical elements.
Argumentative essay: this type of essay aims to defend a proposed thesis and seek to
convince the reader of this position. It uses a simple, formal and cultured language, in
which a natural style predominates. Ideas must be clearly planned and there must be a
logical relationship between them. It should also avoid bias, that is, make known only
that which favors the author's position, leaving aside relevant information that
contradicts it.

3. Conclusion: Finally, in its conclusion, the author will try to reinforce his hypothesis
or position emitted at the beginning of the writing. As we see, the whole structure of the
essay is then based on the argumentation around a personal position held by the
author. The key lies in the author's ability to expose himself to present his arguments,
thus reinforcing his position all the time - or at least the one that lasts the reading -
without falling into redundancy and repetition.