21st Unit 3

• ICT skills come into play when we analyze and interpret literary texts using multimedia formats. These skills empower us to create engaging adaptations that resonate with modern audiences.
• Anecdotes are short, entertaining stories about real incidents. They can evoke emotions, provide cautionary tales, or simply entertain.
• Anecdotes serve multiple purposes:

  Entertainment: They make listeners laugh or ponder over a topic.

  Reminiscence: They allow us to recall past experiences.

  Persuasion: They can persuade or inspire others.

  Cautionary Tales: They highlight lessons learned.
• ICT Skills are used for:

  Visualize: Create multimedia representations of key scenes or moments

  Audio Enhancement: Add sound effects or background music to evoke emotions.

  Interactive Elements: Develop interactive web-based adaptations that allow readers to explore different paths within the story.
• ICT Skills are used for crafting adaptions:

  Conceptual Designs: Design visually appealing layouts for literary outputs.

  Plagiarism Detection: Use web applications to detect plagiarism and ensure originality.

  Web-Based Platforms: Utilize platforms for collaborative writing, feedback, and sharing adaptations.
• Korean literature


  • Stories are generally didactic, emphasizing correct moral conduct
  • Almost always have happy endings
  • Narratives written by yangban authors are set in China, whereas those written by commoners are set in Korea
• Classical Korean literature

  Has its roots in traditional folk beliefs and folk tales of the Korean peninsula
• Major traditional poetic forms in Korean literature

  • Hyangga - native songs
  • Byeolgok - special songs
  • Changga - long poems
  • Sijo - current melodies
  • Gasa - verses
• Chinese and Japanese literature were the most famous East Asian literature
• China and Japan's four major religions

  • Buddhism
  • Confucianism
  • Daoism
  • Shinto
• The earliest layer of Chinese literature was influenced by oral traditions
• Japanese literature was greatly influenced by Chinese literature and Buddhism
• Muhammad Haji Salleh is known as one of the best bilingual Malaysian poets. His fluency in both English and Malay allowed him to publish several collections.
• Muhammad Haji Salleh


  He is known for his passionate quest for identity reflected mostly in his poems. An example of this is “Si Tenggang’s Homecoming” 1995.
• Malaysian poetry started in the 14th century. It is categorized by the language in which it is written. Traditional Malay poems are used for entertainment and recording history. Malaysian poetry has many forms.
• PANTUN


  Used to propose marriage, celebrate any occasion, and even tell a proverb.

  Single quatrain made up of two couplets.

  Lines are written in eight to twelve syllables each with a rhyme scheme of ABAB.
• SYAIR


  Used to communicate romantic adventures, historical accounts, and religious instructions that teach lessons and morals.

  A narrative poem made up of quatrains with AAAA as its rhyme scheme.
• GURINDAM


   A two-line piece with a single rhyme. The first line represents a condition, while the second represents an answer elaborating on the idea contained in the first line.
• Lang Leav is an Australian novelist and poet born on September 8, 1980. She was born in a refugee camp in Thailand where her parents sought refuge from the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia.
• Lang Leav


  She gained recognition for her poetry and prose collections, starting with "Love and Misadventure" in 2013, which became a bestseller. Leav's work has been well-received, with subsequent publications like "Lullabies," "Memories," "The Universe of Us," and others
• Purpose of Literature


  Literature may be considered a vehicle for the exploration and discovery of our world and the culture in which we live. It allows us to explore alternative realities, to view things from the perspective of someone completely different to us, and to reflect upon our own intellectual and emotional responses to the complex challenges of everyday life.
• Functions of literature

  • For enjoyment or entertainment
  • To be more imaginative and serve as an inspiration
  • To gain experiences
  • To appreciate the importance of reading
  • Developing our unique writing style
• Prose


  Genre of literature that uses dialogue, known to be conventional language presented orally or in writing, composed of sentences and paragraphs
• Fiction


  • Genre that represents real-life experiences in imaginary narratives, yet its essence can be based on factual and verifiable events
• Subgenres of Fiction

  • Novel
  • Novella
  • Short Story
• Novel


  A long narrative in written form that has a very complicated plot
• Novella


  A work of fiction intermediate in length and complexity between a short story and a novel
• Short Story


  Simpler plot, often showcasing a singular and simple setting
• Legend


  More often secular than sacred, and their principle characters are human
• Myth


  A story that explains the origin of the world, humanity, death, or natural phenomena
• Fable


  A story about animals that can behave like humans
• Parable


  A story found in the sacred scriptures
• Poetry


  Follows rhyming sequence and metrical regularity, composed of different sets of elements, follows rhyming, rhythm, and meter
• Narrative Poetry


  A poem that describes important details in order of events whether real or imaginary
• Epic


  A poetry about heroic deeds of a person with extraordinary abilities
• Metrical Tale


  Written in verse that relates to real or imaginary events in simple, straightforward language
• Metrical Romance


  Metrical tale revolving around chivalry about love that became popular during the middle ages
• Ballad


  Metrically simple and concerned with some strongly emotional event
• Lyric Poetry


  Any short poem which that is songlike
• Haiku


  Short Japanese poem consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines