Introduction to literature

• Types of Literature


  • Collective Writing
  • Poetry
  • Prose
• Prose


  • Doesn't have too much decoration
• Poetry


  • Has a lot of decoration
• Prose Forms


  • Paragraph
  • Novel
  • Short story
  • Plays
  • Legends
  • Fables
  • Anecdotes
  • Essay
  • Biography
  • News
  • Oration
• Paragraph


  No line breaks
• Stanzas


  Uses line breaks
• Prose


  • Grammar
• Novel


  Narrative divided into chapters
• Short story


  One plot
• Plays


  Intended to be acted on stage
• Legends


  Facts that became exaggerated
• Fables


  Animals with values and lessons
• Biography


  Life of other person
• News


  Important events
• Types of Poetry


  • Lyric
  • Narrative
• Narrative Poetry


  • Epic - Heroic Exploitation
  • Metrical Tale - Romance
  • Ballads - Shortest simplest
• Lyric Poetry Forms


  • Folk Songs - Emotions
  • Sonnets - Ideas and emotions
  • Elegy - Death
  • Ode - Dignity
  • Psalm - Praising God
  • Corrido - Life Routines