CHARACTERISTICS OF AFRO-ASIAN AND EUROPEAN LITERATURE

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  • literary element - refers to components of a literary work
  • literary devices - refers to a literary technique employed by the author to produce an effect
  • settings - can be used to create a mood, as an integral part of the plot
  • character - a person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story.
  • Writers use characters to perform the actions and speak dialogue, moving the story along a plot line.
  • EXPOSITION - refers to the background plot information.
  • Rising action - refers to the events that take place in a story
    between the exposition and climax.
  • CONFLICT - Refers to the central problems of a text.
  • Five primary conflicts
    • Man vs. man
    • Man vs. himself
    • Man vs. society
    • Man vs. technology
    • Man vs. mythical/paranormal force
  • CLIMAX - is when the CONFLICT of the PLOT is resolved.
  • falling action - is the action that occurs immediately after the big climax has taken place and the action shifts towards resolution instead of escalation.
  • RESOLUTION - the conclusion of a story's plot.
  • resolution is also known as: denouement
  • POV - determines who tells the story, as well as the relationship that the narrator has to the characters in the story.
  • Literary Theme - main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work.
  • Moral - the lesson that story teaches about how to behave in the world.
  • Moral comes from the Latin word mores, for habits.
  • Afro-Asian Literature - a term for novels or writings such as short stories and poems written by people from mixed African-Arab ethnicity, or African-Asian ethnicity.
  • Afro-Asian Literature - mirrors not
    only the customs and traditions of African and
    Asian countries but also their philosophy oflife
  • EUROPEAN LITERATURE - reflects the values and beliefs of the Western world.
  • Afro-Asian - usually cared for their family first; then they are fond of their social
    values; and especially, their love for their own country.
  • They are also active in celebrating festivals that
    reflect their own characteristics as an Asian.
  • African Literature - often great emphasis on the history, culture and customs of a group of people when telling their stories
  • Afro-Asian’s literary works were handed by mouth from generation to generation to entertain, educate and remind the people about their past, heroic deeds of their people, ancestry and culture.
  • 3 Characteristics of European Literature
    • written in indo-european language
    • origins lie in graeco-roman tradition
    • reflects the values and beliefs of western or european world