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• South Korean screenwriter


  Born in 1973 in Gangneung, South Korea, currently 47 years old
• Korean TV series written

  • 8 blockbuster series
• Awards received


  • Prime Minister Award
  • Grand Prize (Baeksang Awards)
  • Achievement Award (drama)
  • Best Writer
  • Best TV Screenplay
• Biographical approach


  Literary work as a reflection of the author's life and times or the life and times of the characters
• Moral/philosophical approach


  Literature interpreted within the context of philosophical thought, to teach morality and probe philosophical issues
• New Criticism


  Focuses on close reading with sensitivity to the words and their various meanings
• Psychological approach


  Literary work as an expression of the author's personality, mindset, feelings and desires
• Feminist approach


  Uses a wide variety of issues related to gender to determine the stance of the work on the feminist continuum
• Political approach


  Considers the political content of the text, the author, the historical and sociocultural context, and the reader's situation
• Lang Leav is a best selling poet who became an internet sensation in 2013
• Lang Leav's most famous book is entitled "Sad Girls"
• J.K. Rowling had an unhappy childhood, her mother died in 1990 after suffering from multiple sclerosis since she was 15
• Rowling got married and had a daughter, Jessica, in 1993, but the marriage was bad and ended soon after it began. She was physically abused and raised her baby alone in Edinburgh
• Rowling was on welfare and lived in a dingy apartment paid for by a friend where she lived in "grinding poverty". She became suicidal and sought professional help where she was initially rejected but later counseled and healed
• Harry Potter book series


  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• The Harry Potter book series has sold over 600 million copies, been translated into 84 languages, and spawned a global media franchise including films and video games
• Paulo Coelho has 30 million followers on his Facebook page
• Paulo Coelho


  Born on August 24, 1947 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Determined early on to be a writer but was discouraged by his parents. Had a rebellious adolescence and was committed to a mental asylum three times starting at age 17. Had a spiritual awakening in Spain at age 38 and wrote about it in his first book, The Pilgrimage. His second book, The Alchemist, made him famous and he now writes about one book per year
• The Alchemist


  Deals with achieving one's fortune in life that is kept in store by God. Talks about chasing dreams, listening to the heart and following the language of omens
• Adaptations of literary works


  • Boys Over Flowers (Korea)
  • Meteor Garden (Taiwan)
  • Hanayori Dango (Japan)
• Adaptation


  The process of creating another film or drama by localizing the scenes and language of a literary source like a novel, short story, or poem
• Literary genre


  A category that authors use to describe the primary content and tone of their writing, which helps determine the type of plot, characters, and setting to create
• Main literary genres


  • Poetry
  • Drama
  • Prose
  • Fiction
  • Non-fiction
• Poetry


  The first major literary genre, a form of text that follows a meter and rhythm with each line and syllable
• Epic poems


  • Paradise Lost by John Milton
  • The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer
• Drama


  A form of text that is performed in front of an audience, containing dialogues and stage directions. William Shakespeare is known as the Father of English Drama
• Plays by Shakespeare


  • Taming of the Shrew
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Hamlet
• Prose


  Written text with complete sentences organized into paragraphs, focusing on characters and plot rather than sounds
• Fiction


  Literary works that are not real, allowing authors to use complex figurative language to touch readers' imaginations
• Non-fiction


  Literary works that are factual, such as biographies, diaries, and memoirs
• Purpose of genre


  Allows readers to discern whether events are factual or imaginative, and distinguishes the purpose and delivery method of the work
• Specialized literary genres


  • Speculative fiction
  • Metafiction
  • Memoir
  • Literary journalism
  • Testimonio
  • Theatrical adaptation
  • Vlog
• Speculative fiction


  A "super genre" of fiction with elements based on conjecture and not existing in the real world, speculating on outcomes of changing the laws of what's real or possible
• Metafiction


  A self-conscious literary style where the narrator or characters are aware they are part of a work of fiction
• Memoir


  A narrative written from the author's perspective about an important part of their life, distinct from an autobiography which covers the author's entire life
• Literary journalism


  A creative nonfiction form that is fact-driven, requiring research and often interviews
• Testimonio


  A fluid and difficult to categorize form of writing by a first-person witness wishing to tell their story of trauma
• Theatrical adaptation


  Material from another artistic medium, such as a novel or film, re-written for the theatre
• Vlog


  A form of blog for which the medium is video, including personal vlogs that record an individual to deliver information
• Types of literary forms


  • Autobiography
  • Literary journalism
  • Testimonio
  • Theatrical adaptation
  • Vlog
  • Comic strip
  • Spoken word poetry
  • Fliptop / rap battle