Poetry- A language arranged in lines with regular rhythm, meter and often with definite rhyme scheme- Use figurative language- “rhythmical creation of beauty” – Edgar Allan Poe

a. Narrative Poetry - intends to tell a story - Usually relates the events in an order of time

^ Types^1. Epic – tells about the adventures of a traditional hero important to the history2. Ballad – meant for singing &usually deals with subject such as love, honor or death3. Metrical Romance - is a long rambling love story in revolving around knights, lords and their ladies 4. Metrical Tale – deals with any emotion or phrase of life & is often told in simple manner

b. Lyric poetry- meant to be sung - focus on the writer’s feeling ^Types^

1. Ode – most majestic type2. Elegy – poetic lamentation for the dead3. Sonnet – can be distinguished by its form for it always consist of 14 rhymed lines4. Idyll – a descriptive poem of rural or pastoral character which expresses the poet’s feeling of his

immediate landscape5. Song – has a particular melodious quality6. Simple Lyric – includes all those lyric poems that don’t belong under the other types

c. Dramatic Poetry- focus on the characters feelings- designed to be spoken or acted on stage

These are plays whose dialogues are written in the form of poetry1. Comedy – a dramatic play of light and humorous character w/ a cheerful or happy ending2. Tragedy – portrays struggle of a strong – willed protagonist against fate

Ex. 5 great Shakespearean Tragedies ~ Hamlet – indecision ~ King Lear – parental love ~ Macbeth – ambition ~ Othello – conjugal love ~ Romeo and Juliet – young love

3. Dramatic History – a dramatic play dealing w/ past historical event4. Farce – a comic play marked by broadly satirical comedy and improbable plot5. Melodrama – characterized by heavy use of suspense, sensational episodes, romantic sentiment and

conventional happy ending6. Masque – a form of dramatic entertainment of the 16th & 17th century performed by masked actors7. Dramatic Monologue – a long speech In a play or a story delivered by a single person

Prose - Its structure is in terms of sentences and paragraphs

Types of ProseI. Prose Drama

– Like poetic plays but written in prose formII. Essay

– A prose composition w/c discusses a particular subject. III. Prose Fiction

- A prose composition w/c imaginatively created

A. Prose Allegory - Is a narrative prose from in w/c abstract ideas are personified- Prolonged metaphor or symbolic representation

B. Prose Romance- A prose narrative treating imaginary characters, events, time or place, and usually heroic, adventure or

mysterious.

C. Tales of Adventure- Deals w/ stories involving danger & unknown risks or man’s encounter w/ nature

D. Novel- a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length, portraying characters, actions, and scenes representative of

real life in a more or less intricate plot

E. Novelette- Shorter than a novel, longer than a short story

F. Short Story- A prose narrative about 10,000 words to be read in 1 sitting

G. Fable - Stories about animals

H. Parable- Stories from the bible

I. Myth - Deals w/ supernatural beings, gods, and goddess

J. Legend- Deals w/ the origin of things

K. Folktale - Is characteristically anonymous, timeless and placeless tale circulated orally among people

L. Fairytale- Is a narrative of adventures involving fantastic forces and beings - Happy ending

IVA. Biography – written by someone elseB. Autobiography – written by himself/herself

V. A. Letter – written message address to a person or organization B. Journal – a prose composition published periodically for an exclusive readership C. Diary – a daily account of what happened in someone’s life

VI. Other Prose FormsWorks About

- Travel- History- Scientific Prose- Current Publications- Literary criticisms and Book Reviews- Philosophical and Religious Writings

English Literature

- Originated from Celts, earliest inhabitants of British Isles- Celts were invaded by; Jutes, Angles & Saxons

Alfred the Great- He sponsored the translation of Latin text into Old English Language- Initiated the writing of the Anglo – Saxon Chronicle in the native tongue - United the Anglo – Saxons to resist the Vikings

The 8 Periods of English LiteratureA. Anglo – Saxon (449-1066 AD)- Brought a rich tradition of oral lit. Steeped in their customs, beliefs, etc.

1. Anglo – Saxon Chronicle by Alfred the Great2. The Wonderer 3. A Dream of the Road4. Beowulf

Significant Literary Genres1. Chronicle2. Formulaic Poetry3. Epic Poem

B. Medieval Period (1066-1485)1. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 2. Morte D’ Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory3. Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chancer

Significant Literary Genres1. Elegy2. Religious Liturgy3. Narrative Romance4. Arthurian Romance

C. Elizabethan Period (1485-1625)~ At the dusk of the middle Ages and the dawn of the modern world comes the Renaissance~ Songwriters. Dramatist, Poets and Sonneteers flourished in~The most splendid in the History of Literature.

Some Significant Literary Words1. Faerie Queene2. The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd3. William Shakespeare’s Works

Significant Literary Genres1. Sonnet2. Elizabethan Lyric3. Elizabethan Drama4. Historical Play

D. Puritan Period (1625 – 1700)Some Significant Literary Words1. Devotions2. History of Henry VII3. The Garden

Significant Literary Genres1. Restoration Comedy and Tragedy2. Metaphysical Poetry3. Light Prose4. Ode and Elegy

E. Classicism Period (1700 – 1800)Some Significant Literary Works1. The London Merchant2. Conscious Lovers3. The Fair Pertinent

The Tragedy of Jane Shore4. The Tragedy of Lacy Grey

Significant Literary Genres1. Opera2. Ballad Opera3. Pantomime4. Prose Tragedy

F. The Romantic Period (1800-1839)~ The golden age of the lyric poetry belong to the youth~ Early 19th century Britain was stirred by new feelings about the world of nature, about both personal and political liberty and about the common name

Significant Literary Work1. Song of Innocence and Experience by William Blake2. Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge3. Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Persuasion by Jane Ansten

Significant Literary Genres 1. Heroic Couplet2. Historical Novel

G. The Victorian Period (1837-1900)~ named after Queen Victoria I of England in 1817~ Similar to the Elizabethan Period; Victorian Age was one of the energetic expansion, imperial ambition and profound optism about future of England and Mankind

Significant Literary Works:1. The Pickwick Papers; Oliver Twist; David Copperfield; A tale of 2 Cities; Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens 2. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brente3. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brente4. The Cry of the Children by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Significant Literary Genres1. Novels2. Magazine Serials 3. Dramatic Monologue

H. The 20th Century or The Modern Period~ The literature of this period exemplifies the improved crafts of masters

Significant Literary Works1. The Egoist by George Meredith2. To the lighthouse by Wirginia Woolf

Significant Literary Genres1. Novel2. Blank Verse