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1、Literary GenresWhatisGenre?Genre-acategory,inliteratureorothermedia,characterizedbysimilaritiesinform,style,orsubjectmatter.Forexample,sciencefictionandfantasyaretwodifferentgenresinliterature.Why recognizing genres is important?(1)Onthesimplestlevel,groupingworksoffersusanorderlywaytotalkaboutanoth
2、erwisebewilderingnumberofliterarytexts.(2)Moreimportantly,ifwerecognizethegenreofatext,wemayalsohaveabetterideaofitsintendedoverallstructureandsubject/mainidea.(3)Finally,agenreapproachcandeepenoursenseofthevalueofanysingletext,byallowingustoviewitcomparatively,alongsidemanyothertextsofitstype.All c
3、ategories of books or stories can be called either fiction or non-fiction.FictionamadeupstorycantellaboutthingsthatcouldhappenisreadforfuncharactersmaybelikerealpeopleorimaginaryNon-FictionhasfactsthatcanbecheckedandproventheauthorisanexpertonthisinformationitISTRUE!Can you classify the following ge
4、nres into two categories, namely, fiction and non-fiction?adventure,biography/autobiography,drama,essay,fable,fairytale,fantasy,folklore,historicalfiction,horror,humor,informational,legend,mystery,mythology,narrativenonfiction,poetry,realisticfiction,romance,sciencefiction,shortstory,speech,talltale
5、,thrillerAdventureDramaFableFairyTaleFantasyFolkloreHistoricalFictionHorrorHumorLegendMysteryMythologyPoetryRealisticFictionRomanceScienceFictionShortStoryTallTaleThrillerFictionNon-FictionBiography/AutobiographyEssayNarrativeNonfictionInformational(science,sports,history,economy,etc.)SpeechFictionA
6、dventureStoriesfeaturingphysicalactionoftenaroundamissionusuallyinvolvingkillingandrobbing.Manytimessetinforbiddinglocalessuchasjungles,deserts,ormountains.e.g.Robinson Crusoe Moby DickDramaStoriescomposedinverseorprose,usuallyfortheatricalperformance,whereconflictsandemotionareexpressedthroughdialo
7、gueandaction.e.g.thefourtragediesbyW.Shakespeare:Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King LearFableNarrationdemonstratingausefultruth,especiallyinwhichanimalsspeakashumans;legendary,supernaturaltale.e.g.Aesops FablesStoryaboutfairiesorothermagicalcreatures,usuallyforchildren.e.g.Fairytales written by Grimm br
8、others Fairytales written by Hans C. AndersonFairy TaleFantasyFictionwithstrangeorotherworldlysettingsorcharacters;usingmagicandothersupernaturalphenomenaasaprimaryelementofplot,theme,and/orsetting.e.g.The Lord of the Rings The Harry Potter Series Twilight The Chronicles of NarniaFolkloreThesongs,st
9、ories,myths,andproverbsofapeopleorfolkashandeddownbywordofmouth.e.g.Robin Hood Merlinhttp:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_folkloreStorywithfictionalcharactersandeventsinahistoricalsetting.e.g.A Tale of Two Cities The Three Musketeers Little Women(byLouisaMayAlcott,setin1863duringtheAmericanCivilWar)H
10、istorical FictionHorrorFictioninwhicheventsevokeafeelingofdreadinboththecharactersandthereader.e.g.FrankensteinbyMaryShelley Edgar Allan Poes short storiesStrange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydebyRobertLouisStevensonThe Picture of Dorian GraybyOscarWildeDraculabyBramHumorFictionfulloffun,fancy,andex
11、citement,meanttoentertain;butcanbecontainedinallgenres.e.g.Tom And Jerry The Ice AgeLegend Story,sometimesofanationalorfolkhero,whichhasabasisinfactbutalsoincludesimaginativematerial.e.g.The Legend of Sleepy HollowbyWashingtonIrving Robin HoodKing Arthur and the Knights of the Round TableHelen of Tr
12、oy and the Trojan WarOdysseusFictiondealingwiththesolutionofacrimeortheunravelingofsecrets.Itisoftenusedasasynonymfordetectivefiction,crimefictionorthriller.e.g.Rebecca The Day of the Jackal The Thirty-nine Steps The Collected Sherlock Holmes Short StoriesbySirArthurConanDoyleAgatha Christiesdetecti
13、veseriesMystery / ThrillerMythologyLegendortraditionalnarrative,oftenbasedinpartonhistoricalevents,thatrevealshumanbehaviorandnaturalphenomenabyitssymbolism;oftenpertainingtotheactionsofthegods.e.g. The Roman Mythology The Greek MythologyPoetryVerseandrhythmicwritingwithimagerythatcreatesemotionalre
14、sponses.e.g.the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the OdysseyShakespeares sonnetspoets:AlexanderPope,RobertBurns,AlfredTennyson,JohnDonne,BenJonson,PercyByssheShelley,WaltWhitman,WilliamBulterYeats,JohnKeats,JohnMilton,EdmundSpencer,Storythatcanactuallyhappenandistruetolife.e.g. Charles Dickens Mark Twai
15、n Jane Austen Realistic FictionRomanceStoriesfeaturingthemutualattractionandloveofamanandawomanasthemainplot,andhaveahappyending.e.g.Pride and Prejudice Romeo and Juliet Jane Eyre Gone with the WindScience FictionStorybasedonimpactofactual,imagined,orpotentialscience,usuallysetinthefutureoronotherpl
16、anets.e.g.Jurassic Park 20,000 Leagues Under the SeabyJulesVerneJourney to the Center of the EarthbyJulesVerneThe Time MachinebyH.G.WellsThe War of the WorldsbyH.G.WellsFrankensteinbyMaryShelleyI, RobotbyIsaacAsimovBicentennial ManbyIsaacAsimovFictionofsuchbrevitythatitsupportsnosubplots.e.g.The Tho
17、usand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights)Canterbury TalesbyGeoffreyChaucerRip van WinklebyWashingtonIrvingThe Legend of Sleepy HollowbyWashingtonIrvingThe Collected Sherlock Holmes Short Stories Fairytales written by Grimm Brothers The Gift of the Magi by OHenryShort StoryTall TaleHumorousstorywithb
18、latantexaggerations,swaggeringheroeswhodotheimpossiblewithnonchalance.http:/ Tall Tale: John Henry)Thriller / MysteryStoryusingsuspense,tension,andexcitementasthemainelements,climaxingwhentheherofinallydefeatsthevillain,savinghisownlifeandoftenthelivesofothers.e.g.The Count of Monte Cristo The Da Vi
19、nci Code The James Bond Series The Jason Bourne Series The Hunger Games Trilogy The Girl with the Dragon TattooNon-FictionBiography/Autobiography Narrativeofapersonslife,atruestoryaboutarealperson.e.g.The Story of My LifebyHelenKellerThe Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinMy LifebyBillClintonLiving H
20、istorybyHillaryClintonConfessionsbyJean-JacquesRousseau EssayAshortliterarycompositionthatreflectstheauthorsoutlookorpoint.e.g.Of StudiesbyFrancisBaconhttp:/ Nonfiction:Factualinformationpresentedinaformatwhichtellsastory.Informational (science, sports, history, economy, etc.): Informationaltextdeal
21、ingwithanactual,real-lifesubject.Speech Publicaddressordiscourse.http:/ run away at the first sight of danger is a cowardlyaction.(4)Iwasdeterminedontakingherawayfromthatungodlysurroundings.(n.+)-ly:having/beinge.g.musical:ofmusiceconomical:ofeconomy(1)Hedrinksthismedicalteaformedicinalpurposes.(2)ThisFrenchentomologistisnotedforbehavioralstudiesofinsects.(3)Trueloveisunconditional.(n.+)al/-ical:havingthenatureofe.g.wooden:ofwoodgolden:ofgold(1)Wehavetowearwoolenclothesinthecoldwinter.(2)Thoseearthenpotsaremadebytheskilledman.(3)Hisashenfaceshowedhowshockedhewas.(n.+)en:of,having
