literary genres英语文学体裁介绍课件

,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,*,Literary Genres,文学体裁,What is Genre?,Genre - a category, in literature or other media, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.,For example, science fiction and fantasy are two different genres in literature.,Why recognizing genres is important?,On the simplest level, grouping works offers us an orderly way to talk about an otherwise bewildering number of literary texts.,More importantly, if we recognize the genre of a text, we may also have a better idea of its intended overall structure and subject / main idea.,Finally, a genre approach can deepen our sense of the value of any single text, by allowing us to view it comparatively, alongside many other texts of its type.,All categories of books or stories can be called either,fiction,or,non-fiction.,Fiction,a made up story,can tell about things that,could,happen,is read for fun,characters may be like real people or imaginary,Non-Fiction,has facts that can be checked and proven,the author is an expert on this information,it,IS TRUE,!,Can you classify the following genres into two categories, namely, fiction and non-fiction?,adventure, biography/autobiography,drama,essay,fable, fairy tale, fantasy, folklore, historical fiction, horror, humor, informat,ional,legend, mystery, mythology,narrative nonfiction,poetry, realistic fiction, romance, science fiction, short story,speech,tall tale, thriller,Adventure,Drama,Fable,Fairy Tale,Fantasy,Folklore,Historical Fiction,Horror,Humor,Legend,Mystery,Mythology,Poetry,Realistic Fiction,Romance,Science Fiction,Short Story,Tall Tale,Thriller,Fiction,Non-Fiction,Biography/Autobiography,Essay,Narrative Nonfiction,Informational (science, sports, history, economy, etc.),Speech,Fiction,Adventure,Stories featuring physical action often around a mission usually involving killing and robbing. Many times set in forbidding locales such as jungles, deserts, or mountains.,e.g.,Robinson Crusoe,Moby Dick,Drama,Stories composed in verse or prose, usually for theatrical performance, where conflicts and emotion are expressed through dialogue and action.,e.g. the four tragedies by W. Shakespeare:,Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear,Fable,Narration demonstrating a useful truth, especially in which animals speak as humans; legendary, supernatural tale.,e.g.,Aesops Fables,Story about fairies or other magical creatures, usually for children.,e.g.,Fairytales written by Grimm brothers,Fairytales written by Hans C. Anderson,Fairy Tale,Fantasy,Fiction with strange or other worldly settings or characters;,using,magic,and other,supernatural,phenomena as a primary element of,plot,theme, and/or,setting,.,e.g.,The Lord of the Rings,The Harry Potter Series,Twilight,The Chronicles of Narnia,Folklore,The songs, stories, myths, and proverbs of a people or folk as handed down by word of mouth.,e.g.,Robin Hood,Merlin,http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_folklore,Story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting.,e.g.,A Tale of Two Cities,The Three Musketeers,Little Women,(by Louisa May Alcott,set in 1863 during the American Civil War,),Historical Fiction,Horror,Fiction in which events evoke a feeling of dread in both the characters and the reader.,e.g.,Frankenstein,by Mary Shelley,Edgar Allan Poes short stories,Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,by Robert Louis Stevenson,The Picture of Dorian Gray,by Oscar Wilde,Dracula,by Bram,Humor,Fiction full of fun, fancy, and excitement, meant to entertain; but can be contained in all genres.,e.g.,Tom And Jerry,The Ice Age,Legend,Story, sometimes of a national or folk hero, which has a basis in fact but also includes imaginative material.,e.g.,The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,by Washington Irving,Robin Hood,King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table,Helen of Troy,and,the Trojan War,Odysseus,Fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets.,It is often used as a synonym for,detective fiction, crime fiction,or thriller.,e.g.,Rebecca,The Day of the Jackal,The Thirty-nine Steps,The Collected Sherlock Holmes Short Stories,by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,Agatha Christies,detective series,Mystery / Thriller,Mythology,Legend or traditional narrative, often based in part on historical events, that reveals human behavior and natural phenomena by its symbolism; often pertaining to the actions of the gods.,e.g.,The Roman Mythology,The Greek Mythology,Poetry,Verse and rhythmic writing with imagery that creates emotional responses.,e.g.,the,Homeric epics, the,Iliad,and the,Odyssey,Shakespeares sonnets,poets: Alexander Pope, Robert Burns, Alfred Tennyson, John Donne, Ben Jonson,Percy,Bysshe,Shelley, Walt Whitman, William,Bulter,Yeats, John Keats, John Milton, Edmund Spencer,Story that can actually happen and is true to life.,e.g. Charles Dickens,Mark Twain,Jane Austen,Realistic Fiction,Romance,Stories featuring the,mutual attraction and love,of a man and a woman as the main plot, and have a,happy ending,.,e.g.,Pride and Prejudice,Romeo and Juliet,Jane Eyre,Gone with the Wind,Science Fiction,Story based on impact of actual, imagined, or potential science, usually set in the future or on other planets.,e.g.,Jurassic Park,20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,by Jules Verne,Journey to the Center of the Earth,by Jules Verne,The Time Machine,by H. G. Wells,The War of the Worlds,by H. G. Wells,Frankenstein,by Mary Shelley,I, Robot,by Isaac Asimov,Bicentennial Man,by Isaac Asimov,Fiction of such brevity that it supports no subplots.,e.g.,The Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights),Canterbury Tales,by Geoffrey Chaucer,Rip van Winkle,by Washington Irving,The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,by Washington Irving,The Collected Sherlock Holmes Short Stories,Fairytales written by Grimm Brothers,The Gift of the Magi,by,OHenry,Short Story,Tall Tale,Humorous story with blatant exaggerations, swaggering heroes who do the impossible with nonchalance., (,A Tall Tale: John Henry),Thriller / Mystery,Story using,suspense,tension, and,excitement,as the main elements, climaxing when the,hero,finally defeats the,villain, saving his own life and often the lives of others.,e.g.,The Count of Monte Cristo,The,Da,Vinci Code,The James Bond Series,The Jason Bourne Series,The Hunger Games Trilogy,The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,Non-Fiction,Biography/Autobiography,Narrative of a persons life, a true story about a real person.,e.g.,The Story of My Life,by Helen Keller,The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin,My Life,by Bill Clinton,Living History,by Hillary Clinton,Confessions,by Jean-Jacques Rousseau,Essay,A short literary composition that reflects the authors outlook or point.,e.g.,Of Studies,by Francis Bacon, Nonfiction,: Factual information presented in a format which tells a story.,Informational (science, sports, history, economy, etc.):,Informational text dealing with an actual, real-life subject.,Speech,Public address or discourse.,http:/,/speeches,(video),http:/,www.quoteworld.org,/speeches/,(text),Martin Luther King “I have a dream”,Winston Churchill “We shall fight them on the beaches”,Winston Churchill “Blood Sweat and Tears”,President Kennedy “Man on the moon”,General MacArthur “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away”,American Declaration of Independence,Eulogy to Diana Princess of Wales,Colonel Tim Collins “Magnanimous in Victory”,Lincolns Gettysburg Address, Formation: Adj. suffixes,(n.+) -,ous,: full of, having ,e.g. dangerous: full of danger,victorious: having victory,It is such a,voluminous,report that I am tired of reading it.,She welcomed her guests in a,gracious,manner.,Their dining room is very,spacious,.,e.g. foolish: being in the nature of a fool,childish: having the nature of a child,They made a,devilish,plot to kidnap the little girl and then kill her when they got the money.,He has a rather,womanish,manner.,She brought a coat with,reddish,fur.,(n.+) -,ish,: being in / having the nature of ,e.g. friendly: being friends,lively: full of life,We spent a,heavenly,day at the beach.,He has a very,brotherly,manner towards the little boys.,To run away at the first sight of danger is a,cowardly,action.,I was determined on taking her away from that,ungodly,surroundings.,(n.+) -,ly,: having / being ,e.g. musical: of music,economical: of economy,He drinks this medical tea for,medicinal,purposes.,This French entomologist is noted for,behavioral,studies of insects.,True love is,unconditional,.,(n.+) al / -,ical,: having the nature of ,e.g. wooden: of wood,golden: of gold,We have to wear,woolen,clothes in the cold winter.,Those,earthen,pots are made by the skilled man.,His,ashen,face showed how shocked he was.,(n. +) en: of , having ,