MODULE IN 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World

Second Quarter/ Week 3/ Day 3

NAME : _____________________________________ SECTION:_________________________

GRADE/STRAND:______________________________ TEACHER:________________________

OBJECTIVE: Classify representative texts and authors from Asia and North America
(EN12Lit-Ild-25)

YOUR LESSON FOR TODAY:

Classify representative texts and authors from Asia and North America

How do we classify a
literary text?

Let’s first learn the

classifications of literature:
POETRY, PROSE and DRAMA!

LITERATURE

POETRY PROSE DRAMA

FICTON COMEDY
LYRIC

DRAMATIC NON- FICTON TRAGEDY

NARRATIVE MELODRAMA

References for further enhancement:

LITERATURE
https://study.com/academy/lesson/literary-genres-definition-types-characteristics-examples.html
Literature, a body of written works. The name has traditionally been applied to those
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imaginative works of poetry and prose distinguished by the intentions of their authors and
the perceived aesthetic excellence of their execution. Literature may be classified
according to a variety of systems, including language, national origin, historical period,
genre, and subject matter.
 POETRY
Poetry, literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional
response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm.

LYRIC POETRY
Lyric poetry is relatively short, especially compared to epic poetry, and it makes use of one
speaker who presents his or her emotions or state of mind. The sonnet is one of the
quintessential types of lyric poetry because sonnets typically address the subject of love.
Lyric poetry is distinguished from narrative poetry because it does not tell a story like a
narrative poem would. It does not present a sequence of events with a beginning, middle,
and end.
EXAMPLE OF LYRIC POETRY
English sonnet by none other than William Shakespeare. Here's his famous "Sonnet Number 18:"
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
3 MAJOR TYPES OF POETRY

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

And summer's lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

DRAMATIC POETRY

Dramatic poetry is written in blank verse and is meant to be spoken. Its main purpose is to
tell a story or describe an event in an interesting and descriptive way.

Here's an example from Rudyard Kipling's"The Law of the Jungle" which is addressed to a wolf:

Wash daily from nose-tip to tail-tip; drink deeply, but never too deep;
And remember the night is for hunting, and forget not the day is for sleep.
The Jackal may follow the Tiger, but, Cub, when thy whiskers are grown,
Remember the Wolf is a Hunter - go forth and get food of thine own.
Keep peace with the Lords of the Jungle - the Tiger, the Panther, and Bear.
And trouble not Hathi the Silent, and mock not the Boar in his lair.
When Pack meets with Pack in the Jungle, and neither will go from the trail,
Lie down till the leaders have spoken - it may be fair words shall prevail.

NARRATIVE POETRY

Narrative poems include ballads and epics, long stories detailing historic societies, heroic deeds or
interesting events. They can also be very dramatic when re-telling a particular situation and were
originally meant to be performed while dancing.

Here's an excerpt from The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe which dramatically details a mysterious
event:

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.''
Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tappingPROSE
at my chamber door -
Only this, and nothing more.'
Prose is a form of language that has no formal metrical structure. It applies a natural flow of speech, and ordinary
grammatical structure, rather than rhythmic structure, such as in the case of traditional poetry.
 NONFICTON
 Nonfiction is all prose writing that is NOT "made up" or imaginary is nonfiction (not fiction). 
 Another characteristic of non-fiction is the presence of a narrator, who is a real person and often
2 MAJOR TYPES OF PROSE

the author of the text.

 Examples of this kind of non-fiction are autobiographies, memoirs, personal essays and journals.
Excerpts from Nonfiction
Twelve Years a Slave is the memoir of Solomon Northup. Northup was a citizen of New York who was kidnapped
in Washington, D.C. and who spent 12 years as a slave on a plantation in Louisiana. His memoir gives details
about his experiences being sold into slavery and working as a slave on a plantation. He outlines the purpose for
his memoir in the first few paragraphs:

Since my return to liberty, I have not failed to perceive the increasing interest throughout the Northern
States, in regard to the subject of Slavery. Works of fiction, professing to portray its features in their
more pleasing as well as more repugnant aspects, have been circulated to an extent unprecedented,

FICTON
Fiction may be based on stories of actual historical events. Although fictitious characters are
presented in a fictitious setting in stories and novels, they may have some resemblance to real life
events and characters. Writers alter their characters very skillfully when they take them from actual
life.
Example : Noli Me Tangere  (By Jose Rizal)

The plot revolves around Crisostomo Ibarra, mixed-race heir of a wealthy clan, returning home after
seven years in Europe and filled with ideas on how to better the lot of his countrymen. Striving for
reforms, he is confronted by an abusive ecclesiastical hierarchy and a Spanish civil administration by
turns indifferent and cruel. The novel suggests, through plot developments, that meaningful change in
this context is exceedingly difficult, if not impossible.

DRAMA
Drama is a unique and distinctive genre of literature. Drama definition is a narrative presented by actors/actor on
a stage through dialogue/monologue and live action. Usually, dramas are stories that are acted. Through the
combination of performance, music, dance, props, etc; the audience is able to feel like a part of the action.

COMEDY
Comedy is a literary genre and a type of dramatic work that is amusing and satirical in its tone,
mostly having a cheerful ending. The motif of this dramatic work is triumph over unpleasant
circumstance by creating comic effects, resulting in a happy or successful conclusion.

Example : A Midsummer Night’s Dream (By William Shakespeare)

William Shakespeare’s play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is a good example of a

romantic comedy, presenting young lovers falling comically in and out of love for a
brief period. Their real world problems get resolved magically, enemies reconcile,
and true lovers unite in the end.
 TRADEGY

Tragedy is a type of drama that presents a serious subject matter about human suffering and

corresponding terrible events in a dignified manner.
Shakespeare is one of the leading authors of tragic plays in all of English. His play Romeo
and Juliet is perhaps the most famous tragedy of all time, exploring the doomed loved
between, as he called them, “star-crossed lovers.” Romeo and Juliet go against their families’
mutual hatred to marry each other in secret, which ultimately leads to their downfalls.

MELODRAMA
Melodramas deal with sensational and romantic topics that appeal to the emotions of the
common audience. Originally, it made use of melody and music, while modern melodramas may
not contain any music at all.
Wuthering Heights (By Emily Bronte)
The novel is a sweeping romantic melodrama in which love and class division are
destined to become a tragedy. The film stars Heathcliff as an orphan, who is taken into
a wealthy family where he falls in love with Cathy, his foster sister.

NAME : _____________________________________ SECTION:_________________________

GRADE/STRAND:______________________________ TEACHER:________________________

ARE YOU READY TO PRACTICE?

PRACTICE EXERCISES 1: Read and analyze the poem and answer the
questions below.

William Wordsworth, "The World Is Too Much With Us"

"The world is too much with us; late and soon,

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;—

Little we see in Nature that is ours;

We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!"

NAME : _____________________________________ SECTION:_________________________

GRADE/STRAND:______________________________ TEACHER:________________________

ARE YOU READY TO PRACTICE?

PRACTICE EXERCISES 2:
1. What type of PROSE is the "Anne Frank: The Diary
of a Young Girl," which accounts the life of Anne
Frank during her time spent as a Jew in Europe
during World War II?

2. What are the characteristics of the prose "Anne

Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl that justify your
answer in number 1?
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PRACTICE EXERCISES 3:
1. What type of DRAMA is Macbeth, which tells the story of a noble Scottish
warrior whose wife convinces him to betray and murder the King. Over the
course of the play, Macbeth gradually isolates himself from all of his friends
and supporters, growing more and more dependent on his own (and his wife’s)
ambition. In the end, he is destroyed by the very people he once fought side-
by-side with?

2. What are characteristics of Drama Macbeth that justify your answer in

number 1?

NAME : _____________________________________ SECTION:_________________________

GRADE/STRAND:______________________________ TEACHER:________________________

EVALUATION
What classification of literature which has a characteristics of meter, rhyme,
form, sound, and rhythm (timing) and the example is sonnet 29 by
Shakespeare:
When, in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate...

Integrated the Development of the Following Learning Skills:

Communication Collaboration Character Critical Thinking Creativity

Following the direction Sharing ideas with Developing one’s Analyzing the message Creating own comparison
And connecting to the Siblings/parent/ character by reflecting Of the poem and relating And contrast using venn
Meaning of the poems. to the message and To the experiences of the diagram
meaning of the poem. Author.

Writer: ANGEL V. DELA CRUZ

REFERENCES CITED:
https://www.britannica.com/art/literature
https://www.britannica.com/art/poetryl
https://literarydevices.net/fiction/
https://www.bachelorandmaster.com/britishandamericanpoetry/if-i-should-die-summary-
analysis.html#.Xyk7l4gzbIU
https://www.legit.ng/1219307-4-types-drama-literature.html