INTRO TO
LITERATURE
MATERIAL
(SEMESTER 4)
PROSE,POETRY,
DRAMA
BY : Dian Fadhilawati, M.Pd.
Islamic University of Balitar (UNISBA)
Blitar East Java Indonesia
LITERATURE
DEFINITIONS
14TH CENTURY
Polite learning
through reading.
A man of
literature or a
man of letter = a
man of wide
reading, ”literacy”
18TH CENTURY
Practice and
profession of
writing
19 TH
CENTURY
The high skills of
writing in the
special context of
high imagination
MODERN
DEFINITION
ROBERT FROST’S
Performance in a
word
Language artistically
used to achieve
identifiable literary
qualities and to convey
meaningful messages
 Literary is
characterized by
beauty of expression
form and by
universality intellectual
and emotional appeal
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THE IMPORTANCE OF
LEARNING
LITERATURE
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Reading /learning literature improves our Language proficiency
Reading/learning literature enhances our understanding about
culture of others.
Reading/learning literature gives us a valuable chance to explore
the nature of human being
Reading /learning literature makes us human
Reading or learning literature shapes our goal and values by
clarifying our own identity both positively and negatively
Reading/learning literature helps us grow personally and
intellectually
Etc.
LITERATURE
GENRES
 Made of
dialog and
set direction
 Designed to
be
performed
 Open form
and close
form
 Relies on
imagery,
figurative
language and
sounds
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Examples:
Myths
Fables
Novels
Short Stories
Examples:
 News
 Reports
 Journals
 Articles
 Essays
 Textbooks
 Biographies
 Etc.
DRAMA
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Drama is a story written to be performed by actors.
Although a drama is meant to be performed, one can
also read the script, or written version, and imagine the
action.
POETRY
DEFINITION
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Poetry is language
written with rhythm,
figurative language,
imagery, sound devices
and emotionally charged
language.
KINDS OF
POETRY/POEM
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Concrete poem
Narrative Poem
Lyric Poem
PROSE
DEFINITION
KINDS OF PROSE
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PROSE is the ordinary
form of written
language.
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Prose imitates the
spoken language.
Fiction
Non Fiction
KINDS OF
POETRY
CONCRETE
POEMS
o
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Concrete Poem is
one with a shape
that suggests its
subject.
The poet
arranges the
letters,
punctuation, and
lines to create an
image or picture,
on the page.
NARRATIVE
POEM
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Narrative Poem
is a story told in
verse.
Narrative
poems often
have all the
elements of
short stories,
including
characters,
conflict, and
plot
LYRIC POEM
Lyric poem is a
highly musical
verse that
expresses the
observation and
feelings of a
single speaker.
KINDS OF PROSE
FICTION
Examples:
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Short Stories
Legend
Fairy Tales Letters
Folk Tales Memoirs
Novels
Short Stories
Fables
Myth
Etc.
NON FICTION
Examples:
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Report
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Personal Narrative
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Memoirs
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Letter
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Article
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Journal
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Biographies
ELEMENTS OF
STORY
ELEMENTS OF STORY INCLUDE:
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Setting
Characters
Plot
Point of view
Theme
Image
Symbol