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Literature by Mind Map: Literature

1. Fiction

1.1. Main Types are

1.1.1. Tale

1.1.1.1. An invented or difficult to belive story

1.1.2. Novel

1.1.2.1. An invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex.

1.1.3. Short story

1.1.3.1. A story with a fully developed theme but signifivantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel.

1.1.4. Fable

1.1.4.1. A story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel.

1.2. The Basics of Fiction

1.2.1. Narrative voice and Narrative technique

1.2.1.1. First person narrator

1.2.1.2. Third person narrator

1.2.2. Setting

1.2.2.1. Place

1.2.2.2. Time

1.2.2.3. Society

1.2.3. Language

1.2.3.1. Colloquial

1.2.3.2. Formal

1.2.3.3. Figurative

1.2.4. Characters

1.2.4.1. FLAT: do not develop

1.2.4.2. ROUND: Undergo a significant change

2. Poetry

2.1. Main Type are

2.1.1. Lyric poetry

2.1.1.1. poetry we find in plays, for example in some of shakespeare's playes or in dramatic monologues, that is poems in which an imaginary speaker addresses an imaginary audience

2.1.2. Dramatic poetry

2.1.2.1. poetry that express feelings and thoughts

2.1.3. Narrative poetry

2.1.3.1. poetry that tells a story, for example epic poems

2.2. The Basics of Poetry

2.2.1. language

2.2.1.1. Colloquial

2.2.1.2. Formal

2.2.1.3. Figurative

2.2.2. sound and rhythm

2.2.2.1. presence or asence of rhyme

2.2.3. layout

2.2.3.1. grouping of lines ( stanza, tercet, couplet)

3. Drama

3.1. Main Type are

3.1.1. Tragedy

3.1.1.1. a form of drama in which the main character meets a tragic end as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness or inability to cope whit events in his/her life

3.1.2. Comedy

3.1.2.1. a form of drama combining elements of comedy and tragedy

3.1.3. Tragicomedy

3.1.3.1. a form of drama which is often humorous or satirical in tone snd which usually has happy ending

3.2. The Basics of Drama

3.2.1. title and content

3.2.2. setting and characters

3.2.3. dialogue

3.2.4. stage directions

3.2.5. reader /audience

3.2.6. theme