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1、Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,11/7/2009,#,單擊此處編輯母版標題樣式,1,*,單擊此處編輯母版文本樣式,第二級,第三級,第四級,第五級,literary genres英語文學體裁介紹課件,What is Genre?,Genre-a category,in literature or other media,characterized by similarities in form,s

2、tyle,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

3、 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 storie

4、s 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 classif

5、y 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,informational,legend,mystery,mythology,narrative nonfiction,poetry,realistic fiction,romance,science fiction,shor

6、t 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,Informat

7、ional(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

8、 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,supernatura

9、l 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

10、 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,Story with fictional characters and event

11、s 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,

12、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,s

13、ometimes 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

14、 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,Leg

15、end 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 res

16、ponses.,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