WHAT IS LITERATURE? 1. Why study literature? 2 GENRES OF LITERATURE 3.

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WHAT IS LITERATURE? 1

Why study literature? 2

GENRES OF LITERATURE 3

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a lengthy fictitious prose narrative portraying characters and presenting an organized series of events and settings 6

the way in which the narrative events are arranged. (the sequence of events) 7

a fictional representation of a person (or animal). 8

the angle from which a story is told 9

the way a writer selects and arranges words to express ideas 10

the leading character of a drama, novel, etc. This is not always the hero, but is always the principal and central character whose rival is the antagonist. 11

a struggle between two opposing forces 12

the state of feeling created by a work of literature. 13

the time and place of the action 14

the central message or insight into life 15

the attitude of the speaker or author of a work toward the subject matter 16

a fictional narrative generally centering on one event and usually developing only a single character in depth 17

person, place or object that has a literal meaning, but stands for something else 18