Upgrade 3 - Unit 5 Literary Genre Movie Adaptarions

A literary genre is a category of literary composition. Genres may be determined by literary technique, tone, content, or even (as in the case of fiction) length. The most general genres in literature are (in loose chronological order) epic, tragedy, comedy, novel, short story, and creative nonfiction. They can all be in the genres prose or poetry, which shows best how loosely genres are defined. Additionally, a genre such as satire, allegory or pastoral might appear in any of the above, not only as a sub-genre, but as a mixture of genres. Finally, they are defined by the general cultural movement of the historical period in which they were composed.

Do you know any movie adaptation? Do you prefer to read the book or to watch the movie? What are your favorite adaptations?

Long narrative poem, usually about heroic facts and important events of a nation.

A Dramatic genre based on human suffering.

A book of long narrative in literary prose.

. A narrative work of fiction that is usually written in prose.

Have you watched any of them? Which do you prefer: the literary work or the movie? What’s your favorite one?