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1、literary-genres英语文学体裁介绍课件WhatisGenre?Genre-acategory,inliteratureorothermedia,characterizedbysimilaritiesinform,style,orsubjectmatter.Forexample,sciencefictionandfantasyaretwodifferentgenresinliterature.Why recognizing genres is important?(1)Onthesimplestlevel,groupingworksoffersusanorderlywaytotalk
2、aboutanotherwisebewilderingnumberofliterarytexts.(2)Moreimportantly,ifwerecognizethegenreofatext,wemayalsohaveabetterideaofitsintendedoverallstructureandsubject/mainidea.(3)Finally,agenreapproachcandeepenoursenseofthevalueofanysingletext,byallowingustoviewitcomparatively,alongsidemanyothertextsofits
3、type.All categories of books or stories can be called either fiction or non-fiction.FictionamadeupstorycantellaboutthingsthatcouldhappenisreadforfuncharactersmaybelikerealpeopleorimaginaryNon-FictionhasfactsthatcanbecheckedandproventheauthorisanexpertonthisinformationitISTRUE!Can you classify the fo
4、llowing genres into two categories,namely,fiction and non-fiction?adventure,biography/autobiography,drama,essay,fable,fairytale,fantasy,folklore,historicalfiction,horror,humor,informational,legend,mystery,mythology,narrativenonfiction,poetry,realisticfiction,romance,sciencefiction,shortstory,speech,
5、talltale,thrillerAdventureDramaFableFairyTaleFantasyFolkloreHistoricalFictionHorrorHumorLegendMysteryMythologyPoetryRealisticFictionRomanceScienceFictionShortStoryTallTaleThrillerFictionNon-FictionBiography/AutobiographyEssayNarrativeNonfictionInformational(science,sports,history,economy,etc.)Speech
6、FictionAdventureStoriesfeaturingphysicalactionoftenaroundamissionusuallyinvolvingkillingandrobbing.Manytimessetinforbiddinglocalessuchasjungles,deserts,ormountains.e.g.Robinson Crusoe Moby DickDramaStoriescomposedinverseorprose,usuallyfortheatricalperformance,whereconflictsandemotionareexpressedthro
7、ughdialogueandaction.e.g.thefourtragediesbyW.Shakespeare:Hamlet,Othello,Macbeth,King LearFableNarrationdemonstratingausefultruth,especiallyinwhichanimalsspeakashumans;legendary,supernaturaltale.e.g.Aesops FablesStoryaboutfairiesorothermagicalcreatures,usuallyforchildren.e.g.Fairytales written by Gri
8、mm brothers Fairytales written by Hans C.AndersonFairy TaleFantasyFictionwithstrangeorotherworldlysettingsorcharacters;usingmagicandothersupernaturalphenomenaasaprimaryelementofplot,theme,and/orsetting.e.g.The Lord of the Rings The Harry Potter Series Twilight The Chronicles of NarniaFolkloreThesong
9、s,stories,myths,andproverbsofapeopleorfolkashandeddownbywordofmouth.e.g.Robin Hood MerlinStorywithfictionalcharactersandeventsinahistoricalsetting.e.g.A Tale of Two Cities The Three Musketeers Little Women(byLouisaMayAlcott,setin1863duringtheAmericanCivilWar)Historical FictionHorrorFictioninwhicheve
10、ntsevokeafeelingofdreadinboththecharactersandthereader.e.g.FrankensteinbyMaryShelley Edgar Allan Poes short storiesStrange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.HydebyRobertLouisStevensonThe Picture of Dorian GraybyOscarWildeDraculabyBramHumorFictionfulloffun,fancy,andexcitement,meanttoentertain;butcanbecontaine
11、dinallgenres.e.g.Tom And Jerry The Ice AgeLegend Story,sometimesofanationalorfolkhero,whichhasabasisinfactbutalsoincludesimaginativematerial.e.g.The Legend of Sleepy HollowbyWashingtonIrving Robin HoodKing Arthur and the Knights of the Round TableHelen of Troy and the Trojan WarOdysseusFictiondealin
12、gwiththesolutionofacrimeortheunravelingofsecrets.Itisoftenusedasasynonymfordetectivefiction,crimefictionorthriller.e.g.Rebecca The Day of the Jackal The Thirty-nine Steps The Collected Sherlock Holmes Short StoriesbySirArthurConanDoyleAgatha ChristiesdetectiveseriesMystery/ThrillerMythologyLegendort
13、raditionalnarrative,oftenbasedinpartonhistoricalevents,thatrevealshumanbehaviorandnaturalphenomenabyitssymbolism;oftenpertainingtotheactionsofthegods.e.g.The Roman Mythology The Greek MythologyPoetryVerseandrhythmicwritingwithimagerythatcreatesemotionalresponses.e.g.the Homeric epics,the Iliad and t
14、he OdysseyShakespeares sonnetspoets:AlexanderPope,RobertBurns,AlfredTennyson,JohnDonne,BenJonson,PercyByssheShelley,WaltWhitman,WilliamBulterYeats,JohnKeats,JohnMilton,EdmundSpencer,Storythatcanactuallyhappenandistruetolife.e.g.Charles Dickens Mark Twain Jane Austen Realistic FictionRomanceStoriesfe
15、aturingthemutualattractionandloveofamanandawomanasthemainplot,andhaveahappyending.e.g.Pride and Prejudice Romeo and Juliet Jane Eyre Gone with the WindScience FictionStorybasedonimpactofactual,imagined,orpotentialscience,usuallysetinthefutureoronotherplanets.e.g.Jurassic Park 20,000 Leagues Under th
16、e SeabyJulesVerneJourney to the Center of the EarthbyJulesVerneThe Time MachinebyH.G.WellsThe War of the WorldsbyH.G.WellsFrankensteinbyMaryShelleyI,RobotbyIsaacAsimovBicentennial ManbyIsaacAsimovFictionofsuchbrevitythatitsupportsnosubplots.e.g.The Thousand and One Nights(The Arabian Nights)Canterbu
17、ry TalesbyGeoffreyChaucerRip van WinklebyWashingtonIrvingThe Legend of Sleepy HollowbyWashingtonIrvingThe Collected Sherlock Holmes Short Stories Fairytales written by Grimm Brothers The Gift of the Magi by OHenryShort StoryTall TaleHumorousstorywithblatantexaggerations, Tall Tale:John Henry)Thrille
18、r/MysteryStoryusingsuspense,tension,andexcitementasthemainelements,climaxingwhentheherofinallydefeatsthevillain,savinghisownlifeandoftenthelivesofothers.e.g.The Count of Monte Cristo The Da Vinci Code The James Bond Series The Jason Bourne Series The Hunger Games Trilogy The Girl with the Dragon Tat
19、tooNon-FictionBiography/Autobiography Narrativeofapersonslife,atruestoryaboutarealperson.e.g.The Story of My LifebyHelenKellerThe Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinMy LifebyBillClintonLiving HistorybyHillaryClintonConfessionsbyJean-JacquesRousseau EssayAshortliterarycompositionthatreflectstheauthors
20、outlookorpoint.e.g.Of StudiesbyFrancisBaconNarrative Nonfiction:Factualinformationpresentedinaformatwhichtellsastory.Informational(science,sports,history,economy,etc.):Informationaltextdealingwithanactual,real-lifesubject.Speech Publicaddressordiscourse.(video)(text)MartinLutherKing“Ihaveadream”Wins
21、tonChurchill“Weshallfightthemonthebeaches”WinstonChurchill“BloodSweatandTears”PresidentKennedy“Manonthemoon”GeneralMacArthur“Oldsoldiersneverdie,theyjustfadeaway”AmericanDeclarationofIndependenceEulogytoDianaPrincessofWalesColonelTimCollins“MagnanimousinVictory”LincolnsGettysburgAddressWordFormation
22、:Adj.suffixes(n.+)-ous:fullof,havinge.g.dangerous:fullofdangervictorious:havingvictory(1)ItissuchavoluminousreportthatIamtiredofreadingit.(2)Shewelcomedherguestsinagraciousmanner.(3)Theirdiningroomisveryspacious.e.g.foolish:beinginthenatureofafoolchildish:havingthenatureofachild(1)Theymadeadevilishp
23、lottokidnapthelittlegirlandthenkillherwhentheygotthemoney.(2)Hehasaratherwomanishmanner.(3)Shebroughtacoatwithreddishfur.(n.+)-ish:beingin/havingthenatureofe.g.friendly:beingfriendslively:fulloflife(1)Wespentaheavenlydayatthebeach.(2)Hehasaverybrotherlymannertowardsthelittleboys.(3)To run away at th
24、e first sight of danger is a cowardlyaction.(4)Iwasdeterminedontakingherawayfromthatungodlysurroundings.(n.+)-ly:having/beinge.g.musical:ofmusiceconomical:ofeconomy(1)Hedrinksthismedicalteaformedicinalpurposes.(2)ThisFrenchentomologistisnotedforbehavioralstudiesofinsects.(3)Trueloveisunconditional.(n.+)al/-ical:havingthenatureofe.g.wooden:ofwoodgolden:ofgold(1)Wehavetowearwoolenclothesinthecoldwinter.(2)Thoseearthenpotsaremadebytheskilledman.(3)Hisashenfaceshowedhowshockedhewas.(n.+)en:of,having汇报结束谢谢大家!请各位批评指正