REVIEWER IN WORLD LITERATURE • dove, love

• clever, never
Introduction to world literature
Examples of Consonantal Rhyme
This lesson covers:
• might night
• The definition of Literature • mock knock
• Functions of Literature • mice nice
• Criteria in Judging Literature Examples of Assonantal Rhyme
• Value of Studying Literature • hat mad
• Issues & Concerns of Literature
• shine smile
• Generic Classifications
• gruff dud
• Traditional Literature Examples of Internal Rhyme
• Literary Devices
VIDEO For the moon never dreams without bringing me beams.

VIDEO Examples of Full Rhyme

LITERARY DEVICES • drum thumb

• cough off
Elements of Poetry (VIDEO)
• eyes skies
TONE COLOR Examples of Half Rhyme

- is the repetition of like sounds throughout a poem. • comes tombs

Five Primary Kinds of Tone Color Number of Feet in a line of Poetry

1. alliteration 1. monometer
2. assonance 2. dimeter
3. consonance 3. trimeter
4. Rhyme 4. tetrameter
5. onomatopoeia 5. pentameter
1.Alliteration 6. hexameter
7. septameter
is the repetition of identical consonantal sounds, usually 8. octameter
at the beginning of words in close proximity, throughout Eight Common Types of Metrical Feet
the poem.
1. iamb
example: 2. trochee
I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day. 3. anapest
4. dactyl
2.Assonance 5. spondee
6. pyrrhic
is the repetition of identical vowel sounds in words in
7. amphibrach
close proximity throughout a poem.
8. amphimacer
example:
FIGURES OF SPEECH
And all is seared with trade, bleared, smeared with toil.
1.Allusion
3.Consonance
reference to a person, place or thing outside of the
is the repetition of identical consonant sounds that are confine of the poem
preceded by different vowel sounds. allude to:
example: bible
another literary work
The cold, hard diamond was held in her hand. contemporary or historical event
example:
4.Rhyme
The couple went to Adam's groceries store and stole an
is an element of poetry which helps to unify a poem by apple.
keeping thought groups together. 2.Apostrophe

• Various Rhyme Schemes are: address to an inanimate object,a muse, God, or an

absent or deceased person
1. syllabic - consonantal/assonantal
2. internal rhyme example:
3. full rhyme Death, be not proud though some have called thee
4. half rhyme Mighty and dreadful for thou art not so
Examples of Syllabic Rhyme 3.Hyperbole
exaggerated statement employing inflated language
example:
example: Elijah said to the prophet of Baal,
She was the most talented and beautiful girl in the "Cry aloud, for he is a god."
world. Figurative Language (VIDEO)
4.Litotes
Traditional Literature
understatement in which the affirmative is implied by
denying its opposite - the body of ancient stories or poems that grew out of
the human quest to understand the natural and spiritual
world that was preserved through time by the oral
example:
She wasn't bad looking tradition of storytelling before being eventually written
5.Metaphor down

comparison in which something is compared to Features of Traditional Literature

something else • plots are generally shorter than any other genres
• actions are concentrated
example: • characters tend to have only one outstanding
Life is a circus quality
6.Metonymy • Settings: in the beginning... or long ago in a land
one word or image is used to represent another with far away.....
which it is closely associated • language though full of rhythm and melody is
sparse
example: • style is characterized by story beginnings and
I have read all of Tiempo endings (once upon a time....they lived happily
The pen is mightier than the sword ever after.... ) motifs of recurrent features ( use
7.Oxymoron of no.3 like 3 sisters....3 wishes...) repetition of
refrains or chants (mirror, mirror on the wall...)
contradiction that seemingly cannot be resolved • themes like good vs. evil
• ending usually is a happy ending
example:
Parting is such sweet sorrow Folklore- Passed down and whispered around (in
8.Paradox remote areas)
is a seemingly contradictory statement that turns out to Terms in Traditional Literature
be partly true
• Traditional literature refers to the entire body of
example: stories passed down from ancient times by the
You can check in anytime you like but you can never oral tradition.
leave.
• Retold tale refers to version of a tale that is
9.Personification
obviously based upon an earlier, well-known tale
occurs when the poet bestows human characteristics on but in which the language and bits of plot have
inanimate object, abstract qualities and animals. been altered to modernize or further dramatize
the story
example:
• variants refers to folktales
The moon doth with delight
Look round her when the heavens are bare Types of Traditional Literature
10.Simile
1. myths are stories that recount and explain the origin
using like, as, or as if of the world and the phenomena of nature

example: 2. epics are long stories of human adventures and

O, my love is like a red rose. heroism recounted in many episodes
11.Synecdoche 3. legends are stories based on either real or supposedly
closely related to metonymy real individuals and their marvelous deeds
a part is used to suggest the whole or that of the whole 4. tall tales are highly exaggerated accounts of persons
for a part both real and imagined so they maybe considered sub-
category of legends
example:
She has been sixteen summers. 5. folktales
(years)
6. fables
12.Irony
7. religious stories (parables)
expresses the contrary of what is meant
VIDEO
VIDEO Horace -Great lyric poet of Rome
LESSON 2
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ARTISTS AND THEIR FAMOUS
LITERARY WORKS
National Artists for Literature (Ph) Ovid -He wrote the Metamorphoses in 15 books,

VIDEO
LESSON 3
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF WORLD LITERATURE Cato -He was the first prose writer in the Latin language

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF WORLD LITERATURE

• Classical (VIDEO)
• Medieval (VIDEO) Cicero -His works included Brutus, several treatises, and
• Renaissance (VIDEO) philosophies.
• Reformation (VIDEO)
• Romantic (VIDEO)
• Victorian (VIDEO)
• Modern (VIDEO) Varro-He was the most voluminous of Roman authors
• Post-Modern (VIDEO) composing no less than 490 books including De Re
Rustica, a work on Agriculture and De Lingua Latina, a
(VIDEO) grammatical treatise.
Part 2: Lecture-Discussion
(with Documentaries/
Supplementary Videos)
GREEK MYTHOLOGY ( VIDEO) Julius Caesar -He was a Roman statesman, general and
notable author of Latin prose.
GREEK MYTHOLOGY CREATURES ( VIDEO)
ROMAN LITERATURE
Other Writers
Livius Adronicus -He was the first Roman poet.
Roman Mythological Creatures

Gnaeus Naevius -The second Roman poet who wrote

drama and an epic poem on the First Punic War.

Quintus Ennius -He was the Founder and Father of

Roman Literature

Terrence -His chief patrons were Laelius and the

younger Scipio, both of whom treated him as an equal,
and were said to have even assisted him in the
composition of his plays

Virgil -He was the Greatest writer of Rome. He wrote

the Aeneid.
 Tristan & Isolde (VIDEO)

ENGLISH LITERATURE
Famous Writers
VIDEO
• Geoffrey Chaucer
Trojan War Characters • William Langland
• William Shakespeare
TROJANS • John Milton
• King Priam • Jonathan Swift
• Hector • William Blake
• Paris / Alexandros • Joseph Conrad
• Andromache • Charles Dickens
• Briseis • Ben Johnson
• Cassandra AMERICAN LITERATURE
GREEKS American Writers
• Odysseus
• Achilles
• Agamemnon
• Menelaus
• Clytemnestra
• Helen
INDIAN LITERATURE

SANSKRIT (VIDEO)
Vedas:
1. Rig Veda
2. Atharva Veda
3. Sama Veda
4. Yajur Veda
Caste System

1. Brahmins
2. Kshatriyas
3. Vaishyas
4. Shudras
STORY OF CREATION (VIDEO)
Indian Writers
• Kalidasa
• Ved Vyas
• Valmiki

FRENCH LITERATURE

Classic French Literature

• The Phantom of the Opera
• The Three Musketeers
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
• The Song of Roland
• Romance of the Rose by Guillaume De Lorris &
Jean De Meung.
• Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner
The Count of Monte Cristo (VIDEO)
NORSE LITERATURE
Norse Mythology (VIDEO)
Mythological Creatures (VIDEO)
Norse Myth (VIDEO)
Story of Creation (VIDEO)
Days of the Week (VIDEO)
Days of the Week (VIDEO)

CHINESE LITERATURE
History of China (VIDEO)
Introduction to Chinese Literature (VIDEO)

Great Writers

Confucius (VIDEO)
Analects of Confucius (VIDEO)
Shi Jing (VIDEO
Chinese Classic Novels (VIDEO)
AFRO-ASIAN LITERATURE 3RD PPT
Introduction to African Literature (VIDEO) ISRAEL- ROMAN ( not sure kung kasali sa exam heheh)
Great Writers and Their Literary Works
Ancient Israel (tribes)
VIDEO
• Houses
• Lamp
• Household oven
• Hebrew
• Vessels
 • Millston
• Handmill
• Sheepherding
• Donkey
• Well
• Marriage & Family
• Education

• Dingir-gods who controlled 4 realms in the

universe
Ancient Egypt (gods & goddesses)
• An- god of heaven
• Enlil- air-go, father of the gods
• Ninhursag-mother earth-goddess
• Enki-water-god
• Utu-sun-god
• Nanna-moon god
• Me-laws of the universe

Persian

Tetragrammaton Name of God

Agricultural crops
Waterwheel Greek (philosophers)
VIDEO
Greek Mythology

Mesopotamia Romans
VIDEO
Roman Mythology
VIDEO