Understanding Literary and Grammatical Genres

Literary Genres

The different types of works are different literary genres.

Lyric

Lindas are roses, and flowers are prettier, my loves.

Epic or Narrative

Long ago, in a land far away, lived a giraffe of average height but so sloppy that once it came out of the jungle and got lost.

Drama or Theatre

Maria, do you go home? Henry: My house is in the neighborhood longer.

Lyrical Genre

The lyric generally groups the texts composed in verse in which the author transmits firsthand their feelings and emotions.

Example: Who do I tell my complaints to, my beautiful love? Whom will I confide my complaints to if it is not you?

The Epic or Narrative Genre

The epic or narrative works together where there is a narrator who recounts some fictional facts featuring characters. Currently, narrative works are written in prose. This applies to the novel and story. But there are also epics written in verse.

• The epic poem is of great length, where important events are narrated in the history of a people.
• The epic poem is a long poem which exalts the figure of a hero.
• The romance is a narrative poem shorter than the epic poem, consisting of eight-syllable lines rhyming assonantly (only vowels rhyme) in pairs.

The Dramatic or Theatrical Genre

The dramatic or theatrical genre includes works that are composed to be represented in the form of dialogue between characters. The theatrical text contains the dialogues with the action taking place and, besides, various notes from the author stating how the work should be performed. These annotations are called stage directions.

• The tragedy is a kind of play with an unhappy ending: fighting a complete rout of adverse fate. Originally, its protagonists must be noble and lofty, but later the tragedy began featuring all sorts of personages.
• The play is a type of drama with a happy ending in which matters are dealt with in a lighthearted or humorous way. The author tends to seek the smile of the audience, so it is usual to resort to tangles, puns, or wrong situations.

Nouns: Concept

Nouns are words that name various entities (things, ideas, animals), and they form the core of a noun phrase.

Classes of Nouns

Common: Appoint any being or object of a class without differentiating it from others of its same class: river, city, boy...

Proper: Appoint a being or object distinct from other beings of its kind: Bilbo, Julio, Tagus.

Individual: Singular noun referring to a single being: male, soldier, sheep.

Collective: Singular noun referring to a group of beings: people, flock, army.

Concrete: Appoint things that can be seen, heard, smelled... pastel, pencil, camera...

Abstract: Name beauty, ideas, or feelings alone: gluttony.