Introduction to Literary Genres: Poetry, Narrative, and Drama
Literature and Literary Language
1.1 Creating a Fictional World
Literary fiction creates a world through a mimetic process. Literature is the realm of fiction, as the referents of the communicative process are within the work itself. Characters and situations may or may not have existed. In literature, creating a fictional world is achieved through literary language, often using expressive resources. Literary language revitalizes the expressive potential of language. The accumulation of resources
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Characteristics of Journalistic Language
1. Influencing Factors
Journalistic language is used in various news media, including oral (radio), audiovisual (television, video, cinema), written (newspapers and magazines), and digital (internet). It’s primarily unilateral communication directed at a dispersed audience. The main functions of articles are to inform, persuade, and entertain. Informational texts prioritize the referential function, while opinion texts emphasize the appellate, expressive,
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Types of Texts
Everyday Texts
Rules, instructions, application letters, forums, etc.
Academic Texts
Abstracts, drawings, reports, explanations of processes, etc.
Media Texts
News, chronicles, etc.
Literary Texts
Literary texts create imaginary worlds through words, born from human imagination.
Functions of Literature
- Provide aesthetic enjoyment and pleasure.
- Entertain and offer escape from reality.
- Model securities or social and political injustices.
- Enable identification with characters.
- Encourage reflection
Chronicle of a Death Foretold: Analysis of Fate, Honor, and Narrative
Chronicle of a Death Foretold: A Narrative and Thematic Analysis
1. Journalistic and Novelistic Elements
Chronicle of a Death Foretold, published in 1981, is based on true events that occurred in Colombia. The narrative simulates a journalistic chronicle, as the title suggests. However, it doesn’t fully adhere to newspaper conventions. While grounded in historical facts, the treatment of these facts stems from the author’s imagination and creativity. It’s a two-sided text, blending objective narration
Read More20th Century Literature: Modernism and the Lost Generation
Konstantin Cavafy (1863-1933)
A perfect representative of Hellenism, Cavafy was a son of Greek culture despite being born in Alexandria. After spending several years of his childhood in Liverpool, he returned to Istanbul and then to Alexandria, where he died. Although he did not live in Greece, he never lost contact with Greek culture and participated in the intellectual debate regarding the use of the spoken language in writing versus maintaining a formal language distinct from the popular one.
His
Read MoreText Types: Instructional, Predictive, Descriptive, Expository, and Argumentative
Text Types
Instructional Text
Instructional texts aim to teach the recipient how to regulate their behavior in the future. In other words, they help the receiver by directing, teaching, or advising on certain actions.
Structure:
- Goal: The purpose of the text is stated clearly. It can be brief and summarized in the title.
- Instructions: Following a logical (cause-effect) or chronological order, the instructions present the steps, whether these are orders, advice, or actions.
- Paragraphs: Ideas are usually