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LESSON 14 III. Figurative Language

Literary Context IV. Tone
- It could be positive or
1. Biographical Context negative.
- About the a uthor’s life - It determines the mood.
- They put themselves
in texts. 3. Sociocultural
- Through autobiography or Context
biography - Social, economic,
a. Autobiography political, and cultural
- about s elf - Role of the audience
b. Biography
- about o LESSON 15
thers Different Approaches in
2. Linguistic Context Sociocultural Context
I. Diction
a. Formal
I. Marxist Approach
b. Informal
- shows the c
lass s truggle
* if there are contradictions in dictation,
it and
is INFORMAL. (ex. of contradictions: materialism
you’ll, wouldn’t, etc.) - propaganda
material
II. Syntax - oppression, social
- form of lineation shaped conflicts, and
by using l ine breaks solution
a. traditional
b. non-traditional II. Feminist Approach
- examines the role
of w omen in

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literature
- females are
e mpowered

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or d
iscriminated

III. Queer Theory

- Concerned with
q ueer or third

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genders
- Named in 1991

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- L GBT are II. Fantasy

being - Uses m agic and
examined
s upernatural
IV. Historicism e lements in the plot,
- Historical criticism theme, and setting.
- History that - Magic journeys
i nfluences and quests are
the w riting often involved in
fantasies.
V. New Historicism
- Focuses on history III. Utopian Fiction
when written or h - Presents a world
ow i t happened that is i deally
p erfect in all
VI. Post-Colonialism aspects of society.
- Lives or c hanges
in t he attitude of IV. Dystopian Fiction
the people after - Presents a futuristic
the colonial period illusion of a p
erfect
LESSON 16 s ociety but is
o ppressed through

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Speculative Fiction
corporate and
- Stories from i maginary worlds
totalitarian control
- A broad genre that encompasses
stories that are often the result
V. Apocalyptic Fiction

e
of one or more “ what if”
- Deals with the end
questions and is open to an
o f civilization
infinite number of possible
either through
answers
nuclear wars
plague or some
● Subgenres of Speculative Fiction
other general
I. Science Fiction
disaster
- Deals mainly with
the impact of a
VI. Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
ctual - Sets in a world a fter
o imagined
t he disaster (time
science o n society
frame may be
or individuals
immediately after

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the
catastr
ophe
or
someti
me
later)

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VII. Alternate History endured challenge

- set in worlds in which and obstacle in life.
one o r more historical
events II. Confessional Memoir
u nfold differently from - Very
how they did in reality personal
retelling of
LESSON 17 an a uthor’s
Memoir most
- a literary genre and a sub- p ainful and
genre of creative non-fiction deepest s ecrets
have about
gotten the term from the French themselves or their
word “memoire” meaning family and how it
‘memory’ or ‘reminiscence’. has affected them
- It usually involves a p ublic
p ortion, of the writer’s life as III. Professional /
it relates to a historical event. Celebrity Memoir
- Cover important

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moments in the
a uthor’s rise to
f ame and success

IV. Travel Memoir

- Let us escape with
the author and learn
about a t ime and
p lace through their
experiences

r edemption as it is about the

author’s

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I. Transformation Memoir
- Written with the
t heme of

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 is it specific general general / day
about? life event /broader broader person’s
story story life

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it based on based on based based on
written the the on the
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individual research individua
’s ’s l’s
Metafiction
memory memory memory
and and and
recollecti recollecti recollecti
Metafictional
on
Devices
on on
- These are
techniques
that a
writer may
use in
order to let
a
metafiction
al story
flow.

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● Types and Examples

LESSON 19
Metafiction
1. A work of fiction within a work Comics & Graphic Novels
of fiction. - 80% or 90% uses drawing
2. A novel about a writer creating
a story Comics
3. A novel where a narrator - Tells a story through drawing
intentionally or accidentally - Can be traditional
reveals himself as the
author creating the story Graphic Novels
being read. - Exceeds 50 pages
4. A novel about a reader reading - Narrative in comic book formats
a novel - Is a format, not a genre
5. A novel in which the book itself - Have captions
seeks interaction with the reader - Narrow lines or spaces in
and sees the book itself living between the panels/frames
entity - Tell a story in frames has a
6. A non-linear novel that can be beginning, middle, and
read in any order other than from, end
beginning to end - Shows glimpse from the story
7. Narrative footnotes
which continue the story ● Parts of a Graphic Novel
while commenting on it a. Front Page
8. A novel wherein the author is a b. Dialogue Balloons
character shows the author as c. Thought Balloons
one of the actual story d. Credits
characters and not just a number e. Title
9. A parallel novel that has the f. Cover Image
same setting and time period as a g. Publisher
previous work, and many of the h. Issue no.
same characters but is told from
a different perspective
10. Merging characters are
elements from diverse works of
fiction into a new fictional
scenario
11. Characters who express
awareness that they are in a
work of fiction

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LESSON 20 Broadway Show

Theatrical Adaptation / Drama - Often mistaken as an
individual and separate form
● Main responsibilities of a of theatrical adaptation
performer before stepping on - Big production than musical
stage and opera
1. Learn lines, songs, and
dances
2. Research the play
and character
3. Work with other
performers
4. Practice stage blockings

Drama
- A literary genre that
shares several features
- Tells a story by u sing the
e lements of fiction the same
way novels and short stories do

Theatrical Adaptation
- A genre wherein a story from
a nother medium is rewritten
to conform to the elements of
theater
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Musicals
- It is a form of theatrical
performance that involve
people c onversing in

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dialogues and in
m usical numbers

Opera
- Involves singing performances as
well just like the musicals
- Focused on s inging