Literary Standards

1. Artistry - This is a quality which appeals to our sense of beauty.

2. Intellectual Value A literary work that stimulates thought.
3. Suggestiveness - Associated with the emotion of a literary piece.
4. Spiritual Value - Elevates the spirit by bringing out the moral values of a person or situation.
5. Permanence A great work of literature endures.
6. Universality - Great literature is timeless.
7. Style - This is the peculiar way in which a writer sees life, forms his ideas and expresses them.

PROSE AND POETRY

POETRY
A language arranged in lines with regular rhythm, meter and often with definite rhyme scheme
Use figurative language
rhythmical creation of beauty Edgar Allan Poe
a. Narrative Poetry
-intends to tell a story
- Usually relates the events in an order of time
Types
1. Epic -tells about the adventures of a traditional hero important to the history
2. Ballad meant for singing & usually deals with subject such as love, honor or death
3.Metrical Romance- is a long rambling love story in revolving around knights, lords and their ladies
4. Metrical Tale deals with any emotion or phrase of life & is often told in simple manner
b. Lyric poetry
- meant to be sung
-focus on the writers feeling`
Types
1. Ode most majestic type
2. Elegy - poetic lamentation for the dead
3. Sonnet can be distinguished by its form for it always consist of 14 rhymed lines
4. Idyll a descriptive poem of rural or pastoral character which expresses the poets feeling of his
immediate landscape
5. Song has a particular melodious quality
6.Simple Lyric includes all those lyric poems that dont belong under the other types
c. Dramatic Poetry
- focus on the characters feelings- designed to be spoken or acted on stage
-These are plays whose dialogues are written in the form of poetry
Types
1. Comedy a dramatic play of light and humorous character w/ a cheerful or happy ending2.

2. Tragedy portrays struggle of a strong willed protagonist against fate

Ex. 5 great Shakespearean Tragedies~ Hamlet
indecision~ King Lear
parental love~ Macbeth
ambition~ Othello
conjugal love~ Romeo and Juliet
young love
3. Dramatic History a dramatic play dealing w/ past historical event
4. Farce - a comic play marked by broadly satirical comedy and improbable plot
5.Melodrama characterized by heavy use of suspense, sensational episodes, romantic sentiment
andconventional happy ending
6. Masque a form of dramatic entertainment of the 16th & 17th century performed by masked actors
7. Dramatic Monologue a long speech in a play or a story delivered by a single person

PROSE
Its structure is in terms of sentences and paragraphs
Types
I. Prose Drama
Like poetic plays but written in prose form
II.Essay
A prose composition w/c discusses a particular subject.
III. Prose Fiction
- A prose composition w/c imaginatively created
A. Prose Allegory - Is a narrative prose from in w/c abstract ideas are personified-
-Prolonged metaphor or symbolic representation
B. Prose Romance -A prose narrative treating imaginary characters, events, time or place, and usually
heroic, adventure ormysterious.
C. Tales of Adventure -Deals w/ stories involving danger & unknown risks or mans encounter w/ nature
D. Novel -a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length, portraying characters, actions, and scenes
representative of real life in a more or less intricate plot
E. Novelette -Shorter than a novel, longer than a short story
F. Short Story - A prose narrative about 10,000 words to be read in 1 sitting
G. Fable - Stories about animals
H. Parable -Stories from the bible
I. Myth -Deals w/ supernatural beings, gods, and goddess
J. Legend -Deals w/ the origin of things
K. Folktale -Is characteristically anonymous, timeless and placeless tale circulated orally among people
L. Fairytale-Is a narrative of adventures involving fantastic forces and beings
- has a happy ending

IV.Biography
A. Biography a story of a certain persons life written by someone else
B. Autobiography - a written account of mans life written by himself/herself

V.Letter
A. Letter written message address to a person or organization
B. Journal -a prose composition published periodically for an exclusive readership
C. Diary a daily account of what happened in someones life

VI.Other Prose Forms

A. Travel
B. History
C. Scientific Prose
D. Current Publications
E. Literary criticisms and Book Reviews
F. Philosophical and Religious Writings