Title: How Literature is considered the most creative study?
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2What is Literary Studies?
We all have read work like Alice in the
Wonderland, which is a fancy relief, providing an
imaginative account of the impossibilities
happening in the parallel universe one happening
on the other side of the mirror.
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3Structure of Literary
It definitely awakens our curious minds, making
us think about the various illusionary events
which are being personified by Literature as real
and animate objects. To know more about this
artistic faculty, lets learn more about it.
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4What is Literature?
-Literature is the written or oral records of
literary works depicting, language, national
origin, historical period, genre, or subject
matter of a particular region.
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5Literary as a Profession
- The most famous works of Literature include
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6The Iliad by Homer, Canterbury Tales by Chaucer,
Macbeth, the Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare,
etc, the list is pretty long to be stated.
Various genres of Literature
The two main categories separating the various
genres of literature are Fiction Non-
fiction
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7Fiction
- Fiction is a literary piece that is a fabrication
of fantasy, or imaginative events, not based on
historical events or facts. - Genres of Fiction include
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8- Drama It is a form of literary work which is
constructed through elements like dance, music,
and other modes of performance, intended to be
performed.
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9- Poetry It is a form of literary art which uses
aesthetic qualities like rhythm, meter, prosody,
figures of speech, motifs, symbolism, and themes
to express a subject matter.
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10- Fantasy It refers to an imaginative or fanciful
account of an improbable or utterly impossible
instance.
- Humor It is said to be an account of literary
work which provides amusement and comic- relief.
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11- Fable A fable is a literary art that includes
animate and inanimate objects, often
anthropomorphized giving a moral lesson.
- Science Fiction It is an imaginary or
futuristic account of scientific concepts like
time travel, parallel universe, space
explorations, etc.
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12- Short Story It is an inventive prose narrative,
intended to include characters within a series of
linked incidences, set in relatable mood and plot.
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13- Historical Fiction It is referred to as a
creative non- fiction, giving an account of the
ancient events. It is also known as literary
journalism.
- Horror It is a literary art which includes
scary elements like ghost, evil- spirits, murder,
monstrosity, and other mind- bobbling events.
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14- Mystery It is a piece of intrigue with
conceited plots which are being unleashed by the
detectives, and the readers in the course of
reading.
- Legend It is said to be a kind of folklore that
is perceived by the speaker and the listener to
have had happened in the past.
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15- Non- fiction is a literary piece which
represents an account of real-life incidences,
and characters.
- Mythology It is an account of events happened
in ancient times in the lives of gods, goddesses,
demons, saints, etc.
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16Nonfiction
- Literature gives an insight into the historical
events in a well- polished manner. - Genres of non- fiction include
- Narrative Nonfiction It refers to a
narrative account of a real-life incidence.
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17- An Autobiography It is an account of a
persons life incidences, which is self- written. - Speech It is a written account that is made
up with the purpose of being addressed to an
audience.
- Essays An essay is an account of the
writers concept of description, narration,
argumentation, or a type of literary criticism. - Biography It refers to an account of a
persons life incidences, written by someone else.
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18Why study Literature?
- Literature gives an insight into the historical
events in a well- polished manner. - It helps in developing a persons literary
and imaginative hold.
- It plays an important role in the preservation of
folklore and extends them to the commoners. - Literature gives a comparative analysis of
the Platonic, Neo-classic, revolutionary,
post-revolutionary, and modern times.
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19What are the career options in the field of
Literature?
Literature being an artistic field provides a
plethora of opportunities in the field of art and
other professional worlds such as
- In Advertising, Public relations, Mass media
and Journalism, Teaching, Theatre, and Drama, as
Literacy Critique, essayist, Writer, and other
kinds of performing arts.
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20Time taken to gain a degree in the field of
Literature includes
- 4 years to gain a degree of baccalaureate in
Literature. - Almost one to two years to gain
a masters degree. - M. Phil and Ph.D.
programs take almost 1-2 yrs and 3-5 years
respectively.
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