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1、WhatisLiteratureLiteratureistheartofwrittenworks.InWesternculturethemostbasicwrittenliterarytypesincludefictionandnon-fiction.List5fictionsand5non-fictionsyouhavereadorheard.(10min)WhatisLiteratureFictionisthetellingofstorieswhicharenotreal.Morespecifically,fictionisanimaginativeformofnarra
2、tive,oneofthefourbasicrhetoricalmodes(includingexposition,argumentation,description,andnarration).WhatisLiteratureWorksoffictionneednotbeentirelyimaginaryandmayincluderealpeople,places,andevents.WhatisLiteratureFictionmaybewrittenororal.Althoughnotallfictionisnecessarilyartistic,fictionisla
3、rgelyperceivedasaformofartorentertainment.Elementsoffiction“Fictionhasthreemainelements:plotting(情节),character(人物形象),andplaceorsetting(场景)."(Morrell2006,p. 151)andTheme(主题)Style(风格)CategoriesofFiction-Typesofprosefiction:Flashfiction(小小说):Aworkoffewerthan2,000words.(1,000bysomedefinitions)(
4、around5pages)Shortstory(短篇小说):Aworkofatleast2,000wordsbutunder7,500words.(5-25pages)Novelette(中篇小说):Aworkofatleast7,500wordsbutunder17,500words.(25-60pages)Novella(中篇小说):Aworkofatleast17,500wordsbutunder50,000words.(60-170pages)Novel(长篇小说):Aworkof50,000wordsormore.(about170+pages)Epic(史诗):A
5、workof200,000wordsormore.(about680+pages)WhatisLiterature-Non-FictionNon-fictionisanaccountorrepresentationofasubjectwhichispresentedasfact.Thispresentationmaybeaccurateornot;thatis,itcangiveeitheratrueorafalseaccountofthesubjectinquestion.However,itisgenerallyassumedthattheauthorsofsuchacc
6、ountsbelievethemtobetruthfulatthetimeoftheircomposition.Non-fictionNon-fictionisoneofthetwomaindivisionsinwriting,particularlyusedinlibraries,theotherbeingfiction.However,non-fictionneednotbewrittentextnecessarily,sincepicturesandfilmcanalsopurporttopresentafactualaccountofasubject.Typesofn
7、on-fictionAutobiographyBiographyBlueprintBookreportCreativenonfictionDesigndocumentDiagramDiaryDictionaryDocumentaryfilmEncyclopediaEssayHistoryJournalJournalismLetterLiterarycriticismMemoirNaturalhistoryPhilosophyPhotographSciencebookScientificpaperText