Literary Resources and Genres: A Comprehensive Analysis

Literary Topics: Resources and Genres

Literary Resources

Literary resources for writers vary by language. Using them correctly enhances the beauty of the work.

Phonics

Based on sound.

Morphosyntactic

Based on word order and reception.

Semantic

Based on meaning.

Phonic Resources:
  • Alliteration: Repetition of the same sounds.
  • Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate sounds (e.g., playback, tic-tac, pio-pio).
Morphosyntactic Resources:
  • Anaphora: Repetition of a word at the beginning of each verse.
  • Reduplication: Repetition of contiguous words.
  • Concatenation: A verb begins with the same word as the previous term.
  • Parallelism: Repetition of the same syntactic structure.
  • Hyperbaton: Syntactic disorder.
Semantic Lexical Resources:
  • Metaphor: Identification of a real term with an imaginary term, based on resemblance (e.g., “Your teeth are pearls”).
  • Simile or Comparison: Similar to metaphor, but uses comparative terms (e.g., “Her teeth are like pearls”).
  • Metonymy: Identification of a real term with an imaginary term based on close relationships or contiguity (e.g., “had some drinks”).
  • Personification: Attribution of human qualities to things and animals.
  • Antithesis: Opposition of opposites.

Literary Genres

Literary genres classify literary works into groups.

Classification:

  • Epica: Narrative of events.
    • In verse:
      • Epics: Narrates medieval deeds of heroes.
      • Epics of heroes: Stories of classical antiquity.
    • In prose:
      • Novel: Long story.
      • Fairy tale: Short story.
  • Song: Expresses feelings (in verse).
  • Dramatica or Theater: Written to be performed.
    • Tragedy: Stories of high characters with unhappy endings.
    • Comedy: Stories of everyday life characters with happy endings.
    • Drama: Stories of real-life characters and events, often ending unhappily.

Item 12: The Narrative

Epica:

In verse:

Epics and romances viejos.

In prose:

Novel: Long extension.

Short story: Short extension.

Elements of the Narrative:

  • The storyteller: Narrates the story. (Do not confuse with the author).
  • Personality: Persons involved in the narrative.
  • Plot: The story being told.
  • Marco narrative: Space and time.

Item 13: Lyrical Poetry

Lyrical poetry expresses feelings in verse. Written by the author.

Metrica: The science that studies the phenomena of verse: the measure of verse, rhyme, and stanza.

Measure the lines (disyllabic, trisyllabic, tetrasilabos…). When measuring the verse, take into account the last word: if it is acute, add 1 syllable; if it is esdrújula, subtract a syllable.

Metric Earthquakes:

  • Sinalefa: If a word ends with a vowel and the next word begins with a vowel, it is counted as 1 syllable.
  • Dieresis: 1 diphthong vowels are counted as 2 syllables.
  • Syneresis: Vowels that are not diphthongs are counted as 1 syllable (e.g., Mediterranean: 6 syllables / 5 metric).
  • Rima: Matching sounds at the end of verse.
    • Consonant: If vowels and consonants are repeated from the last stressed syllable.
    • Assonance: Only the vowels are repeated after the last stressed syllable.

The Stanzas

Stanza: A set of rhyming verses distributed in a fixed pattern.

Stanza 2 verses: Detached 1A, 2A

Stanza 3 verses: Trio ,2 — 1A, 3A Tercetillo the 1st ,2 —, 3rd

Verse 4 Verse: Quartet 1A, 2B, 3B, 4A Serventesio: 1A, 2B, 3A, 4B

Redondilla: 1a, 2b, 3b, 4a CUATETE: 1a, 2b, 3a, 4b

Stanzas 5 lines: Quinteto rhyme of the poet at ease taking into account: kede-k-k blank verse no rhyme no more than 2 lines followed-k does not end in semidetached

Quintuplet: same k but the minor art kinteto

Lira: 1a, 2b, 3a, 4a, 5B

Stanzas of 6 lines:

sestina: 1A, 2A, 3B, 4C, 5B, 6C must meet the same conditions k kinteto