Introduction into Literature Middle Test Assignment

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1. What is literature and what is literature for? (using your own words) – 15

2. Mention 4 kinds of literary genres and explain some characteristics of each genre! – 25

3. What are ”convention and inovation” in literature for? Explain and give the examples ! –15

4. What are the differences between fiction and non fiction? Explain! –15

5. Analyze the following poem using some structure elements of poems that you have already known! –30

1)      Harlem

2)      What happens to a dream deferred?

3)      Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?

4)      Or fester like a sore— And then run?

5)      Does it stink like rotten meat?

6)      Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet?

7)      Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?

 

Answer

1.      Literature is:

Ø  a written and non-written work of art that can make movements / create emotional movements through an article that touches the heart      

Ø  literature is usually taken from a true story (self-reflection that has already existed) reflection / reflection of life      

Ø  Literature has a broad and narrow scope. Literature is narrow because it is easily understood through a series of writings, has a pattern that is easily recognized, close / can be recognized quickly. Whereas literature is widely referred to because there is so much scope for what we can call literature 

Literary Purpose or Function:

Ø  Literature also has a fairly broad purpose even though its main purpose is to be enjoyed by readers. Literature has a purpose and function in shaping words into beautiful writing / poetry. Literary writing can usually be very easy to touch the heart of the reader, entertain the reader, become a beautiful work of art, entertainment, contain morals and can even be a source of education.      
 

2.      Prose, Poetry, Drama, Film and Characteristics

1)      Characteristics of Prose

-        Use free language (unlike poetry bound by rhythm, diction, rhyme etc.)         

-        Usually used to explain a fact so that it is often used or we can find it in newspapers, encyclopedias, novels and other media.         

-        Prose only has 2 forms, namely romance (tells the whole story of the main character) and novel (tells a part of the life of the main character that changes his destiny)         

 

2)      Poetry

-        Has the most obvious characteristic or easy to understand type, namely poetry using diction or choice words - Able to arouse the imagination of the writer

-        Use majas to clarify figures of speech to open up the clarity of the writer's feelings - Has a rhyming sound equation to clarify and purpose decisions

-        Good long short rhythms to organize the spoken language of poetry regularly 

 

3)      Drama

-        Has 3 main components, namely writing (literary texts / works of a person), Movement (gestures and expressions) and Dialogue (conversations between 2 or more people)         

-        Drama is usually one of the most powerful types of literature in transferring emotional literary works because of the existence of audio and visuals that are clearly visible and felt. As well as drama can really provide space for the audience to follow the story and the plot         

-        Drama is presented in the form of performances on the stage         

 

4)      Film

-         A collection of pieces of photos put together into a moving image with the aim of conveying story information from the script (literature) through visual and audio forms (dialogue, music and effects used to support the needs of the film)         

-        Usually have a limited time or have been determined

-        Unlike dramas that appear real on stage, movies can be played repeatedly to be enjoyed etc.         

 

3.      Conventions in literature we can immediately recognize it from the word convention, namely collective agreement. Literature by convention is a common / common agreement that has been accepted and made a tradition by many people. It has been done continuously. Even so the convention can still change, especially in the development of this era to make literature become more free and broad, but still has its own characteristics through the convention.

For example: In the pre-modern era many people poised in the format of diction, majas, rhymes of sound etc. and in the modern era today too many people are still poetry using the formats of diction, speech, sound etc. It's just that along with the development of the way poetry works more freely even though it does not take any form of poetry

 

Innovation or taken from the meaning of innovation. Innovation used to renew a work or in modern languages ​​is often called a remake and remains in the form of literary works such as writing styles, techniques, formats etc.

Example: Fabricated City Film Remake, Remake Poetry Surgery

 

4.      In general, we know that fiction is a fiction that is not necessarily real, usually even a fantasy or imagination of the writer. This fiction can be found in novels, short stories, etc. Fiction is said because fiction contains imagination and is unique to what the writer wants.

 

whereas Non-Fiction is a Real work / fact not a delusion and is taken from the realities of real life. Fiction is said because there is absolutely no engineering or imagination of the writer but purely taking part of the facts.

 

5.      Poetry: Harlem (I write numbers 1-7 to explain the line / urtan)

1) Harlem     

2) What happens to a dream deferred?     

3) Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?     

4) Or fester like a afternoon - And then run?     

5) Does it stink like rotten meat?     

6) Or crust and sugar over — like a syrupy sweet?     

7) Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?     

 

-        This poem has seven lines and not septet (7 lines) but quatrain which is then followed by a couplet tercet (3 lines. The explanation on bari s 1- 4 last word has a temple with the same ritmen and row 5-7 to no rhythm the same one.         

-        Use anaphoric form on lines 3,5 & 7 which have the same meaning of the word "Does"         

-        Use repetition to give the question of bari s 1-7         

-        Overall the rhymes in this poem are irregular (not AbAb etc.)         

-        Lines 3-6 in each row have a number of sentences included in the ironic advance or insinuating a state (dry up like a raisin in the sun, fester like a evening, and then run, stink like a rottten meat, crust and sugar overlike a syrup sweet.) The sentence seems to indicate a condition that is not good / is a condition that should not occur through an ironic act.         

-        Line 7 shows the metaphorical word "explode". Line 2, the writer says there is a dream and in line 7 it is like "what if the dream doesn't happen? Will it explode / something bad like explode or chaotic words. Lines 2 and 7 have a very close connection in this poem.

 

In my opinion this poem belongs to the type of narrative poetry. Not including lyric poetry because it does not seem to be a song and not a descriptive poem because it does not explain an object. I conclude that this poem is narrative poetry because the writer is like telling a situation (we can see in lines 3-6) and hope in the future (we can see in line 1 that seems to say "it seems like our dream is being delayed) and in line the last or 7 shows the author's fears for the future or future.