October 17, 2014

Logic of Literature



People like creativity. Creativity takes the form of art. There are many types of art such as drawing, painting, sculpture, photography and literature. The purpose of works of art may be to communicate ideas, such as in politically, spiritually, or philosophically motivated art; to create a sense of beauty (aesthetics); to explore the nature of perception; for pleasure; or to generate strong emotions.
Literature is an art of written work. (In other words, any written work of artistic merit is literature.) The word literature literally means ‘things made from letters’.
Literature 
A written work has two things to be considered.
1) What is written?
2) How is it written?
a. The answer for the former one is that it says about something.
b. The answer for the latter one is that it employs some form.
i. The former one is called theme / matter / substance.
ii. The latter one is called technique / manner / structure.
Therefore, a written work or a literary work says about something in some form and has a theme and a technique (matter and manner or substance and structure).
Literature 
Theme 
Technique 
Theme could only be either real or non-real (imaginary) / facts or fiction.
Therefore, theme is either fiction or non-fiction.
Literature 
Theme 
Technique 
Fiction or Non-fiction 
Technique, on the basis of the structure of sentences, could only be either verse or prose.
Note:
1) Prose: This is a structure of sentence which obeys complete grammatical rules.
2) Verse: This is a structure of sentence which does not obey grammatical rules completely but is accepted as a high form and opens the doors for multiple interpretations.
Literature 
Theme 
Technique 
Fiction or Non-fiction 
Structure of sentences: 
Verse 
Prose 
Technique, based on the number of first persons, could only be either single or many.
1) If the first person is single, it is Poetry in verse form and Prose in prose form.
2) If the first persons are many, it is drama or a play. This can either employ both the forms (verse and prose) or any one in particular.
Note:
1) First person: This is the position where the speaker stands in the literary work.
2) Number of first persons: There can be a single speaker, a predominant speaker among many or multiple speakers in the literary work.
3) Poetry: This has a single speaker or a predominant one among many, in the literary work.
4) Prose: This has a single speaker, a predominant one among many, in the literary work.
5) Drama (or a play): This has multiple speakers in the literary work.
Number of first persons 
Single 
Multiple 
Poetry
Prose
Drama
Note: This table is meant for understanding. This cannot be taken into account for addition to the main development table. Therefore, the order of the preceding table will be taken for further development.
Poetry employs verse form.
Prose employs prose form.
Drama can either employ both the forms (verse and prose) or any one in particular.
Literature
Theme
Technique
Fiction or Non-fiction
Structure of sentences:
Verse
Prose
Poetry
Drama
Prose
Techniques, based on the mode of discourse, are three in number.
This part of classification is based on the theme of the literary work. The theme is that it says about something. It describes. It can only describe either an object, a concept or a story.
1) If it describes an object (either concrete or abstract), it is called descriptive.
2) If it describes a concept, it is called expository.
3) If it describes a story, it is called a narrative.

Literature
Theme
Technique
Fiction or Non-fiction
Structure of sentences:
Verse
Prose
Poetry
Drama
Prose
Modes of discourse:
Modes of discourse:
Modes of discourse:
Descriptive or Expository
Narrative
Narrative (conversational)
Descriptive or Expository
Narrative
Therefore, techniques are classified on the basis of
1. Structure of sentences
2. Number of first persons
3. Modes of discourse

Considering poetry separately, we have the different types as follows:
Poetry
Modes of discourse:
Descriptive or Expository
Narrative
Lyric
Ode
Sonnet
Elegy
Ballad
Epic
Theme:
Description of a thought or an emotion
Theme:
Description of a prestigious thing
Theme:
Description of a thought or an emotion
Theme:
A sad poem (especially mourning)
Theme:
Narration of a story
Theme:
Narration of a story
Technique:
A small poem
Technique:
A poem relatively longer to lyric
Technique:
A 14 line poem
Technique:
A poem
Technique:
A poem relatively shorter to epic
Technique:
A very long poem
Definition:
A small poem describing a thought or an emotion
Definition:
A poem relatively longer to lyric, describing a prestigious thing
Definition:
A 14 line poem describing a thought or an emotion
Definition:
A sad poem (especially mourning)
Definition:
A short story in verse
Definition:
A very long story in verse

Considering prose separately, we have the different types as follows:
Prose
Modes of discourse:
Descriptive or Expository
Narrative
Essay
Short story
Novel
Theme:
An outline of any subject or handling of only a branch of it.
Theme:
Narration of a story
Theme:
Narration of a story
Technique:
A short prose piece
Technique:
A short prose piece
Technique:
A very long prose piece
Definition:
A short prose piece describing or explaining an outline of any subject or handling of only a branch of it.
Definition:
A short story in prose
Definition:
A very long story in prose

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