Imaginative literature
- 1. imaginative literature Presentation by: Khalid Karim Roll No: 1017 Bs English semester 6
- 2. Meaning • Imaginative: having or showing creativity or inventiveness. • If you describe someone or their ideas as imaginative, you are praising them because they are easily able to think of or create new or exciting things. • Imaginative means imagination. • Its not in reality.
- 3. Definition • A work of imaginative literature is a presentational symbol of human feeling or experience, a verbal presentation of an imaginary world in which imaginary beings engage in imaginary acts and processes, the whole being useful to human beings by enabling them to make certain kinds of abstractions
- 4. Abstraction • abstractions about the nature of the world and about the ways in which the conceptual faculty may be used to describe and understand it. • Now it must be emphasized that no work of imaginative literature is about the real world, and no work of imaginative literature espouses of implies any theory about the way the real world is. • A work of imaginative literature presents an imaginary world which is a certain way
- 5. Forms • Imaginative literature describes the various imaginative forms of literature of literature including • Fantasies • Myths • Legends • And fairy tales
- 6. Forms have in common • Fiction: something that is invented or untrue. • all have a part that could not happen in real life. 1. Magic 2. Imaginary creatures 3. Talking animals
- 7. Fantasy as genre • Fantasy is a genre of fiction set in a fictional universe, often, but not always, without any locations, events, or people referencing the real world. ... Most fantasy uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting. Magic and magical creatures are common in many of these worlds.
- 8. Fantasy • the faculty or activity of imagining impossible or improbable things. • Fiction with imaginary or supernatural parts 1. Fairy tales 2. Fables 3. Legend 4. myths
- 9. Fairy tales • A fictional tale with imaginary creatures and heroic deeds, usually written for children • E.g.: “once upon a time…………..” “he became a king at the end……”
- 10. Fables • A short story with a moral or lesson • Usually use animal characters who act human E.g. : • The Fox and The Crow. by Aesop. Classic fable. Moral: Do not trust flatterers. ... • The Tortoise and the Hare. • The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. • The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
- 11. Legends • An unproven story handed down from from earlier times, sometimes believed to be historically by many times. • Usually have a basis in the truth. e.g.: • Lady Go diva. • Robin Hood. • The Fountain of Youth.
- 12. Myths A "myth" is a traditional story without an author that is usually intended to: • teach a lesson • explain one of the many mysteries of life • explain a phenomenon of nature • describe the customs, institutions, or religious rites of a people