English Literary genres

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English 3

Literary genres

Recap: genres?

• fiction
• nonfiction
• drama
• poetry
• folklore

differentiation

Independent learning on LessonUP

1. Read & listen carefully

2. ALL slides are important

3. ALL questions must be answered

4. The writing assignments are obligatory and a condition to continue this independent course

5. There are no additional goals or credits to be gained

Classroom

Go to "DODA - Evaluations Period 3

Open the document "Literary genres"

Answer the questions in this document and do not forget to hand it in.

Questions? 

Raise your hand :-)

question 1

What did you think of the play we saw?

note: we see a play (we do not watch a play)

do you know why?

drama??

a play

= the performance of written dialogue and stage action. 

= a literary genre that allows actors to act out the written words directly to an audience

author = playwright (not the "writer")

structure = acts & scenes (no "chapters")

drama / play

Plays aren't written to be read

They are written to be acted out on a stage (or movie set)

This is obvious IN the writing itself...

Let's read these pages, and look for some oddities in the way plays are written.

compared to a novel,
what seems odd here?

question 2

Describe in your own words the differences you notice between these pages, and those from a fiction story (5 sentences minimum).

Romeo & Juliet

We read the lines, now let's take a look a one enactment of the famous balcony scene...

(start at 2:02!)

vanaf 2.02

Romeo+Juliet

Films, too, are a dramatic representation of the written word.

Let's watch how this "balcony scene" can be played out in a film...

genre shifting

When a drama is played out on a stage or as a film, it stays in its own literary genre.

But, often genres shift: fiction novels are turned into plays, graphic novels are turned into films, fairy tales are turned into plays, plays are turned into... graphic novels!

Can you name famous novels, that were turned into films or plays?

Can you name fairy tales, that were turned into films or plays?

Can you name myths, that were turned into films or plays?

Can you name graphic novels, that were turned into films or plays?

genre shifting = adaptation

Plays are not written to be read.

Novels are not written to be acted out.

= from prose to (screen)play?

Shifting from one genre to another requires an adaptation of the original text 

script

prose = descriptive, a lot of detail, long sentences and fluent writing

play/script/screenplay = very short, only what will be SEEN or HEARD by the audience

one page in a script is equal to one minute of film / acting time

As a playwright, do you describe the colour of the dress for your lead protagonist?

1. Yes of course, you're the boss!
2. No, you leave that choice to the costume designer
3. It depends...
4. I don't know...

If a play is 100 pages long, how long will its performance take?

1. There is no way to know this
2. About 100 minutes
3. About two hours
4. Less than 50 minutes

note:

When we hit this point in the general class, we will come and check your work.

After this status check, you continue the slides & assignments.

short break

from the page to the stage

From novel, to script, to the screen:

Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets

J.K. Rowling

film

stage

(screen)play

novel/prose

Desciptive writing

Thoughts & feelings are written out

Cues mention who enters when

The audience can be included

Special effects

Very visual, not a lot is left to the imagination

Mentions only what can be seen or heard

question 3

After what you saw, can you name some differences between prose, script and film?

Write full sentences, name at least 3 differences.

question 4: screenwriting!

Let's try this ourselves!

Rewrite a part of this book, Matilda, into a (screen)play

online.pubhtml5.com

4 steps:

- select the chapter/pages you want to adapt

- divide the prose into scenes

- describe the "setting", what the audience must see or hear

- write out the dialogue(s) in the manner you saw in the examples

back to our ABC!

everyone read a novel = prose

what if... you could turn your book into a play of film?

Talking poster becomes a movie / theatre poster!

check - double - triple

CHECK

create your talking poster as a movie / theatre poster and film yourself while you tell your audience why they must go and see this movie adaptation of your book

5minutes minimum

check - double - triple

DOUBLE CHECK

create your talking poster as a movie / theatre poster and 

re-enact a scene from your film / play 

(ask a classmate to team up if you want)

5 minutes minimum 

+ the scenes written out as a screenplay

check - double - triple

TRIPLE CHECK

create your talking poster as a movie / theatre poster and 

write a movie review as if you saw this film or play 

(likes & dislikes, genre, characters, actors, storyline, ending)

150 words minimum