2011年中级会计职称〔中级经济法〕试题〔版本二).ppt

What is Literature Literature is the art of written works. In Western culture the most basic written literary types include fiction and non-fiction. List 5 fictions and 5 non-fictions you have read or heard. (10 min) What is Literature Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real. More specifically, fiction is an imaginative form of narrative, one of the four basic rhetorical modes (including exposition, argumentation, description, and narration) . What is Literature Works of fiction need not be entirely imaginary and may include real people, places, and events. What is Literature Fiction may be written or oral. Although not all fiction is necessarily artistic, fiction is largely perceived as a form of art or entertainment. Elements of fiction “Fiction has three main elements: plotting (情节）, character（人物形象）, and place or setting （场景）. (Morrell 2006, p.?151) and Theme (主题） Style（风格） Categories of Fiction-Types of prose fiction: Flash fiction (小小说）: A work of fewer than 2,000 words. (1,000 by some definitions) (around 5 pages) Short story （短篇小说）: A work of at least 2,000 words but under 7,500 words. (5-25 pages) Novelette（中篇小说）: A work of at least 7,500 words but under 17,500 words. (25-60 pages) Novella （中篇小说）: A work of at least 17,500 words but under 50,000 words. (60-170 pages) Novel （长篇小说）: A work of 50,000 words or more. (about 170+ pages) Epic （史诗）: A work of 200,000 words or more. (about 680+ pages) What is Literature-Non-Fiction Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact. This presentation may be accurate or not; that is, it can give either a true or a false account of the subject in question. However, it is generally assumed that the authors of such accounts believe them to be truthful at the time of their composition. Non-fiction Non-fiction is one of the two main divisions in writing, particularly used in libraries, the other being fiction. However, non-fiction need not be written text necessar