Literature Assignment 1 (Intro)

            In a way I am quiet surprised the many similar concepts that Literature has with films! Both use concepts as flat characters and round characters, use a sense of dynamic structures, plots, themes, as well as many other terms thatrelate to film. I am so glad I had that film class last semester! PHEW! Reading the intro to fiction within the Literature 110 book, was surprisingly interesting and quite informative. There were so many things that the author informed me on with literature that I would have never really began to really think about. Such as all the different types of short stories and novels there are, as well as their developments throughout the world and time. Folk tales, Animal Fables, legends, Folk Epics are just a few examples, and there were even more different types listed. Even riddles and jokes, I would never have thought to put those in with short stories and novels! Thanks to many of these things I listed helped shaped what many people read on a daily basis today. I as also surprised to learn the word novel deriving from the Italian word Novella. Even though this was all interesting to me to learn I, it was still somewhat difficult to get into the whole thing. Some words were confusing but I do love how Gwynn inserted many examples and well-known names to explain Literature, especially at the beginning. For an educational book about Literature I’m actually quiet surprised on how much I got from just the introduction!