What are the two divisions of literature?

Answer 1

Divisons of Literature are: oral or spoken, printed or written literature

If you are asking about how literature is passed along, the division is between spoken word and printed text. There is also a major division between those books that are created through imagination, fiction, and those based on true facts, non-fiction. One could also say that literature is divided into two categories, namely poetry and prose.
The two main divisions of literature are prose and poetry.
They are fiction and non-fiction.
poetry and prose

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Literature's Three main divisions

When most people speak of literature they may be talking about short stories, novels, poems, verse, odes, plays, tragedies, even limericks. This wide variety of terms describing types of literature, at first, appears overwhelming. However figuring all of this out is simplified when you take into account that the menagerie of types begins with three major paradigms: prose, poetry, and drama.

ProseProse is derived from a Latin root word, prosa, that means "straightforward" (other scholars argue that the root for "prose" is proversa oratio, which means " straightforward discourse." Prose is generally defined as direct, common language presented in a straightforward manner. A victim of identity by negation, prose is frequently defined as "that which is not poetry." Prose demonstrates purposeful grammatic design in that it is constructed strategically by the author to create specific meaning. Prose also contains plot and the attendant narrative structures of plot.

In most cultures, prose narrative tends to appear after a culture has developed verse. Prose genres are many and varied, ranging from Science Fiction to romance. The major generic divisions of prose are:

• novel - A lengthy fictional prose narrative.
• novella - A fictional prose narrative ranging from 50 to 100 pages, most common in science fiction and detective fiction.
• short story - a brief fictional prose narrative.
• anecdote - A very brief account of some interesting, usually humorous, event.

PoetryPoetry, from the Greek poetes which means "doer" or "creator," is a catch-all term that is applied to any form of rhythmical or metrical composition. While poetry is considered to be a subset of verse (and also considered to be superior to verse) both are rhythmical/metrical. What distinguishes poetry from verse is its "imaginative quality, intricate structure, serious or lofty subject matter, or noble purpose." Most culture's first serious literary works are poetry (In Western tradition, we need look only as far as Homer and Hesiod). The purposes of poetry are said to include:

1. A didactic purpose, meaning that it aims to instruct the reader.
2. Unique insight that is not available in other genres.
3. To provide pleasure to the reader.
4. To uplift the reader to some higher insight or meaning.

DramaDrama, is simply a work that is written to be performed on stage by actors. From the Greek dran, meaning "to do," drama is thought to have developed from ancient religious ceremonies. For instance, Greek comedy is traced to ancient fertility rites. Tragedy (which comes from the Greek word for "goat song") can be traced back to sacrificial rituals.

The term play has come to mean drama written exclusively for performance, while the "loftier" term drama, is commonly reserved for works that are considered to be more serious works.
Prose and poetry

Divisions of literature are also known as "genres"
The branches of literature are prose and poetry.
There are two main divisions of literature: fiction and nonfiction.

Comedy , Tragedy

these are the 2 parts in literature. COMEDY

COMEDY : ENDING WITH HAPPINESS

TRAGEDY : UN HAPPY ENDINGS

AND THE OTHER PART IN LITERATURE IS

TRAGIC COMEDY: IT START WIT TRAGEDY AND AT LAST AN UNEXPECTED TURN AND END'S WITH COMEDY.
poetry and prose
there are many categories or divisions of literature usually it would depend on the context with which the division is needed. One division could be as simple and subjective as "good" and "bad" or "happy" and "sad" but generally the two divisions of literature are considered to be "Fiction" and "Nonfiction". Fiction is considered things that were imagined or made up. Literature such as Harry Potter or Stephen King's Dreamcatcher while Nonfiction is considered things that are relatively fact based such as newspaper articles or biographies.
fiction and non-fiction

poetry and prose
Literature can be divided broadly into fiction and non-fiction.
Comedy and Tragedy
Poetry and Prose

Answer 2

Subdivisions of Literature: • Autobiography, Memoir, Spiritual autobiography

• Biography

• Diaries and Journals

• Electronic literature

• Erotic literature

• Fable, Fairy tale, Folklore

• Fiction i think :P

Answer 3

I don't know what are the subdivisions of literature.I turn to this website because I know that you have some ideas or meanings if what are the subdivisions of literature.. ay naku ! walang kwenta yung website nyo .

Answer 4

According to Sporre (2011), the four formal divisions of creative literature are fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and drama

References

Sporre, D. (2011). Perceiving The Arts. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall

Answer 5

oral or spoken literature and written or printed literature

Answer 6

Literature is broken down into divisions such as novel, drama, short story, novella and poem, with subdivisions that include epic, comedy, satire, romance and tragedy.

Answer 7

Some of the subdivisions of poetry include sestina, haiku, tanka, Sonnet, and free verse. Subdivisions of prose include comedy, drama, tragedy, farce, and history play.

Answer 8

Poetry, Prose and Drama