Webquest (práctica) corregida

Literature I - Narrative Genre

Characteristics of the narrative genre

Teacher: Verónica Rodríguez Struck

Bicultural High School

UVM - Querétaro

02/2013

Introduction.

Among the literary genres, the narrative one tells a story, but not only that, it might also teach a virtue, criticize a vice, explain some phenomena or rule all your actual behavior, either through heroes that show you what is right, the dangers of doing wrong, or by common examples of daily life.  
You might ask yourself, which is which? What are their names? Ah. That is your quest. This first webquest should establish a strategy to differentiate the types of written narrative literature in their proper categories. Knowing this will allow you to analyze their content according to its objective.

Task

You will surf the web to answer the following questions:

a. What are the literary genres

b. Which are the general characteristics of the narrative genre, according to the latin culture classification? Describe them.

c. What characteristics define the subgenres written on the chart?

d. Write 5 examples of each subgenre, one from each continent.

e. What other narrative subgenres exist (5), according to the anglo-saxon cultures?

4. Process.

a. Form teams of 4 members

b. Each of you will search the answers however you might like to organize

c. You will all answer the questions and write their answer in the chart provided

d. Each one must read and understand the information of the complete chart

5. Resources

a. You must bring your Ipad to class

b. investigate in the following pages:

http://writeworld.tumblr.com/post/25262146307/what-are-the-narrative-genres-and-sub-genres

http://www.pdst.ie/node/581

http://www.ieslaasuncion.org/castellano/Generos_literarios.htm

http://recursos.cnice.mec.es/lengua/profesores/eso2/t1/teoria_5.htm

http://roble.pntic.mec.es/msanto1/lengua/genenar.htm

http://www.profesorenlinea.cl/castellano/Generos_literarios.htm

http://conteni2.educarex.es/mats/11757/contenido/home.html

http://www.ensayistas.org/curso3030/genero/narrativa/

http://perso.wanadoo.es/literaturasergi/genero_narrativo.html

http://alhama92.blogspot.mx/2009_02_01_archive.html
http://www.epdlp.com

c. Answer the questions in the chart provided.

d. Discuss  the difficulties, additional contents found in the sites provided and state them in the comments

Additional authorized references: Books titled Literatura I, enfoque por competencias, 2011, 2012 or 2013.

6. Evaluation.

a. You must fill in the chart completely

b. The questions must be answered correctly, according to the sites proposed

c. Spelling and grammar must be correct

d. Each box of the chart must indicate the reference to the resource where you found it

e. You shall not consult additional material/sites

7. Conclusions.

Once you have this chart completely filled in, you will have the reference information to differentiate all the texts that we will be reading this semester, so make sure you get them right.

Now, answer to yourself: which subgenres teach a virtue, which ones criticize a vice, what's the name of the text that explains a natural phenomenon and what writings rule much of your actual behavior?
If you can't answer, you must go back and find their names.
Also, fiction stories allow you to know other cultures. When you get in touch with the heroes, foes, deeds and settings of stories from far away countries, you actually get to know them, and maybe, to understand them better. Can you name a couple of foreign heroes or mention a (strange) behaviour that´s promoted in other cultures?
Good, you´ve accomplished the task.

Chart

1. What are the literary genres?

2. Which are the general characteristics of the narrative genre, according to the latin culture classification? Describe them.

3. What characteristics define the following subgenres? Between 3 and 7)

4. Write 5 examples of each subgenre, one from each continent.

Story	Novel	Myth	Legend	Fable	Epic

6. What other narrative subgenres exist (5), according to the anglo-saxon cultures?

7. Comments:

Why did you choose these 5 additional subgenres?

What difficulties did you find researching and answering the questions?