Compared with literary texts non-literary texts are formal textual forms including laws medicine news science and technology and other types.
What is language of non literary text. Factual material informational explanations newspaper articles textbooks journal and diary entries and so forth that are published in newspapers Informative magazines current affairs news and educative articles. If there is a strong divergence between a written form and the spoken vernacular the. On the other hand metaphors and symbols with deep figurative meaning are used in literary texts and perhaps puzzle.
A Text Type As with literary texts the first thing we have to determine with non-literary texts is the text type. The theory of knowledge voice in us is quick to remind us that saying that all multimodal texts are non-literary texts does not mean to say that all non-literary texts are multimodal. Non-literary composition uses facts and figures to proof a point.
As clear as this difference is it is also disputable. Newspaper or magazine articles letters to the editor brochures advertisements reports and editorials. In fact the activities done while commenting on non-literary formats are similar to the ones carried out whilst studying literary.
Many scholars have attempted to classify the genre of non-literary texts. Tell them to prepare a review in one paragraph keeping in mind the guidelines they have already noticed in the sample reviews. Non literary text inform clearly about an unfamiliar topic like a school text book research project.
The students should then read out their reviews and vote for the best. In the following chapters we will briefly summarize the characteristics of literary and non-literary texts. One of this books many strengths is its attention to various writers and texts - both dramatic and.
In the article for example the authors constant uses of question marks invite the readers involvement. Examples of non-literary texts. I began this chapter by noting that literary theory in the 1980s and 1990s has not focused on the difference between literary and non-literary works.