Scribd
Upload
617 views21 pages

21st Century Lit Importance of Literature PDF

The document discusses the importance of literature in the 21st century. It argues that literature helps expand horizons by exposing readers to different cultures, insights into the past and future, and the human condition. Literature also builds critical thinking skills by teaching symbolism and connections between themes and real life. Additionally, literature makes for better writers by providing perspectives into an author's imagination and the politics of their time.

Uploaded by

Jesyl Origen Yague
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
617 views21 pages

21st Century Lit Importance of Literature PDF

The document discusses the importance of literature in the 21st century. It argues that literature helps expand horizons by exposing readers to different cultures, insights into the past and future, and the human condition. Literature also builds critical thinking skills by teaching symbolism and connections between themes and real life. Additionally, literature makes for better writers by providing perspectives into an author's imagination and the politics of their time.

Uploaded by

Jesyl Origen Yague
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 21

21st Century Literature

Lesson Plan
•  Review on the previous lesson
•  Focused Group discussion
•  Lesson
•  Class synthesis
•  Group Work
Backtrack

What do you remember


from yesterday’s
reporting?
FGD

Is Literature still
important in the 21 st

Century?
Why is Literature Important?

Literature Helps Expand


Horizons
Why is Literature Important?:
Literature Helps Expand Horizons
Literature opens the eyes of its readers and makes them see
more than what is laid before.

It helps readers realize the wide world outside, that which


surrounding us.

Because of literature, readers begin to learn, to ask


questions, and to build intuitions and instincts.

Literature helps expand our minds.


Why is Literature Important?:
Literature Helps Expand Horizons
An important aspect of literature lies in how it can help expand the
horizons of its readers.
It gives its readers an inside look into how cultures from other parts of
the world differ from their own, and how customs from other countries
help shape how their citizens view the world.
By opening their minds to what different cultures have to offer,
readers of literature become more accepting of the unique differences of
people from around the world.
It can also give them unique insights into their own past or present
cultures, and can help them make a stronger connection to others in
their own cultures.
Why is Literature Important?

Literature Gives a Look


into the Past, Present,
and Future
Why is Literature Important?:
Literature Gives a Look into the Past, Present, and
Future
Literature provides a window into the past, allowing readers to
see how their ancestors and others dealt with day-to-day life.

Readers can see where their own people came from, and how the
country they live in became what it is today.

Literature can also let its readers look back at the mistakes
made by their predecessors, and hopefully avoid those same
mistakes.
Why is Literature Important?:
Literature Gives a Look into the Past, Present, and
Future
Modern literature gives readers a view into present-day politics,
and sometimes gives us an important view into the lives of the
people around us.

Fictional literature can also give its readers special insight into
the minds of writers to see how they envision the future might
turn out, including both the good and the bad.
Why is Literature Important?

Literature Gives a View


into the Human Condition
Why is Literature Important?:
Literature Gives a View into the Human Condition
Literature also helps readers to understand the human
condition, and what makes them who they are, whether
talking about love, war or other important themes
throughout life.

What better way to learn about desire than through the


pages of a book?
Why is Literature Important?:
Literature Gives a View into the Human Condition
While reading, readers are transported into their own world
with their own thoughts, where they can develop their own
ideas on basic human emotions, free of embarrassment and
without the interference of others.
Why is Literature Important?

Literature Helps Build


Critical Thinking Skills
Why is Literature Important?:
Literature Helps Build Critical Thinking Skills
Many of us learn what critical thinking is in our language arts
classes.

When we read, we learn to look between the lines.

We are taught to find symbols, make connections, find themes, learn


about characters.

Reading expands these skills, and we begin to look at a sentence with


a larger sense of detail and depth and realize the importance of
hidden meanings so that we may come to a conclusion
Why is Literature Important?:
Literature Helps Build Critical Thinking Skills
Readers can learn more about symbolism within the pages of a
book, and it helps them develop the ability to find the hidden
meanings within everyday life.

Furthermore, they can make connections between the characters


and the themes of a book, and how that could apply to real life.
Why is Literature Important?

Literature Makes for


Better Writers
Why is Literature Important?:
Literature Makes for Better Writers
Literature also makes readers question their own writing abilities.

By taking a look inside the mind of the writer who wrote a


particular book, readers can get a better understanding of why a
writer imagined and wrote about a particular subject.

It could be a look into the politics and drama of the time, or it could
be a look into the imagination of the author who's relating his
thoughts on a subject matter that's important to him.

Ultimately, literature is a look into the mind of the reader, and it


can help inform us about how we feel about the world around us.
Now what do you think
are the roles and
functions of literature?
Group Work

Using the materials you brought,


create a slogan that presents the
importance of literature in today’s
world.
Sources
https://www.reference.com/art-literature/importance-literature-
society-1a66a3cd21a90dd8

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/7-reasons-why-literature-is-so-
important

You might also like