Introduction to Literature
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This document provides an introduction to literature. It defines literature as a body of work containing imaginative language that portrays human experiences, emotions, and thoughts. Literature is considered a product of culture that reflects a society's values. Studying literature allows one to learn about people and cultures across time and space. The document also discusses various literary standards such as universality, artistry, and permanence. It outlines different approaches to analyzing literature, including formalistic, moral, historical, sociological, cultural, and psychological approaches. Finally, it distinguishes between two general types of literature - poetry and prose - and some common genres including short stories, novels, drama, and essays.
Introduction to Literature
- 3. “Litera” – Latin word which literally means an
- 5. What is Literature? It is a body of work, either written, oral, or visual, containing imaginative language that realistically portrays thought, emotions, and experiences of the human condition.
- 6. What is Literature? •is a product of particular culture that concretizes man’s array of values, emotions, actions and ideas. It is therefore a creation of human experiences that tells about people and their world.
- 8. Importance of Literature •Studying literature is like looking at the mirror of life where man’s experiences, his innermost feelings and thoughts are reflected. •Through literature, we learn the culture of people across time and space.
- 9. Importance of Literature • We understand not only the past life of a nation but also its present. • Moreover, we become familiar not only with the culture of neighboring countries but also with that of others living very far from us.
- 10. LITERARY STANDARDS UNIVERSALITY Great literature is timeless and timely. Forever relevant, it appeals to one and all, anytime, anywhere, because it deals with elemental feelings, fundamental truths and universal conditions.
- 11. LITERARY STANDARDS Artistry This is the quality that appeals to our sense of beauty. Intellectual Value A literary works stimulates thought. It enriches our mental life by making us realize fundamental truths about life and human nature.
- 12. LITERARY STANDARDS Permanence A great work of literature endures. It can be read again and again as each reading gives fresh delight and new insights and opens a new world of meaning and experience. Its appeal is lasting.
- 13. LITERARY STANDARDS Style This is the peculiar way in which writers sees life, forms his ideas and expresses them.
- 14. LITERARY STANDARDS Spiritual Value Literature elevates the spirit by bringing out moral values which makes a better persons. The capacity to inspire is part of the spiritual value of literature.
- 15. LITERARY STANDARDS Suggestiveness This is associated with the emotional power of literature. Great literature moves us deeply and stirs our feeling and imagination, giving and evoking visions above and beyond the plane of ordinary life and experience.
- 17. Literary Approaches Formalistic or Literary Approach The study of the selection is more or less based on the so-called “literary elements”.
- 18. Literary Approaches Moral or Humanistic Approach •Literature is viewed to discuss man and its nature. •It presents man as essentially rational; that is, endowed with intellect and free will; or that the piece does not misinterpret the true nature of man. •The approach is close to the “morality” of literature, to questions of ethical goodness or badness.
- 19. Literary Approaches Historical Approach Literature is seen both as a reflection and product of the times and circumstances in which it was written.
- 20. Literary Approaches •Sociological Approach Literature Viewed as the expression of man within a given social situation which is reduced to discussions on economy which will underscore the conflict between the two classes- the rich and the poor.
- 21. Literary Approaches Cultural Approach Literature is seen as one of the manifestations and vehicles of a nation’s or race’s culture and tradition. It includes the entire compels of what goes under “culture”
- 22. Literary Approaches Psychological Approach Literature is viewed as the expression of “personality,” of “inner drives” or “neurosis”. It includes the psychology of the author, of the characters, and even the psychology of creation. It has resulted in an almost exhausting and exhaustive “psychological analysis” of characters, of symbols and images, of recurrent themes, and others.
- 23. Literary Approaches Impressionistic Approach Literature is viewed to elucidate “reacting- response” which is considered as something very personal, relative and fruitful. Unconditioned by explanations and often taking the impact of the piece as a whole, it seeks to see how the piece has communicated.
- 24. 2 General Types of Literature •Poetry •Prose
- 25. Genres of Literature •Poetry •Short Story •Novel •Drama •Essay
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