What is the function of literature? Literature should convey timeless truths‚ thus distracting the masses from their immediate commitments‚ nurturing in them a spirit of tolerance and generosity. Education should be done through literature: “the pill of middle-class ideology was to be sweetened by the sugar of literature” (23). 2. Literature gives people a pride in their national language 3. Literature provides cheap education for poor people‚ that is why English literature first developed in in
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Literature broadens a person’s understanding and educates the reader about another`s biases. I believe isolation consists of failure to communicate and feeling no connections because the person isn’t open to new concept/ideas. Literature gives us the ability to remove a person from isolation; the author uses strategy like visualization so the reader is connected to the scene‚ diction/tone so readers can understand personalities and feel a sense of connection to the characters. Strategies like this
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12 AP August 21‚ 2013 The Life of a Book is Tough: The value of literature In the novella Fahrenheit 451‚ written by the author Ray Bradbury‚ the characters live a fast-paced life of leisure in which books are meaningless. Literature has completely no use to the people in the future created by Bradbury; it takes up “precious” time that they choose to spend on movies and interactive television. Books and other forms of literature are scorned and even against the law in the dystopia of Bradbury’s
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Literature and Environment: An Ecocritical Approach to Haifaa Al-Sanoussi’s Departure of the Sea (Abdulhamid Alansary‚ Dept.‚ of English Language and Literature‚ Faculty of Arts‚ Sohag University) ABSTRACT This research paper tries to explain the desire to return to pure nature through the analysis of a work of art ecocritically‚ namely Haifaa Al-Sanoussi’s Departure of the Sea. It also attempts to show how the relationship between man and nature‚ which had been previously harmonized‚ has changed
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The use of literature in the EFL classroom through three different perspectives. Exploring poetry as a strong option.. Most of the time literature is mainly related to reading and writing‚ but it may play the same meaningful role in teaching speaking and listening if we design creative activities. Teachers can use literature in the classroom for different purposes such as reading aloud and dramatizing a poem‚ teaching pronunciation‚ and many other activities. There are many advantages of using
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therefore when viewing literature you chose one side of the spectrum. Viewing literature as a form of art‚ as opposed to scientifically allows the reader to go deeper into the meaning of the text. Science is said to be facts which allow no room for interpretation. However‚ viewing literature as a form of art allows the reader to decide what they think the text is about. Art is looked at closely and broken apart‚ to get everything out of it that you can. So‚ by dissecting forms of literature you will learn
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Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies Vol.1‚ No.1‚ April 2005 Teaching English Through Literature Murat Hişmanoğlu Abstract This paper aims at emphasizing the use of literature as a popular technique for teaching both basic language skills (i.e. reading‚ writing‚ listening and speaking) and language areas (i.e. vocabulary‚ grammar and pronunciation) in our times. Reasons for using literary texts in foreign language classroom and main criteria for selecting suitable literary texts in foreign
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reason to read literature. A reason to try and see what an author might have intended. For this class in particular‚ I would see the implication in reading a piece of work with an open mind with open interpretations. Overall‚ I would hope the implication would be writing is subjective to the reader. Not all written works are considered literature by all‚ but writing and knowledge have the potential of providing a wealth of knowledge to the reader. HOW HAVE PEOPLE DEFINED LITERATURE? 2. When did
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“Lanval Could Never Be Outdated” There are all types of literature that is thrown your way as a student. My favorite piece of literature that I was assigned this summer was Lanval. Some would say a piece of literature this old could be of less value to teach students today‚ but also some highly disagree with a statement like that for a few reason. Despite how outdated most people think old literature is it’s still valuable for students to read today‚ because it provide an opportunity to understand
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While the possibilities for a literature research paper are endless‚ a listing of some common approaches and categorizations could serve as a starting point: • Genre of literature – Select a genre‚ such as poetry‚ drama‚ biography‚ historical fiction‚ or mystery‚ and show changes over time. • Patterns – Find connections in one work‚ a genre or an era. • Literature of a particular era – Are the authors of a time period constrained by the society they live in‚ or do some transcend it? Great Research
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