WHY STUDY LITERATURE? Many students are studying literature at universities all over the world. Each of them must have her own reason to do so. Some of them have chosen the course on their own free will and some on external forces such as parents’ force‚ their diploma score’s force‚ etc. But those who have chosen to study literature on their own free will must have some strong reason‚ because the literature as an academic major is a bit different from other majors regarding its usage. Actually
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Literature in the Language Classroom Traditional Approaches The teaching of literature has recently been resurrected as a vital component of English language teaching. Over the past few decades‚ there has been much discussion on the value of attempting to teach any kind of literature‚ whether it be the classics or any imaginative work written in English‚ as part of an English language syllabus. For instance‚ in the sixties and seventies‚ there was a distinct reaction against the use of any literary
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TWO ASPECTS OF LITERARY STUDY. Such a study of Literature as that for which the present book is designed includes two purposes‚ contributing to a common end. In the first place (I)‚ the student must gain some general knowledge of the conditions out of which English literature has come into being‚ as a whole and during its successive periods‚ that is of the external facts of one sort or another without which it cannot be understood. This means chiefly (1) tracing in a general way‚ from period to period
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INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE COURSE OUTLINE Course Description: This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of literary study and analysis. Students will be introduced to the fundamental elements of poetry‚ drama‚ and fiction; basic literary terminology; and strategies for analyzing texts based on close reading. Students will also practice writing short literary analysis. Course Objectives • Develop your basic understanding on what literature and its
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History of World Literature World Literature started as early as years before Christ’s death. The earliest forms of world literature were oral and passed on by word of mouth. As time passed‚ forms of writing were developed and were pictographic. Writing was not invented for writing down literature but it was invented for more administrative and political purposes. The first literary work was a heroic narrative named Gilgamesh. This work nearly vanished from history when it was not translated
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Time Frame of Philippine Literature 1. Period of Re-orientation (1898-1910) 2. Period of Imitation (1910-1925) 3. Period of Self Discovery (1925-1941) 4. Postwar Re-orientation (1945)5. The Rebirth of Freedom (1946-1970) 6. Period of Activism (1970-1972) 7. Peiod of the New Society (1972-1981) 8. Period of the Third Republic (1981-1985) 9. Contemporary Period (1986) Differentiate Literature from History History and literature are two important subjects to choose from when one has decided
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APPRECIATION What is literature? a. Definition and functions of literature. b.Forms of literature (Oral and written with specific examples). c.The genre / branches of literature prose‚ drama and poetry with examples 3.ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE a. Synopsis – theme(s) plot‚ setting b. Synopsis continued Character‚ characterization‚ (human and animal). c.Language – 1st person narrator‚ 3rd person omniscient Narrator Or the Eye of God 4.GENRES / BRANCHES OF LITERATURE CONTINUATION
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Indian literature Article Free Pass * Introduction * Related * Contributors & Bibliography Indian literature‚ writings of the Indian subcontinent‚ produced there in a variety of languages‚ including Sanskrit‚ Prākrit‚ Pāli‚ Bengali‚ Bihārī‚ Gujarati‚ Hindi‚ Kannada‚ Kashmiri‚ Malayalam‚ Oriya‚ Punjabi‚ Rajāsthānī‚ Tamil‚ Telugu‚ Urdu‚ and Sindhi. A brief treatment of Indian literature follows. For full treatment‚ see South Asian Arts: Literature. The earliest Indian literature took
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Why Study Literature? Thursday in one of my Introduction to Literature courses‚ one of my students said‚ "Ma ’am‚ I have a question. No disrespect‚ but...." We all know the feeling that comes with any question or remark that begins that way. I thought‚ "Oh boy. Here it comes." "...Why do we need to learn this? Is my commander going to send me a poem and ask me to explicate it?" This question always flummoxes me--not because I have no answer‚ but because the answers are so obvious to me
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Postmodernism in American literature The novel Beloved by Toni Morrison often makes us question the credibility of what is being told‚ and uses many striking‚ sudden shifts between the past and present‚ making it difficult to distinguish between reality and fiction. This blurring of the truth is a common element of postmodern fiction. In fact‚ many scholars would say that Beloved is a great example of postmodernism. (Ebrahimi 2005) Morrison uses this technique to bring about the suffering
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