Importance of literature Literature reminds us of stories‚ epics‚ sacred scriptures and classical works of the ancient and modern times. Literature is defined as the body of written works of a language‚ period or culture‚ produced by scholars and researchers‚ specialized in a given field. Why is literature important? Let us see. As stated in the quotation by C.S. Lewis‚ literature not only describes reality but also adds to it. Yes‚ literature is not merely a depiction of reality; it is rather
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How the Power of Literature Has Affected My Life - Value of Literature Alex Sidorov English 101 Alex Sidorov Thompson English 101 May 27‚ 2009 How the Power of Literature Has Affected My Life - Value of Literature If you asked me how much I valued literature a few months ago‚ I would have probably laughed it off and proclaimed it has no value because it does not affect me. What kind of value could literature possibly have? It is just books. Random characters dealing with their random problems
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The term modernism refers to the radical shift in aesthetic and cultural sensibilities evident in the art and literature of the post-World War One period. The ordered‚ stable and inherently meaningful worldview of the nineteenth century could not‚ wrote T.S. Eliot‚ accord with "the immense panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history." Modernism thus marks a distinctive break with Victorian bourgeois morality; rejecting nineteenth-century optimism‚ they presented a profoundly pessimistic
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I believe that the purpose of literature is to educate‚ inform‚ entertain and give the author a chance to express them self. I know that when I read‚ it helps me to escape my own world sometimes and go somewhere else fun and exciting. I think that some literature is just meant to be entertaining while other literature can educate or inform also. I believe that older literature can be very educating and entertaining. It teaches me about the different writing styles and a hint of what life used
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American Literature Paper Randy Hale University of Phoenix ENG.301 American Ethic Literature Michael Cromwell December 24‚ 2012 American Ethic Literature Paper What makes American literature American? American literature is just that American literature. American literature is stories of people lives that are based on American standards. Early American standards where based around slavery and oppression but now they are based on freedoms like freedom of speech and press. America has
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1993) (1992)] The study of literature "is the place—there is no other in most schools—the place wherein the chief matters of concern are particulars of humanness—individual human feeling‚ human response‚ and human time‚ as these can be known through the written expression (at many literary levels) of men living and dead‚ and as they can be discovered by student writers seeking through words to name and compose and grasp their own experience. English [that is‚ literature] in sum is about my distinctness
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exposed to literature in the most stripped down form: picture books and simple texts that are mainly for the sole purpose of teaching the alphabet etc. Although these are not nearly as complex as an 800-page sci-fi novel‚ it is the first step that many take towards the literary world. Progressively‚ as people grow older‚ they explore other genres of books‚ ones that propel them towards curiosity of the subject‚ and the overall book. Reading and being given the keys to the literature world prepares
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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 Literature? The premature obituary of the book. By Mario Vargas Llosa It has often happened to me‚ at book fairs or in bookstores‚ that a gentleman approaches me and asks me for a signature. "It is for my wife‚ my young daughter‚ or my mother‚" he explains. "She is a great reader and loves literature." Immediately I ask: "And what about you? Don’t you like to read?" The answer is almost always the same: "Of course I like to read‚ but I am a very busy person." I have heard this explanation
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WHY READING LITERATURE IS/IS NOT IMPORTANT? A Personal Definition of Literature There are a lot of things that come to mind when a person hears the word literature. Usually‚ one thinks of a book‚ story‚ classical work or some variation of the aforementioned but to ask someone to define the term literature‚ proves to be a much trickier task. Many are stumped when asked this question. People often answer by giving examples of literary works but fail to actually give an encompassing definition
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