LITERATURE

What is it?
By
Jesus Angel Vargas Cari
WHAT IS LITERATURE?
Writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of
permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential
features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays.
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF LITERATURE?

Literature is important for many reasons, including its ability to

provide pleasure to readers, to help build experience, to help readers
empathize with others and to develop thinking skills. While literature's
educational importance is often downplayed in favor of business and
technical education, the study of books offers many positive benefits
to readers.
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF LITERATURE?

Reading literature is a pleasurable, entertaining activity that offers readers

the potential to escape from the troubles of daily life. Above all else,
literature survives because of its capacity to entertain readers. Literature
also has the power to provoke thought in readers, making it a leisure
activity that is also intellectually productive. Literature also has the power to
impart a wide variety of experiences to readers. A story can expose
readers to different places, time periods, viewpoints and cultures. Readers
can gain experiences through literature they would never have access to in
ordinary life. Literature's ability to capture the imagination and depict the
lives of others also increases readers' ability to empathize with others. A
study published in the journal Science found that readers of literary fiction
demonstrated an increased ability to infer other people's thoughts and
emotions. Finally, literature helps develop critical-thinking skills. Readings
and discussions of literature force readers to make reasoned judgments
about character motivations, cause and effect, critical analysis of plot and
more
GENRE
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
Written works having excellence in:

Form
Expression
Ideas
Widespread and Lasting Interest
THE MAJOR GENRES

Chart Title

Literature

Prose Poetry Drama

PROSE
Prose is the ordinary form of
written language.
It imitates the spoken language
.
PROSE
FICTION NON-FICTION
Short Stories Personal Narrative
Fairy Tales Letters
Folk Tales Memoirs
Novels Short Stories
Poems Reports
POETRY
Poetry is language written with rhythm, figurative language, imagery,
sound devices and emotionally charged language.

Major Types of Poetry

Lyric Poetry
Narrative Poetry
Concrete Poetry
LYRIC POEM
Lyric poem is a highly
musical verse that
expresses the observation
and feelings of a single
speaker.
NARRATIVE POEM
Narrative Poem is a story told in
verse. Narrative poems often
have all the elements of short
stories, including characters,
conflict, and plot.
CONCRETE POEM
Concrete Poem is one with a shape that suggests
its subject. The poet arranges the letters,
punctuation, and lines to create an image or
picture, on the page.
 Chart Title

Literature

Prose Poetry Drama

Drama is a story written to

be performed by actors.
Although a drama is meant
to be performed, one can
also read the script, or
written version, and imagine
the action.
~*!*~REVIEW~*!
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1. What is Literature?
2. What does genre mean?
3. What is the importance of iterature?
4. What are the three main genre’s of
literature?
5. Write three types of writing for
each category.