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HUM 014 SY 2018-2019

CONVENTIONAL
DEFINITIONS OF LITERATURE
 printed matter of any kind
 sincere expression of human thoughts & feelings
 imaginative representation of life and nature
(Aristotle)
 a literary culture
 collection of writings with excellence and beauty of
form expressing ideas of permanent or universal
interest
 re-shaping of human experience in artistic form
 collective body of literary productions upon given
subjects, embracing the entire results of knowledge
and fancy preserved in writing
ALTERNATIVE DEFINITIONS
OF LITERATURE

 An imaginative writing (with an element of


make-believe)
 A work of nature characterized by a very self-
conscious use of language which is highly
connotative in nature
FUNCTIONAL AIMS OF
LITERATURE
A. INSTRUCTIONAL
B. SPIRITUAL
 AS A FORM OF ESCAPE
 AS A SOURCE OF AESTHETIC SATISFACTION
C. EMOTIONAL
D. INTELLECTUAL
E. CULTURAL
F. ACTUAL ENGAGEMENT WITH REALITY
 A WAY OF INTERPRETING THE WORLD
 A WAY OF TRANSFORMING THE WORLD
MAN’S REASONS FOR
STUDYING LITERATURE
A. To be instructed
B. To be delighted
C. To better understand human thoughts, feelings,
emotions, experiences and reactions to life
D. To enhance and improve one’s analytical and critical
abilities
E. To familiarize oneself with the different
regional/national cultures
F. To better understand this complex life
MAN’S REASONS FOR
STUDYING LITERATURE
G. To be able to conceptualize why one can profit and
have fun from the reading of literature through the
following theses:
1. THE WISDOM THESIS
2. THE EXPLORATION (HEURISTIC) THESIS
3. THE REPRESENTATION (REFLECTION OF
REALITY) THESIS
4. THE IDEOLOGY (WORLD-VIEW) THESIS
5. THE CULTURAL CODE THESIS
6. THE LANGUAGE THESIS
7. THE SUBJECTIVITY THESIS
8. THE CULTURAL FUNCTION THESIS
DIVISIONS OF LITERATURE
(STRUCTURAL DIVISION)
A. PROSE
 THE PROSE DRAMA
 KINDS: REALISTIC/ ROMANTIC/ SYMBOLIC
 ELEMENTS: CHARACTERS/ PLOT/ SETTING/ THEME/
DIALOGUES/ MUSIC/ SPECTACLE
 ESSAY
 KINDS: FORMAL & PERSONAL
 PROSE FICTION
 PROSE ALLEGORY
 PROSE ROMANCE
 TALE OF ADVENTURE OR EXPERIENCE
 NOVEL
 NOVELETTE
 SHORT STORY (CHARACTERS/ SETTING/ PLOT/ THEME)
 BIOGRAPHY/ AUTOBIOGRAPHY
DIVISIONS OF LITERATURE
(STRUCTURAL DIVISION)
B. POETRY
 NARRATIVE POETRY
 EPIC/ METRICAL ROMANCE/ METRICAL TALE/ THE
BALLAD
 LYRIC POETRY
 THE ODE/ THE ELEGY/ THE SONNET/ THE SONG –
SACRED SONGS & SECULAR SONGS)
 DRAMATIC POETRY
 THE POETIC PLAY (COMEDY/ DRAMATIC HISTORY/
TRAGEDY)
 THE MASQUE
 THE DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE
DIVISIONS OF LITERATURE
(CONTEXTUAL DIVISION)
 GENERIC
 Not governed by aesthetic standard of form
 Factual
 Speaks to a greater number of humanity
regardless of culture and original language and
usage, and environment
 Experiences are universal
DIVISIONS OF LITERATURE
(CONTEXTUAL DIVISION)
 SPECIFIC
 Governed by aesthetic standard of form
 Product of creative imagination
 Belong to the writer’s experiences
 Experiences are unique and individualistic
 Contains the writer’s philosophy and his view of
the world, life, and man (his weltaunschauung)

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