Intro to EN 104
Transcript of Intro to EN 104
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According to Serrano and Ames:
Filipino Literature regardless of the
language in which it is written expresses the
Filipino soul, national traditions, customsand cultural values which are so ingrained
in a people that no super imposition of
foreign cultural patterns can completely
eradicate them.
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According to Websters Dictionary
Literature covers all the
writings of a particular country, time,
kind, etc. especially those valued for
excellence of form and expression.
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The word literature is derived from theLatin word littera, which means letters.
It also means anything written or
printed. In usage, however, it means thosewritings in prose and verse which deal with
themes or permanent value and universal
interest and are usually characterized by
creativeness and imagination, by grace ofexpression and great emotional effect.
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According to Meyer in his bookThe
Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature
Literature does not lend itself to asingle tidy definition, because the making of
it over the centuries has been as complex,
unwieldy, and natural as LIFE itself.
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1. Is literature anything that is written, from
ancient prayers to graffiti?
2. Does it include songs and stories that were not
written down until many years after they were
recited?
3. Does literature include scripts from Seinfeld?
4. Is literature only that which has permanent
value and continues to move people?
5. Must literature be true or beautiful or moral?
6. Should it be socially useful?
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Two general kinds of literature:
Noncreative literature is written record of facts.
Examples:
news stories, feature articles, source books
most textbooks, dictionaries and encyclopedia
Creative literature is the product of the writers
imagination, originality, creative skills and
intellectual inventiveness.
Style is a revelation of the writer as an artist
through his or her distinctive craftsmanship. It is
also achieved through the use of words artistically,
imaginatively andcreatively to interpret life.
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Tell whether the following writing is CREATIVE orNONCREATIVE
1. A history textbook2. Joy in Poetry
3. An editorial
4. World Almanac
5. Lifestyle section
6. An Anthology of Chinese Literature7. Plays for Reading
8. The Origin of the Banana Plant
9. China, The Rainbow Land: A History
10.T
he Cries of Birds and other Poems
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Some view points on Literature include the following:
1. We can get the meaning of a piece of literature byhaving lived it because literature is a product of and
about life.
2. Life illumines literature just as literature illumines life.
3. Literary forms (which refers to a writers way of saying
things exist because writers have fashioned them toserve their needs.
4. The distinguishing marks of literature are humanization
and vivid concretization and some objectives that would
describe it are imaginative, creative , interpretative andselective.
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The importance or relevance of literature:
1. Materials progress and political power of may vanish;the spirit of nationalism may wane; but the glories of
literature withstand the forces of decay and decline.2. Literature is eternally burning flame, exuding light that
renders significance to civilization.
3. In literature, likewise, there is conserved a heritagewhich gives meaning to the peoples ideals. It mouldsthe mind of a people by preserving the experience of
the past in a cohesive and beautiful manner.4. Literature mirrors the depths of a culture and manifests
the truly creative genius of the race.
5. Literature, though seeming to hide timidly between the
covers of a book, has frequently generated ideas thathave had a tremendous effect. It has exhibited the
potency of an explosive in its capacity for upsetting thesocial order.
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6. Literature helps us grow both personally and
intellectually.
7. It helps us to connect ourselves to the cultural
context of which we are a part.
8. It helps us develop mature sensibility andcompassion for the condition of all living things,
human, animal and vegetable.
9. Literature is one of the things that shape our lives; it
makes us human.
10.It encourages us to assist creative talented people
who are in need.
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Nature of literature
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. Literature is couched in literary language which abounds inambiguities, homonyms, grammatical gender.
2. It is permeated with historical accidents, memories and
associations.
3. It is highly commutative.
4. It conveys the tone and attitude of the speaker or writer.
5. It does not merely state and express what it says.
6. It also wants to influence the attitude of the reader, persuade
him and ultimately change him.
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Literary types or forms of genres
Genre is a grouping of literary works based upon outer form
and also upon the inner form.
1. PROSE FICTION OR NARRATIVE FICTION
2. POETRY
3. DRAMAS AND PLAYS
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Classification and
Definition of LiteraryTypes
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I. Narrative poetry tells a story
which is imaginative and
rhythmical language.
A. Epic is a long, narrative poem
divided into distinct relationship to
some great hero, action or time. Epicsare essentially single poems od
exceeding dignity and power.
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Two kinds of epic:
1. Folk or popular epic (Beowulf)
does not have a known author
but evolved gradually from thepeoples ancient traditions.
2. Literary epics have distinct
authorship