Lit Stud (2)

• Literature is the collected oral and written works of a society that depict the people’s beliefs, values, mores and aspirations, as well as their struggles in life.
• Literature started with an oral tradition and has gone beyond its oral nature.
• “Orature” (oral literature) is a term used to refer to oral literature.
• Written literatures from all over the world continue to grow, although literature is primarily print-based.
• Literature may be experienced through variety of media.
• Elements of a drama include plot, character, setting, theme, thought, language, climax & denouement, music & spectacle, costume & make-up, scenery & lighting.
• For this course, we will take literature to mean those novels, short stories, plays and poems which are fictional and convey their message by paying considerable attention to language which is rich and multi-layered.
• Literature in the classroom can stimulate the imagination of students, develop their critical abilities, and increase their emotional awareness.
• Elements of a short story include character (characterization), setting, plot, theme, and point of view.
• Elements of poetry include form, meter, rhythm, rhyme, figurative languages, theme, and meaning & idea.
• Elements of a novel include plot setting, theme, character, moral/lesson, and elements of a drama.
• Literary arts are the oral and written works which address significant ways and universal elements of what it means to be a human.
• Good literature endures, demonstrates craft and artistry, has a power to raise questions, provides fresh point of view, expands the understanding of the self and the world, stimulates the imagination, and renews the spirit.
• Literary criticism is a discipline concerned with a range of inquiries about literature, which may be philosophical, descriptive or evaluative.
• Dramatic monologue is a poem written in the form of a speech of an individual character to an imaginary audience, caught at a dramatic moment or crisis in his life, the speaker unconsciously, even ironically, reveals his innermost character.
• Narrative poetry tells a story in richly imaginative and rhythmical language, it is the product of the oral tradition, examples include Epic, metrical romance, ballad, metrical tale.
• Poetry is a writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of the language of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through its meaning, sound, and rhythm.
• Lyric poetry expresses intense emotion, it expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet, sometimes contrasted with narrative poetry and verse drama, examples include Ode, elegy, song, sonnet.
• A diary is a record of events, transactions, or observations kept daily or at frequent intervals, primarily for the writer’s use alone, offering a frankness not found in writing done for publication.
• Within the classroom itself, the use of literary texts is often a particularly successful way of promoting activities where students need to share their feelings and opinions, such as discussions and group work.
• Dramatic poetry portrays life and character through action in powerful, emotion-packed lines such as those in the Shakespeare’s plays, the poetic form is used to set forth life and character by means of speech and action.
• Literature studies focuses on the personal, cultural, and historical interpretations as well as artistic analysis of broad range of works.
• Literature in a language classroom can enhance the critical thinking abilities of the learners and at the same time maintain a learner centre environment.
• Epistolary literature, also known as letter writing, is a genre that has continued to be popular to the present day.
• Literature may provide a particularly appropriate way of stimulating language acquisition, as it provides meaningful and memorable contexts for processing and interpreting new language.
• A journal is an account of day to day events or a record of experiences, ideas, or reflections kept regularly for private use, similar to, but less personal than a diary, often used of official or semiofficial publications of special groups.
• Literary texts are a rich source of classroom activities and can surely prove to be very motivating for learners.
• Literary texts in English reflect the rich and fascinating diversities of our world.
• The purpose of using literature in a language classroom is to make the class interactive and it can be stated that an interactive class can obviously improve communicative competence of the learners and keep a lasting impact on their mind.
• Literature is a particularly good source for students’ abilities to infer meaning and to make interpretations.
• Literature can help students to become more sensitive to some of the overall features of English.
• Literature can provide students with access to the culture of the people whose language they are studying.
• Literature assess a student’s ability to appreciate the artistry of literature, relate personally to pieces of literature, and understand literature in multiple contexts.
• Imaginative literature, also known as “the literature of power”, includes poems, short stories, novels, and plays.
• Non-Fiction, also known as “the literature of knowledge”, includes biographies and essays which present actual facts, experiences, and ideas.
• Goals of teaching literature include making the lessons more attractive, developing the students’ imagination, helping students think creatively, creating a pleasant atmosphere, building literary culture, arousing interest in literature, and encouraging students to find out more about literature.
• Benefits of teaching literature include cultural enrichment, linguistic model, mental training, extension of linguistic competence, authenticity, memorability, rhythmic resource, motivating material, open to interpretation, and convenience.
• Studying literature can be an effective means for students to explore social and moral issues.
• Literature presents peculiar ways on how man sees life as evidenced by the formation of his ideas, forms, structures and expressions which are marked by their memorable substance.
• Literature has a form which is the verbal and artistic structuring of ideas.