BSEE 32 Sir Alvin

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  • Literature
    Body of written works, creative and universal way of communication, deals with ideas, thoughts, and emotions
  • The word 'literature' comes from the Latin word 'Litera' meaning 'letter'
  • Why we study literature
    • Conforming mirror of reality
    • Expression of feelings and ideas
    • Enlarges reader's world
    • Means of preserving culture and appreciating literary heritage
  • Roles of literature
    • Form of expression
    • Broadens understanding of human conditions
    • Connects past, present, and future
  • Essence and functions of literature
    • Entertainment
    • Social & Political
    • Ideological
    • Moral
    • Linguistic
    • Cultural
    • Educational
  • Divisions of literature
    • Fiction
    • Non-fiction
  • Fiction
    Imaginary, artificial, symbolic (e.g. poetry, novels)
  • Non-fiction
    Based on facts, straightforward, natural (e.g. biography, memoir)
  • Genres of literature
    • Prose
    • Poem
  • Prose
    Common flow of conversation in sentences and paragraphs
  • Poem
    Follows a metric system, has a melodious tone
  • Types of poetry
    • Narrative
    • Dramatic
    • Lyric
  • Types of narrative poetry
    • Epic
    • Ballads
    • Metrical Tales
  • Types of dramatic poetry
    • Farce
    • Comedy
    • Tragedy
    • Melodrama
  • Types of lyric poetry
    • Psalms
    • Elegy
    • Ode
    • Sonnet
    • Folksongs
    • Awit
    • Corridos
  • Types of prose
    • Novel
    • Short story
    • Plays/Drama
    • Legends
    • Fables
    • Anecdotes
    • Essay
    • Biography
    • News
    • Oration
  • Literary terms
    • Action
    • Allusion
    • Characterization
    • Connotation
    • Diction
    • Satire
    • Mood
    • Theme
  • Elements of poetry
    • Rhyme
    • Rhythm
    • Horizontal measure
    • Vertical measure
    • Theme
    • Tone
    • Mood
    • Moral
    • Symbolism
    • Values
  • Forms of poetry
    • Conventional Poem
    • Unconventional Poem
  • Elements of prose
    • Characters
    • Pov
    • Plot
    • Setting
    • Conflict
    • Theme
  • Techniques and literary devices in poetry
    • Parallelism
    • Ellipsis
  • Techniques and literary devices in prose
    • Flashback
    • Foreshadowing
    • Juxtaposition
    • Irony
    • Symbol
  • Figurative languages
    • Simile
    • Metaphor
    • Oxymoron
    • Antithesis
    • Paradox
    • Irony
    • Metonymy
    • Allusion
    • Personification
    • Apostrophe
    • Alliteration
    • Onomatopoeia
    • Assonance
    • Consonance
    • Pun
    • Litotes
    • Hyperbole
  • Sound devices
    • Figures of Sound
    • Phonetics/Phonemic Awareness
    • Consonant Sounds
  • Semantics
    Denotation- literal meaning, Connotation- personal and emotional associations
  • Personal values of literature for children
    • Enjoyment
    • Imagination and Inspiration
    • Knowledge and insights
    • Understanding and empathy
    • Heritage and cultural identity
    • Moral reasoning
    • Literary and artistic preferences
  • Academic values of literature for children
    • Aesthetic value
    • Literacy success
    • Social development
    • Language development
  • Relationship between children's development and literature

    • Ages 0-2
    • Ages 2-4
    • Ages 4-7 (Beginning Readers)
    • Ages 7-9 (Transitional Readers)
    • Ages 9-12 (Competent Readers)
  • Other relationships between children's literature and child development

    • Integration of their own opinion regarding the topic
    • Learning about culture heritage and other people
    • Emotional Intelligence
    • Creativity
    • Timeless tradition
  • Children's literature is extremely valuable in both personal and academic development
  • Norton: '"Literature and the cultures of others is necessary for both social and personal development"'
  • Emotional Intelligence
    Stories have the power to promote emotional and moral development
  • Children's literature "contains numerous moments of crisis, when characters make moral decisions and contemplate the reasons for their decisions," an important skill for children to see modeled
  • Creativity
    Children's literature encourages creativity and nurtures and expands the imagination
  • Timeless tradition
    Children's literature is of value because it is a timeless tradition, one in which books are the major means of transmitting our literary heritage from one generation to the next
  • Quality children's literature has the great power to captivate audiences for many generations
  • Children's literature is extremely valuable in both the school setting and at home
  • Teachers and parents should both be able to differentiate between quality and mediocre literature, in order to give students access to the best books to encourage these important values of literature and considering developmental domains
  • Exposing children to quality literature can contribute to the creation of responsible, successful, and caring individuals
  • Classical World (Greek and Romans)
    • Characterized by oral storytelling
    • Composed of Greek and Roman myths and epics
    • Children heard and presumably enjoyed the same stories as their parents, whether they were adventurous tales or cultural heroes
    • Fables emerged during those times through Aesop, with themes and characters that appeal to children and are often humorous and entertaining