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Introduction

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What is

Literature?

What is Literature?

• Webster defines literature as anything that

is printed, as long as it is related to the

ideas and feelings of people, whether it

is true, or just a product of one’s

imagination

What is Literature?

It is a body of work, either written,

oral, or visual, containing imaginative

language that realistically portrays

thought, emotions, and

experiences of the human

condition.

What is

Literature?

“Literature raises life to a new level of

meaning and understanding, and in the

process restores sanity and justice in an

insane and unjust world.”

- Cirilo F. Bautista

Importance of Literature

Studying literature is like looking

at the mirror of life where man’s

experiences, his innermost

feelings and thoughts are

reflected.

Through literature, we learn the

culture of people across time

and space.

LITERARY STANDARDS

• Universality
• Artistry
• Intellectual Value
• Permanence
• Style
• Spiritual Value
• Suggestiveness

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UNIVERSALITY

Great literature is timeless and timely.

Forever relevant, it appeals to one and all,

anytime, anywhere, because it deals with

elemental feelings, fundamental truths and

universal conditions.

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Permanence

A great work of literature endures.

It can be read again and again as each reading

gives fresh delight and new insights and opens a

new world of meaning and experience.

Its appeal is lasting.

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Style

This is the peculiar way in which writers sees life,

forms his ideas and expresses them.

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Suggestiveness

This is associated with the emotional

power of literature.

Great literature moves us deeply and stirs our

feeling and imagination, giving and evoking

visions above and beyond the plane of ordinary

life and experience.

Literary Approaches

Literary Approaches

Moral or Humanistic Approach

• Literature is viewed to discuss man and its nature. - It presents man as essentially rational; that is,

endowed with intellect and free will; or that the piece

does not misinterpret the true nature of man.

• The approach is close to the “morality” of literature,

to questions of ethical goodness or badness.

Literary Approaches

Historical Approach

Literature is seen both as a reflection and product

of the times and circumstances in which it was

written.