Literature Lesson 1 Quiz

It comes from the latin word 'litera' which means acquaintance with letters.

It is the body of production, oral, written, visual containing imaginative language.

It is a language in use that provides insights and an art that reflects the works of imagination. It is also the product of the particular culture that concretizes man's arrays of values, emotions, actions, and ideas.

What are the Literary Standards?

It appeals to everyone regardless of culture, race, sex and time which are all considered significant.

It appeals to one's sense of beauty as it possesses a distinctive aesthetic quality.

It stimulates critical thinking that enriches mental process of abstract and reasoning

It elevates the spirit and the soul by bringing moral values. It has the power to motivate and inspire.

It unravels and invokes mans emotional power to define symbolisms, nuances, implied meaning, images, and messages

The peculiar way or ways in which man or writer sees life, form his ideas and express them

Great literature endures the test of time, drawing out timelessness. It remains invariable and relevant forever.

"The greatness of literature cannot be determined solely by literary standards through we must remember that whether it is literature or not can be determined by literary standard."

What are the Literary Approaches?

Literature is viewed to discuss man and its nature

It is viewed naturally, independent of the author, age, or any other external factor. The study of selection is called literary elements.

It is seen as one manifestations and vehicle of a nations culture and tradition.

It operates on the premise that the history of a nation has telling effects on its literature.

Literature is viewed as the expression of "personality" of "inner drives", of neurosis.

It is viewed to explain "reaction-response" which is considered as something very personal, relative and fruitful

What are the Literary Genes

Fiction and Non Fiction, Creative non fiction

Narrative(epic, ballad,metrical romance, tale) Lyric(ode, elege song)

One act. Full length, stage, plays, musicals

Film, Television, Electronic, RPG

According to this Person, Literature is body of productions, oral, written, or visual containing imaginative language and experiences of human condition.

He says that "This is the beauty of Literature, Yu discovered that Longings are universal, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong"

We write from life and call it Literature, and literature lives because we are in it.