literature and its standards
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Literature and Its
Standards
Questions
What is the title of the text?
Why is the text meaningful
to you?
How were you able to relate
with the text? 1
Group Work
Task: Choose one selection you’ve read last school year.
In your group, talk about your chosen selection for five minutes. You may recall the events/ details or discuss the lesson found in the text. 2
Group Work
Task:
Answer the three questions
presented earlier.
Assign 2-3 members to present
their answers for the said
questions. 3
What is literature according to
selected famous writers?
"Literature adds to reality, it
does not simply describe it. It
enriches the necessary
competencies that daily life
requires and provides; and in
this respect, it irrigates the
deserts that our lives have
already become."
- C.S. Lewis
4
What is literature according to
selected famous writers?
"Literature always anticipates
life. It does not copy it, but
molds it to its purpose. "- Oscar Wilde
2
What is literature according to
selected famous writers?
“He liked the mere act of
reading, the magic of turning
scratches on a page into
words inside his head.” - John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
3
Literature is…
a written work that has
recognized artistic merit in
terms of form, expression,
ideas and interest.
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SEVEN LITERARY STANDARDS
PermanenceAn important characteristic of a great literature is that it lasts.
William Shakespeare’s novels/ plays
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy about two
young star-crossed lovers whose deaths
ultimately reconcile their feuding
families.
This was believed to have been written
between 1591-1595 and was first
published in 1597.
SEVEN LITERARY STANDARDS
Universal AppealIt must suit the taste of a range of people across different age groups, nationalities, cultures, and beliefs.
J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novel series
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Rowling’s Harry Potter Novels
According to an article entitled The Power of Potter, “Everyone was reading books. People of all ages.”The author of the book The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin stated, “The magical world is so attractive and detailed and rich and so alluring.”
SEVEN LITERARY STANDARDS
ArtistryA good literature should be well written and appeal to our creative sides with beautifully crafted phrases and sentences.
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Conversation between the Mad
Hatter and Alice…
SEVEN LITERARY STANDARDS
StyleWords used by the writer are creative and are presented in an unusual way that is entertaining and interesting.
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Semple’s Where’d You Go,
Bernadette
Maria Semple did not follow the conventional way of writing novels. Where’d You Go, Berndadette is written in many formats such as e-mails, letters, FBI documents, correspondence with a psychiatrist and an emergency- room bill .
These pieces are strung together wittily that it showed how every detail was unveiled imaginatively.
SEVEN LITERARY STANDARDS
Intellectually ValuableLiterary texts usually inform us about our past, our present or the world around us. Texts help us understand our lives and realize truths about humanity and life. They mentally stimulate us and enrich our thoughts.
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Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Lowry’s Number the Stars
Number the Stars (1989) is a historical
fiction narrating the escape of a Jewish
family during the occupation of Denmark
in Second World War.
The novel was awarded as the “most
distinguished contribution to American
literature for children”.
There’s more to literature than meets the eye.
Usual Joke in Literature Classes
SEVEN LITERARY STANDARDS
Suggestiveness Literature should carry many associations that lead beyond the surface meaning. The reader is left to establish what the author is suggesting and this captures the reader’s imagination by making them think about what they are reading and engaging them into the story.
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Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter
The scarlet letter is meant to be a symbol of shame, but instead it becomes a powerful symbol of identity to Hester.
Instead of being embarrassed, Hester changed the letter “A” as the mark of being an adulteress to stand for the word “able”.
SEVEN LITERARY STANDARDS
Spiritual ValueGreat works of literature are often thought to have an underlying moral message that can potentially make us better people. Values are often written between the lines and can help them become better people.
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Antoine de Saint- Exupery’s The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint- Exupery’s The Little Prince