Introduction to Literature

Question 1

Latin word which literally means an acquaintance with lettes.

Answer 1

Litera

Question 2

What is Literature?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

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.

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Literature

Question 4

Great literature is timeless and timely.

Answer 4

UNIVERSALITY

Question 5

This is the quality that appeals to our sense of beauty.

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Artistry

Question 6

A literary works stimulates thought. It enriches our mental life by making us realize fundamental truths about life and human nature.

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Intellectual Value

Question 7

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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Permanence

Question 8

This is the peculiar way in which writers sees life, forms his ideas and expresses them.

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Style

Question 9

Literature elevates the spirit by bringing out moral values which makes a better persons. The capacity to inspire is part of the spiritual value of literature.

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Spiritual Value

Question 10

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.

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Suggestiveness

Question 11

Literature is viewed to discuss man and its nature.

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Moral or Humanistic Approach

Question 12

Literature is seen both as a reflection and product of the times and circumstances in which it was written.

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Historical Approach

Question 13

Viewed as the expression of man within a given social situation which is reduced to discussions on economy which will underscore the conflict between the two classes- the rich and the poor.

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Sociological Approach Literature

Question 14

Literature is seen as one of the manifestations and vehicles of a nation’s or race’s culture and tradition. It includes the entire compels of what goes under “culture”.

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Cultural Approach

Question 15

Literature is viewed as the expression of “personality,”
of “inner drives” or “neurosis”.

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Psychological Approach

Question 16

Literature is viewed to elucidate “reacting response” which is considered as something very personal, relative and fruitful.

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Impressionistic Approach

Question 17

2 General Types of Literature?

Answer 17

*Poetry
*Prose

Question 18

5 Genres of Literature

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*Poetry
*Short Story
*Novel
*Drama
*Essay