LITERATURE

• It has been defined from various perspectives:

1. consumer’s point of view- it is what people read2. creative point of view– it is what people write3. linguistic point of view- it is the language in its most expressive form and style

LITERATUREOral or written record of a man’s thoughts, ideas, emotions and aspirations which has stood the test of time because of its universality of appeal.

“Mirror of Life”

AIMS OF LITERATURE

To give pleasure

To fire one’s emotion/ imagination

To refine man’s emotion

To develop a critical mind

QUALITIES OF LITERATURE

1. PERMANENT

2, VALUE-LADEN3. IMMORTAL

4. SUGGESTIVE5. ARTISTIC6. HAS UNIVERSALITY OF APPEAL

7. USES DIGNIFIED LANGUAGE

8. GIVES A GLIMPSE OF THE LIFE HEREAFTER

CLASSIFICATIONS

Literature of

Knowledge

Literature of Power

DIVISIONS OF LITERATURE

PROSE

POETRY

Fiction Non-Fiction Narrative

LyricDramatic

FICTIONNON-FICTIONMyths

Folktales/Fables

LegendsParablesShort StoriesVignettes

Novel/NovelettesDrama

History

Diary/Journal

Autobiography/Biography

Essay/TreatiseAtlas/AlmanacNews

Captain’s LogExperimentsThesisLetters

Genres of POETRYNarrative Lyric Dramatic

Traditional/Popular

Ballad

Epic

Metrical Tale

Metrical Romance

SonnetOde

Song

Elegy

HymnPsalm

Modern BalladIdyll

Monologue

Soliloquy

Shakespearean Play

Passion Play

Melodrama

Character

Sketch