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    Literature can be broadly defined as creative works that use language in unique ways, including poetry, fiction, and drama. It is also considered a social practice influenced by economic and social forces. Literary studies examine what is written, how it is written, and why, with aims of developing reading skills, understanding literary terminology, and appreciating creative language. Literature serves cognitive, didactic, entertaining, and aesthetic functions. There is an ongoing debate between elitist, democratic, and pluralistic approaches to what defines the literary canon.

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    WHAT IS (IS NOT) LITERATURE, LITERARY STUDIES


    Literature general definition two kinds:
    1) Broader
    2) Restrictive

    creative works in the form of poetry, fiction, and drama


    texts in which language is used in unique fashion
    (one of many) social practices which cannot be removed from the
    social and economic forces that govern society
    writing which employs and is occupied with the IMAGINATIVE,
    CREATIVE

    oscillation between the elitist and democratic approaches:


    -

    elitist (Modernist) approach canon

    mediocre approach mainstream literature

    democratic/pluralistic (postmodernist) approach

    Literary Study
    what is written
    how it is written
    why it is written

    Aims of literary study:


    -

    reading literacy

    literary terminology

    creative/poetic language

    Functions of literature:
    a) cognitive
    b) didactic
    c) entertaining
    d) aesthetic

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