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Lesson 1 Definition
Lesson 1 Definition
means an
“ acquaintance with letters.”
1 UNIVERSALITY
2 ARTISTRY
3 INTELLECTUAL VALUE
4 PERMANENCE
5 STYLE
6 SPIRITUAL VALUE
7 SUGGESTIVENESS
Literature has an It stimulates critical
aesthetic appeal thinking making man It can be read on several
and thus realizes the fundamental occasions with the
possesses a sense of truths of life and feeling that you are
Literature appeals to of beauty human nature. reading it for the first
everyone, regardless time for each reading
of culture, race, sex, provides new insights
and time which are all about the world we live
considered significant ARTISTRY INTELLECTUAL VALUE
in.
Great literature is
timeless and A great work of
timely literature endures.
HISTORICAL APPROACH
SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH
Viewed as the expression of man within a given social situation which is reduced
to discussion on economy which will underscore the conflict between the two
classes- the rich and the poor.
CULTURAL APPROACH
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”
LITERARY APPROACHES
PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH
IMPRESSIONISTIC APPROACH
• In discovering history
of a race, a country we
•History can also
basically understand
their own culture and be written down
traditions, hence the and this too, is
written customs and literature. History
traditions of a country, therefore is an
the dreams and
aspirations of its integral part of
people is called literature.
literature
Literary compositions that influenced the
world
The Bible or
Sacred Writings Koran
The Iliad and
• This
has become the • TheMuslim Bible Odyssey
basis of Christianity originating from • These have been
originating from Arabia the source of
Palestine and Greece myths and
legends of
Greece. They
were written by
Homer.
LITERARY COMPOSITION that INFLUENCED the WORLD
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