LITERATURES OF THE

WORLD
 Why do you need to study
the literatures of the world?
Literature serves as a window to the past.
 “Literature liberates people
from political oppression, social
injustice, economic inequality, and
emotional inhibition as reflected in
short stories, novels, dramas,
essay and other literary genres.”-
Roger Don SJ. Cerda
IMPORTANCE

1. Literature helps us grow both

personally and intellectually.
 “Becoming educated doesn’t happen
overnight! Education is a lifelong process
that happens in short intervals. If you were
to read only eight pages a day for the
next seven years, you would be one of
the world’s most knowledgeable experts
on the work of Carl Jung and you would get
through every page!”
2. Literature links us with the world
which we are a part.
3. Literature enables us to
transcend our immediate time,
place and culture and to make
connections with other human
beings and their concerns.
4. Literature encourages us to
develop mature empathy with all
forms of life- human, animal and
plant.
5. Literature sharpens our sense of
moral judgment.
6. Literature stimulates our
imagination and ingenuity.
7. Literature allows us to see the
world in different vantage points.
8. Literature relives history.
The End