uses artistic expression and form and is considered to have merit or be important. LITERATURE ____________ 2.) As an artistic term, ________ refers to written works, such as novels, short stories, biographies, memories, essays, and poetry. LITERATURE WITH A SINGULAR VERB ____________ 3.) Literature should be used with a singular verb. Uncountable nouns are almost always singular, even if they refer to multiple "items". It gives the impression that there is only one kind of literature governed by so- called time- less standards that are CONTEXT universally applicable.
____________ 4.) It includes the
genre, mode, or form in which the work was written, or the set of CONTEXT conventions an artist grapples with in producing a work of art.
____________ 5.) It also includes the
historical, cultural, social, economic, political, affective, and other material conditions that have bearings on the writing, publishing, and reading of ORAL CULTURE literary texts.
Modern literature vs. Traditional
forms ____________ 6.) It is the term being ONLINE CULTURE typically applied to those having no written literature and in which intergenerational cultural transmission of values, attitudes, and beliefs is by word of mouth. PRINT CULTURE
____________ 7.) It is a culture based
on the many manifestations of LITERATURE WITH A CAPITAL “L” computer networks and their use for communication, entertainment, business, and recreation.
____________ 8.) It embodies all
forms of printed text and other printed forms of visual communication.
____________ 9.) Literature with a
capital "L" is writing that is inventive, PLATO especially literature of recognized artistic value; it's writing of lasting value that imaginatively expresses ideas of permanent and universal interest. "L" brings up the concept of MATTHEW ARNOLD literary canon, the idea that some works deserve to be included in a kind of literary hall of fame.
____________ 10.) For him, Poetry
was a product of fanciful or untruthful LITERATURE WITH QUOTATION thinking. You can turn to literature as a MARKS kind of substitute religion if you want to learn "how to live".
____________ 11.) He said that,
poetry is "The best that is known and LITERARY thought in the world." Literature as a "powerful and beautiful application of ideas to life - to the question: How to live."
____________ 12.) Putting quotation
marks around words foregrounds the constructedness of their meanings. IMAGINATIVE WRITING The same goes for definitions of literature - there is no one correct or essential or natural definition.
____________ 13.) It is the artistic
written expression as opposed to traditional forms like myths, epics, folktales, legends, ballads, proverbs, RALPH WALDO EMERSON folk drama, which had oral culture as their life and basis. Literary authors are likelier to develop their own voice and style, a self-conscious view of the world and their own art.
____________ 14.) As ________, LITERARINESS
fiction is written by authors who self- consciously make use of creative techniques and devices to render their theme in the best way possible. It is in creative distortion and the use of figurative rather than plain language that the truth for a literary author is most clearly expressed. FICTION ____________ 15.) He said that, "Fiction reveals truth the reality obscures." Fiction, rather than plainly reflecting reality, creatively refracts it to show something that would have otherwise escaped our attention. REALISM and ROMANCE ____________ 15.) It is the apt use of devices, techniques, and figurative CREATIVE NON-FICTION language in the careful shaping of the elements of poem or story to communicate a point or insight. The use of creative techniques must not feel forced or artificial; verbosity or shallow, decorative applications of MINA ROY figurative language do not qualify as literariness.
____________ 16.) It is basically prose GWENDOLYN BROOKS
narrative, its distinctive feature being the centrality of plot action. _______ is not just about plot. It is an interplay POETRY and interlayering of other elements like characters, setting, point of view, and tone.
____________ 17.) Two Modes of LYRIC POETRY
Fiction.
____________ 18.) This is a genre that
incorporates elements of fiction and NARRATIVE POETRY poetry in the retelling of a personal experience. ________ may include memoir, personal essays, feature- DRAMATIC POETRY length articles in magazines, and narratives in literary journals.
____________ 19.) She defines poetry
as "prose bewitched". DRAMA ____________ 20.) She says that poetry is "life distilled" through words and language.
____________ 21.) It works via
suggestion, implication, and ambiguity rather than via literal, straightforward communication.
____________ 22.) It is a type of
poetry that expresses the thoughts, ideas, or feelings of the speaker or persona.
____________ 23.) It is a type of
poetry that deals with a series of events.
____________ 24.) It is a type of
poetry which the speaker is an imaginary character addressing another imaginary character who remains silent.
____________ 25.) It is an ancient
form of communal expression. Best enjoyed when performed, with the sounds and rhythms in poetry heard and the spectacle in drama seen by an embodied audience.