literary appreciation

and valuing in Poetry

REPORTED BY: MIA ANDREA S. MARANAN
whAT IS LITERARY APPRECIATION?
Literary appreciation is the ability to study, understand and evaluate
or make a critical judgement of literary works.
Ogenwele (2006) defines literary appreciation as the evaluation of
works of imaginative literature as an intellectual or academic
exercise.
Similarly, to Donelson and Nilsen (2009), literary appreciation echo
this sentiment and add that it is the process by which one ‘gauges
one’s interpretive response as a reader to a literary work.
 importance of literary appreciation
PROPER EVALUATION
Hence, one of the importance of literature
is that it allows proper evaluation of
literary works.
Connection Between The
Readers And Writers
It also gives more intimation between
the readers and the writers— like some
sort of connection focused on the same
literary pieces.
 importance of literary appreciation

it gives more value information and imagination

Another importance of literary appreciation It helps us to have full grasp of the

is that through such attempt of evaluation, informative and imaginative aspects of
literary works become more valuable. literature.
Stages Of Level 1: Pleasure and Profit
Literary Level 2: Decoding
Apppreciation Level 3: Lose yourself
In Margaret Early’s Stages of Level 4: Find yourself
Growth in Literary Appreciation,
these stages are considered as Level 5: Venture beyond self
parts of literary appreciation and
determining the personal
attitudes, reading and observing
Level 6: Variety in reading
skills.
Level 7: Aesthetic purposes
 Features of poetry

stanza
This is a group of lines in a
poetry that has definite
patterns of lengths, and
which forms a unit.
Condensed use
Mood/tone of words
It relates to the poet’s It involves the ability to
attitude towards his/her speak a long thread of
subject or events. words in short lines without
losing the meaning.
 features of poetry

imagery Figures of speech

It is the mental picture that It is a creative way of
are created in the reader’s describing or explaining
mind while reading their things.
piece.
 My love is like a red rose.
poetic
(Robert Burns)
language
Except that like some fish
In poetry, a fuller use is made of
individual words through imagery,
Doped out of the deep
connotation, and symbolism.
I have bobbed up bellywise
From stream of sleep
And no cock’s crow
 poetic
Nature and nature’s law
language
Lay he in night
Another language resource peculiar
to poetry is connotation: the God said “Let Newton be”
meaning associated with a word
beyond its literal meaning. And all was Light.
(Alexander Pope)
 CONCLUSION

Literary appreciation as stated earlier is inseparable

from literature as they work hand in hand for the better
evaluation, understanding of literature. Through it,
literature stands the chance to be more valued.
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