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Latin word
LITTERATURA – writing
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ORAL and WRITTEN FORMS OF WORKS
- Expressive or imaginative quality
- Nobility of thoughts
- Timelessness
- Universality
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EXCELLENT FORMS – EXPRESSION OF

PERMANENT and UNIVERSAL IDEAS –
ESTABLISHED AESTHETICALLY
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SIGNIFICANT HUMAN
EXPERIENCES – MAIN
SUBJECTS
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DISCUSSES VARIOUS
DIMENSIONS OF LIFE, MISERIES
and GLORIES
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LITERATURE
WEBSTER COMPREHENSIVE
DICTIONARY – COLLECTIVE
PRODUCTION OF HUMAN MIND –
PERMANENT and UNIVERSAL THEMES
– CREATIVITY and GRACE OF
EXPRESSION
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LITERATURE
WEBSTER 9TH New Collegiate
Dictionary – Writings – excellence of
forms – expression of ideas of
permanent and universal interests –
language, country, or age
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LITERATURE
Brooks et.al.
- provides a unique depiction of life
different from what science provides
- Imaginative experience the “lived”
meanings of a piece of life.
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Tiempo et.al.
- General term – poetry, fiction and
drama – expression of meaning
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LITERATURE

Baritugo et.al.
- Artistic reproduction of human
experiences in either poetry or prose
 KEY FEATURES OF LITERATURE

- FORM OF COMMUNICATION
- AN ART
- NOBILITY OF THOUGHTS
- TIMELESSNESS
- UNIVERSALITY
- UTILITY
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