The document outlines 7 literary standards: permanence, artistry, suggestiveness, universality, spiritual value, intellectual value, and style. It defines each standard, with permanence referring to a work's ability to endure repeated readings and insights over time, artistry appealing to our sense of beauty, and suggestiveness stirring our emotions and imagination. Universality means a work remains relevant anytime or anywhere, addressing fundamental truths, while spiritual and intellectual value elevate our spirit and stimulate thought respectively. Style refers to an author's unique perspective and expression.
The document outlines 7 literary standards: permanence, artistry, suggestiveness, universality, spiritual value, intellectual value, and style. It defines each standard, with permanence referring to a work's ability to endure repeated readings and insights over time, artistry appealing to our sense of beauty, and suggestiveness stirring our emotions and imagination. Universality means a work remains relevant anytime or anywhere, addressing fundamental truths, while spiritual and intellectual value elevate our spirit and stimulate thought respectively. Style refers to an author's unique perspective and expression.
The document outlines 7 literary standards: permanence, artistry, suggestiveness, universality, spiritual value, intellectual value, and style. It defines each standard, with permanence referring to a work's ability to endure repeated readings and insights over time, artistry appealing to our sense of beauty, and suggestiveness stirring our emotions and imagination. Universality means a work remains relevant anytime or anywhere, addressing fundamental truths, while spiritual and intellectual value elevate our spirit and stimulate thought respectively. Style refers to an author's unique perspective and expression.
STANDARD S 1. Permanence 2. Artistry 3. Suggestiveness 4. Universality 5. Spiritual Value 6. Intellectual Value 7. Style PERMANENCE A great work of literature endures.
Itcan be read again and again as each
reading gives fresh delight and new insights and opens a new world of meaning and experience.
Its appeal is lasting.
ARTISTR Y Thisis the quality that appeals to our sense of beauty. SUGGESTIVENESS This is the quality associated with the emotional power of literature.
Great literature moves us deeply and
stirs our feeling and imagination, giving and evoking visions above and beyond the plane of ordinary life and experience UNIVERSALITY Great literature is timeless and timely.
Forever relevant, it appeals to one and
all, anytime, anywhere, because it deals with elemental feelings, fundamental truths and universal conditions. SPIRITUAL VALUE Literature elevates the spirit by bringing out moral values which makes a better persons.
The capacity to inspireis part of
the spiritual value of literature. INTELLECTUAL VALUE A literary works stimulates thought. It enriches our mental life by making us realize fundamental truths about life and human nature. STYLE This is the peculiar way in which writers sees life, forms his ideas and expresses them.