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Literature

The defenition of Literature may be boring and abstract but literature is nowhere near boring or abstract.Every word is overflowing with creativity.

When we speak of a piece of writing as literature we are praising it. Literature in the broadest sense is everything that has been written. In the narrower sense, there are various kinds of “literature”, such as French literature, literature of the American Indian and literature of gardening. Literature has two main divisions’ fiction and non-fiction.

We all read for a variety of reasons. These reasons change with our age, our interests and the literature we read. We read literature mostly because we enjoy it.

  1. The basic reason for reading is probably pleasure
  2. We often read for information and knowledge
  3. We find possible solutions to our problems when we meet people in books whose problems are like our own.
  4. Through literature we sometimes understand situations which we could not otherwise understand in real life.

 

Creative reading
The greatest poem ever written is only a printed sheet of paper until a reader reacts to it. The reader helps create literature by responding to the writer’s thoughts, emotions and beliefs. A creative reader considers both what the writer wants to say and how it is said.

Judging literature

   Reading is such a personal activity that there can    be no final rules for judging a piece of writing. The taste and fashion of the times often enter into critical judgments. 

 
The elements of literature
Almost every literary work includes four elements:

  1. Character
  2. Plot
  3. Theme or statement
  4. Style

A good writer tries to balance these elements in order to create a unified work of art.

Kinds of discourse
The word discourse refers to communication. In literature it means the way writers tell their readers what they want them to know. A writer may use four kinds of discourse:

    • Exposition
    • Argument
    • Description
    • Narrration

    Lets try and find good books, read them and try calling them literature for remember that when we speak of a piece of writing as literature we are actually praising it.

    Reference: World book Encyclopaedia

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Do you waqnt to know what these words regarding Literature mean???

vElements of literature
Characters
The characters make up the central interest of any written piece.Evey other aspect of the book seems to revolve around this character. The characters are not only important in dramas, short stories, novels or biographies or autobiographies but are equally important even in a poem. Writers must know their characters clearly and must know each ones looks, speech and thoughts. Motivation is an important part of Characters in the sense that Writers must be sure that the motives for their character are clear and logical. Along with motivation, setting plays an equally important role in the success of a character. Setting is one of the ways of showing people. Writers should keep in mind that literary characters do not exist alone in space, they act and react with one another and that they also respond to the world that they live in and acted within their surroundings.s.

Plot
The plot is what happens to the characters in a story. A story that is moving along no particular plot and that has no interrelated events will only make the readers annoyed. But at the same time, there exists no rules for the order in which the events are presented. A unified plot leads us through the characters problem, how he or she faces it and finally to how the hero overcomes it. In technical words they can be called the exposition, the rising action and the climax. The climax is the highest point of interest. The denouncement is the final part of the plot and concludes the story.


Theme or statement
Theme or statement is the basic idea expressed by a work of literature. A theme may bring out through the story a warning or even a call for action. It strives to achieve an honest expression of emotion.it can indeed be said that a good story itself directs the reader to the author’s conclusion.


Style
Style is something that is unique to every writer and to every written piece.it is the way the writer uses words to create literature. The writer’s style can be by presenting it through the first person or through a third person or even through an omnipresent figure.It is the magical touch provided by the writer to his or her book that keeps readers spell bound.it is how one word follows another and one paragraph leads to the next. The writers style can be by presenting it through the first person or through a third person or even through an omnipresent figure.

 
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