Introduction to Lot

The word literature derived from the Latin word

is the total of preserved writing/spoken words belonging to agiven language or people

interprets the meanings of nature and life(tots, emotions/feelings) in words of charm and power, toixhex w/ the author's personality, in artistic forms of permanent interest

expresses significant human experience

Literature types

Based on Structure 2 types

Types of prose

Non Prose types

Based on content 2 types

it appeals to everyone regardless of culture, race, sex, and time which are considered significant

It endures across time and draws oit the time factor: Timeliness occurring at a particular time and timelessness remaining invariably throughout time.

it has an aesthetic appeal

stimulates crit thinking that enriches the mental processes of abstract and reasoning

it unravels and conjures mans emotional power to define Symbolism, nuances, implied mesnings, images

it elevates the spirit and the soul and thus have the power to motivate and inspire

It presents peculiar ways of how man sees life as evidenced by the formation of his ideas forms structures and expressions which are marked by theor memorable substance.

7 literary standards

refers to the typical structures used by writers in their works to convey his or her message in a simple manner to his or her readers

literary devices have two aspects they can be treated as either

have an inherent existence in literary piece and are extensively eployed by writers to develop a litarary piece.

Literary elements

are structures usually words or phrases in literary texts that writers employ to achieve not merely artistics ends but also readers a greater understanding and appreciation of theur literary works.

Literary Techniques

refers to using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning

tells an interjected scene of the story that takes it back in time from the cirrent point in the story and is often used to tell the events that happened before another important event.

tells a scene yhat takes the narrative to a future time from the current point of the story

tells an abrupt ending that places yhe main characters in a perilous situation with no resolution

important hints that an author drops to prepare the reader for what is to come and help yhe reader anticipate the outcome.

it isnthe use of figurative language to create visual representations of actions, objects, and ideas in our mind

both compare two distinct objects and draw similarities between them

attribution of human qualities to something that is non human like object and animals

it isntue deliberate exaggeration of actions and ideas for the sake of emphasis

Literary approaches

the formalists interpretation of a work of art is formulated by the information and details of yhe piece itself

it deals with the cultural context during the writing of the piece of lit

is often associated with lit pieces written by women