Our Philosophy

For all its students to pursue academic excellence as well as become responsible and dependable
agents of peace, order, and justice.

Our Mission

To provide accessible and quality education thus producing professionally-competent and

ethically-oriented graduates who can deliver effective and efficient services.

Our Vision

PCCR, as a pioneer organization, aims to be an institute of excellence in the formation and

development of highly competent and value-driven leaders able to meet the challenges of
globalization.

LITERATURE DEFINED

Literature are written works collectively, especially those of enduring importance, exhibiting
creative imagination and artistic skill (Funk and Wagnalls).
Literature comes from the Latin word literature meaning writing; literatus which means
learning; and thus is literate for learned.

It is both oral and written work characterized by expressive or imaginative writing, nobility of
thoughts, universality and timeliness.
The best way to understand human nature fully and to know a nation completely is to study
literature.
Literature appeals to man’s higher nature and its needs–emotional, spiritual, intellectual and
creative. Like all other forms of art, literature entertains and gives pleasure; it fires the
imagination and arouses noble emotions and it enriches man by enabling him to reflect on life by
filling him new ideas.

Literature and history are twin sisters

Literature and history are twin sisters, inseparable. In the days of our own grandfathers, and for
many generations before them the basis of education was the Greek and roman classics for the
educated, and the Bible, for all. In the classical authors and in the Bible, history and literature were
closely intervolved, and it is that circumstances which made the old form of education so
stimulating to the thought and imagination of our ancestors To read the classical authors and to
read the at once the history and the literature of the three greatest races of the ancient world.
STANDARDS OF GOOD LITERATURE
Artistry , Intellectual value, Suggestiveness, Spiritual value, Permanence and Universality

VALUE OF LITERATURE

Literature nourishes our emotional lives.

Literature broadens our perspectives on the world.
The study of literature engages you in the kinds of problem solving important win a variety of
fields, from philosophy to science and technology.
One of the purposes of a college introduction to literature is to cultivate the analytic skills
necessary for reading well.
New Trends in Literature

1. Blog – is another word for web blog which consists of posts or entries
displayed through a reverse order wherein the most recent post appears
first in the site. Generally interactive in nature, any visitor may leave a
message or comment regarding the content of the blog thereby
strengthening social relations and networks. Literary texts, online
diaries, critiques, personal commentaries and instructional resources
may find their way in the web blog.
2. Graphical literature- made up of comics content and cartooning. It is
applied broadly and includes fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized
work.eg: graphic novel, comic book
Quotations of Literature

1. Literature brings out the best and beast in men.

2. “Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and
poetry.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
3. “Literature is my Utopia”
― Helen Keller
4. “The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.”
― T.S. Eliot
5. “Literature is always personal, always one man's vision of the world,
one man's experience, and it can only be popular when men are ready to
welcome the visions of others.”
― W.B. Yeats