Introduction

to Literature
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Scope of literature
Whats literature
Kinds of literary work
Structure of literary work
Poem
Prose
Drama
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 Whats Literature
Generally, it refers to the expression of writing
that represent the ones emotion.
Daily, expressions, utterance, and poitic words
are persuasive as the charateristics of literary
communication
(Jacob) the expressions of ones personality
which are from his experience, thought,
courage, and belief as real descriptions for
encouraging the beauty of communications.
The activities of communication which are
imaginative for describing the life inside the
theme or the language used.
 5 characteristics of literature

1. It has mimic understanding

( as a mirror of real life or
close to real life)
2. Its advantage for readers
3. Its fiction (imatations of life)
4. It is an art
5. It is part of society
Imaginative literary
Literary work which describe,
explain, inovate, remind, and
open mind of human reality and
how to face the real life.
The work of imaginative literaty:
poem, fiction, narative prose,
and drama.
 Unimaginative literary
Unimaginative literary works show that
their factual sense is more than their
imaginative one.
The language used represent the idea or
denote something rather than have
connotation meaning
unimaginative literary work: essay,
critics, autobiography, diary, and letters
 Intrinsic vs Extrinsic
Intrinsic : the literary structure which is
to have its story
Extrinsic : the things influence to literary
structure which come from outside the
story
Ex: Poem Intrinsic rhyme, theme,
stress, figurative language/ dictions, etc
Ex: Poem Extrinsic biography, history,
and social
Kinds of literary Works

Fiction
Poem
Prose
Drama