In general, literature can motivate and inspire the students to interpret their emotions, thoughts and introspect within themselves. According to Brumfit and Carter (1986), literature is “an ally of language”. The method is certainly new because literature has been widely used as a means to teach language. In Grammar Translation Method, literature plays a significant role in foreign language classroom. Duff & Maley (1990) said that literature in teaching a language has to be
Good writers can be found all over the world. Reading literature from other countries is important as it allows students to develop a greater understanding of the world. While international literature is important, Canadian students should prioritize literature native to their country; as this allows students to become familiar with the local literature. Moreover, this is important as it will allow Ontario students to become inspired by Canadian culture, encouraging them to promote along with establishing
(1533153) Prof. Renu Elizabeth Abraham Reading Children's Literature (ENGH 404) 16 November, 2016. Why We Should Study Children's Literature There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book.- Philip Pullman Defining Children's Literature has been a task undertaken by many in the passage of time, very few having succeeded at it. The crux of the matter is that it is the literature that caters primarily to children but can be read
became my emotional outlet, the philosophy that revealed the very nature of human beings and my questions of their existence. Reading and writing poetry instilled within me the ability to protect myself from others and to express my emotions through literature. Powerful, compelling voices penetrate the silent classroom three doors away from room 145 on the
entire system, as an example to show the mobility of world literature. In his opinion, the study of world literature needs a collective work where the important facts of literary history be shared. In this way, his proposed method for studying world-system literature is “distant reading”: understanding literature not by studying particular texts,
Time is malleable, as it can be stretched or compressed, especially when considered in literature. Just as the idea itself is a man-made construct, authors are able to utilize a given interval to their advantage, seemingly bending reality. Yet simultaneously, these jumps or limitations in time enhance the humanity of any given passage. They do this by commenting on the fact that the conscious does lose grasp of its surroundings and is able to process at an accelerated rate. For this, Realism writers
beings” (Oatley). When teens have an understanding of their peers and the people around them, they communicate more effectively since they understand them better. This idea proves that increasing awareness and empathy support the idea that reading literature enhances social skills. Continuing in the article “In the Minds of Others,” the author explains the idea of improved social skills saying that “it can hone your social brain, so that when you put your book down you may be better prepared for camaraderie
The author sets in motion the process of awakening the responses in the readers. “Thus reading causes the literary work to unfold its inherently dynamic character […] In this process of creativity, the text may either not go far enough, or may go too far, so we may say that boredom and overstrain from the boundaries beyond which the reader will leave the field of play” (ibid., 275). Imagination is a crucial factor in both writing and reading. It is what unites the reader and the writer and it is
The invasion literature that developed at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century has been the object of numerous studies as it is acknowledged to have added to the increasing tensions between Britain, Germany and France leading up to the First World War in 1914. For example, in 1969, the French historian Marc Ferro wrote: "Over twenty works in England foresaw the British surprised, invaded and defeat Overall this literature reflected the nagging worries besetting the country
These hypothetical debates could be easily applied to the study of popular literature, but are often fully ignored or not overtly referenced. Jameson’s insight into the close connection between readers and writers predated Radway’s ethnographic work, but its ripples took almost a decade to hit the shoreline. Often citing Jameson