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  1. The meaning of LITERATURE is writings in prose or verse; especially : writings having excellence of form or expression and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest. How to use literature in a sentence.

  2. Literature is a method of recording, preserving, and transmitting knowledge and entertainment, and can also have a social, psychological, spiritual, or political role.”. This definition is well-suited for our purposes here because throughout this course, we will be considering several types of literary texts in a variety of contexts.

  3. 1. a quality of invention or inventiveness in the text itself; 2. the reader’s sense that what they are reading is singular. In other words, the unique vision of the writer herself. 3. a sense of ‘otherness’ that pushes the reader to see the world around them in a new way. Notice that nowhere in this three-part definition is there any ...

  4. Or “fiction” is what living people write and is about the present. “Literature” was written by people (often white males) who have since died and is about times and places that have nothing to do with us. Or “fiction” offers everyday pleasures, but “literature” is to be honored and respected, even though it is boring.

  5. 2 de sept. de 2009 · Literature (from the Latin Littera meaning 'letters' and referring to an acquaintance with the written word) is the written work of a specific culture, sub-culture, religion, philosophy or the study of such written work which may appear in poetry or in prose. Literature, in the west, originated in the southern Mesopotamia region of Sumer (c. 3200) in the city of Uruk and flourished in Egypt ...

  6. Literature - Creative Writing, Genres, Forms: If the early Egyptians or Sumerians had critical theories about the writing of literature, these have not survived. From the time of Classical Greece until the present day, however, Western criticism has been dominated by two opposing theories of the literary art, which might conveniently be called the expressive and constructive theories of ...

  7. One of the primary goals of this course is to develop an understanding of the importance of literature as a vital source of cultural knowledge in everyday life. Literature is often viewed as a collection of made-up stories, designed to entertain us, to amuse us, or to simply provide us with an escape from the “real” world.