(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit
(Compact Oxford English Dictionary)
Choose from the following forms of writing what can be counted as literature: □ news report □ novel □ research paper □ diary □ poem □ letter
How do you make the choice? (What makes you treat something
importance, while the once-honored standards such as grace of style and originality of expression have been downgraded.
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as literature while dismissing others as non-literature? )
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What is literature?
Hale Waihona Puke Many college professors, upholding a traditional standard of literary quality, believe that students should read works whose artistic merit has been established over the years. However, some have begun to question the very notion of literary quality and the notion of what is literature.
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Literature as defined in dictionaries
stories, poems and plays, especially those that are considered to have value as art and not just entertainment (MacMillan Dictionary)
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Literature as defined in dictionaries
written artistic works, especially those with a high and lasting artistic value
writings in prose or verse; especially writings having excellence of form or expression and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest
(Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition)
Text A
Classroom activities
The Scope and Content of Literature
Do Task 1 Critical Reading and Thinking P7
Summarize Text A on the basis of your answers to Task 1 Critical Reading and Thinking P7 Scope of literature Content of literature
学术英语 人文
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• Lead-in • Text A • Text B • Text C • Academic Language and Discourse • Listening • Speaking • Writing
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Activities
What is literature?
There have been an increasing number of studies of writers mainly for what they have to say rather than how well they say it.
The historical and social impact of works is gaining
Work in pairs to compare your answers to the questions in Task 2 Critical Reading and Thinking P8
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• Text A
The Scope and Content of Literature
– Classroom activities – Supplementary information – Suggested answer key
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