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Lifelong Learning Intuitive Insight ( realization) Theatre of Life Enriching Education Radical richness
Artistry of form and language /described : Philosophical choice of word Truth in the telling
Undeniably pleasurable Rapturous appreciation Epiphany in experience

* Literature

* an art whose medium is language used to affect the imagination. * words themselves can evoke a response even when they are spoken independently of a grammatical setting such as a sentence. * Fiction writers & poets share many of the techniques of literature because their effects depend or universal language art. * points up it’s relationship to other serial arts such as music, dance,& film ( Humanities) * Happens in time * In order to receive it, we must be aware of what is happening now,remember what happened before anticipate what is to come.

* A Work of Literature

* A construction of separable elements like a structure. * The details of the scene , character or event/group of symbols can be conceived of as the bricks in the wall of literary structure. * If we miss one detail of the story,it would be incomplete comprehension for the readers. * The most important reason why we study literature is not about “what” but “How”.(Literature statement should be beyond peripheral)

* Theme

* Main idea of literary work is usually a structural decision,comparable to an architectural decisions. * consistency of the chosen theme/ex:”Native”/Filipino

* Literary Terms

1. Symbol 2. Simile 3.Metaphor 4.Images 5.Diction 6.Denotation/Connotation

* Literary Genres

* are determined by literary technique, tone content & by critics’ definitions of the genres * a category , type or class Literature

1. Allegory : A narrative w/c litetal meaning corresponds clearly &