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هذه محاضرة نقلتها من منتدى يهتم بالانجليزية، وهي محاضرة لأستاذ بجامعة بسكرة.
INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE
Introduction
Literature has played great roles in the preservation of the culture and national identity of many nations in the world.Foreign ******** learners need to take literature courses for more reasons than one.Actually the more you read literature the more you fel you are a human .Oftentimes literature can composite for the scante chance of visiting the country of the ******** being studied.
In this lecture we intend to answer three main questions .This is done on the premise that the more you know what is meant by literature and its impact on us the more you are motivated to study literature .
What is literature
Liturature derives from the latin word **littera**which is taken to mean and individual written character (i.e.; letter ) .Broadly speaking the term has to identity a collection of written texts it also refers to a collection of stories poems and plays that revolve Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary defines literature as the body of writings that are valued as works of arts especially fiction drama and poetry (as constrasted with technical books and journalism ) dictionary is even more precise in its definition which is couched in the following statement works that are archived through oral or written means and which are considrerd both informal and esthetic as well as ideological or cultural.
What is the role of literature ?
Our modern times are characterized by three main features : evolution ,instability and the changing of values.Literature tries therefore to mirror these incessante
Developments to remind us for our humanity as well as of our very existence .It is related ti the life that we lead and struggle with .It will then help us understand what goes around us and will eventually urge us to bring the necessary reforms .
Literature struggles to improve man’s social life to bring psychological appeasement to this troubled mind and to establish justice and freedomin a world of ruthless competition may be .
As far as individuals are concerned literature can be quite handy .Linguistically literature can help them master vocabulary grammar and the four skills(listening reading speaking and writing ) culturally literature can assist them understand the native speakers’ culture and compare it to their own .Esthetically ,literature can develop individuals’ reflection and mature judgment .
What is the role of the writers ?
The writer is someone who has some problem with his society .What he produces is actually the fussion of his subjective life (his frame of mind beliefs psychological make –up and educational background .etc………….)
And the objective life (what surrounds him :history ,traditions religion……) the good writer is the one who can infiltratehis society and go deep into it depict ruthless phenomena such as war ,poverty ,corruption ,injustice ,and materialism ,etc….serious writers answer three main questions: Why are these phenomena around ? Why is life so? And what can be done