Literature and

The Joys of
Reading
Reading is a Joy
 Reading is 
Information
Reading
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 Is joy
 Excites

 Enlightens the mind

 Generates new ideas

 Opens new dimensions

 Enriches the thought process

We read….
The Written Word
Classification
 Fiction
works of imagination
novels, short-stories, essays, thrillers, occult,
science-fiction, fantasy,

 Non-fiction
based on reality, but may or may not be
entirely accurate
Types of the Written Word
 Poetry and Prose
 Stories: True / Fantasy
 Biographies and Auto-biographies
 Historical accounts
 Text-books
 Self-help books
 Science, Philosophy and other specialized books
 Encyclopedias
 Letters, Essays, Articles, Papers, Reports
 Jokes, Riddles, Quizzes, Mind-bogglers
 Newspapers, magazines , pamphlets, billboards, etc
 Emails and other online communication!
English Literature
 Prose  Poetry

 Chaucer  Milton
 Shakespeare  Byron

 Enid Blyton  Pope

 Hans Christian  Gray

Anderson  Keats
 H. G. Wells  Kipling
 Agatha Christie  Wordswoth
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Urdu Literature
 Prose  Poetry

 Pitras Bukhari  Mir Taqi Mir

 Deputy Nazeer  Ghalib
Ahmed  Allama Iqbal
 Aleem ul Haq Haqqi  Ibn-e-Insha
 Mazhar Kaleem  Faiz Ahmed Faiz
 Saadat Hasan Manto  Faraz
 Fatima Suraiya Bajia  Sufi Tabassum
 Anwar Maqsood

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Effective Reading Tips for Students
 Previewing: Look “around” the text before you
start reading.
 Annotating: “Dialogue” with yourself, the
author, and the issues and ideas at stake.
 Outline, summarize, analyze: take the
information apart, look at its parts, and then
try to put it back together again in language
that is meaningful to you.
 Look for repetitions and patterns.

 Contextualize: After you’ve finished reading,

put the reading in perspective.
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Libraries Chinguetti , Mauritania 13th
Century
Comparison with Advanced nations
Statistics
COUNTRY RESEARCH SCIENTISTS ARTICLES WITH 40 OR NUMBER OF
MORE CITATIONS FREQUENTLY CITED
United States 466,211 10,481 PAPERS
42.99 PER MILLION
PEOPLE
India 29,509 31 0.04

Australia 24,963 280 17.23

Switzerland 17,028 523 79.90

China 15,558 31 0.03

Israel 11,617 169 36.63

Egypt 3,782 1 0.02

Republic of Korea 2,255 5 0.12

Saudi Arabia 1,915 1 0.07

Kuwait 884 1 0.53

Algeria 362 1 0.01

Movies: an alternative to reading
Great works have been adapted for the silver-
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screen and they are a treat to watch:

 The Odyssey

 Castaway

 Gone with the Wind

 Roots

 Jurassic Park
Sacred Duty
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1 Read: In the name of thy Lord Who
createth,
2 Createth man from a clot.
3 Read: And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous,
4 Who teacheth by the
pen,
5 Teacheth man that
which he knew not.
 …..The Holy Quran: Ch 96, translation by M.
Pickthall