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Approaches To Using Literature
Approaches To Using Literature
Approaches To Using Literature
Literature
in the classroom
Definition
Literature means those novels, short stories, plays
and poems which convey their message by paying
considerable attention to language which is rich and
multilayered.
3 basic approaches
1. a language-based approach
2. a content-based approach
enrichment
1. A language-based approach
material is chosen for the way it illustrates certain stylistic
features of the language but also for its literary merit
Handout 1: Activities
Stylistics in the
classroom
Stylistics is part of a language-based approach
to using literature.
Stylistics, which involves a close study of the
literary text itself, has two main objectives: