the aims of studying

literature
1. Level up
from comprehension
to appreciation
1. Level-up
× Deeply immense oneself with
challenging and high quality text
× Invite oneself to examine the deep
structures of a piece of text
× Form a habit of engaging with a
complex piece of text independently

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2. Innovate
By thinking outside the
box and maximizing
technology
2. Innovate
× Connect to one’s own proximal
context
× Acquire close reading as a life skill
× Develop multicultural literacies

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 3. Test
Creativity objectively
and flexibly
what is literature
The
Purpose
To make a point about
human life and society

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The
Function
To invent,
To ‘defamiliarize’

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To invent
× Literature is a work of the
imagination.
× It may use, be inspired by, or rely on
facts—things that really existed, but
NOT bound by them.
× It can be beyond what is familiar,
contemporary, historically proven, or
physically possible. 10
To invent
× These are all highly imaginative
undertakings seeming to depart from
everyday reality.
× YET, they bring us back to who, what,
and where we are as humans and as
persons.

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To defamiliarize
× Defamiliarization – the act of looking
at common objects and situations
afresh, because they are presented to
us differently, enabling us to
recognize the essence of things.
× It is the great PARADOX of fiction that
leads us to fundamental truths about
ourselves and our lives.
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 “
Fact is
stranger than
fiction.
- Mark Twain

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 “
Literature, at
times, seems
to be more
sensible than
reality.

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The Sense
Intuited, not imposed,
not obvious

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 “
It accumulates,
grows, coheres,
and even at the
end of the story
may not be
apparent.

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 The difference
between journalism
and literature
× Journalism × Literature
× Direct to the × Indirectly,
point unobvious
× Giving × Concrete and
abstractions and specific details,
generalizations does not
× Formal, conclude
impersonal × Impressionist
× No reason for × Ambiguous,
ambiguity open-ended

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The Process
and Product
To make sense of things,
To put a puzzle together,
To solve a mystery
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 “
When we make
sense of
literature, we
also make sense
of the bits and
parcels of our
lives.

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 “
When we put the
puzzle pieces of
literature together,
we somehow
reframe the pieces
of our lives into
their proper places.

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 “
“In literature,
the process is
every bit as
important as
the product.”

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The Service
The reaffirmation of some
fundamental truths

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 “
It does by challenging
our most basic
assumptions and
beliefs about
ourselves, ideas
having to do with our
identity, our family,
nation, and faith.

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The
Language
Metaphor

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Metaphor
× It is investing a plain and
unremarkable object with qualities
the writer sees in one’s mind’s eye.
× Literature thrives on
multiplicity/multi-level meanings.
× Analogies and symbolisms
× Figures of speech
■ All figures of speech is a form
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The Goal
catharsis, pleasure, discovery

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The Sense
× A sense of a story’s merit depends on
these:
× The recognition of the familiar
× The establishment of the connection
between the stranger in the story and
our deepest selves
× That connection can be painful and yet
pleasurable, making us feel rewarded.

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Catharsis
× It is the experience or feeling of
spiritual release and purification
brought about by an intense
emotional experience.
× Literature offers the prospect of
discovery, of stumbling upon
something new.
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 “
Literature works like
a mirror by letting us
see the worst of life,
the realities that
haunt and terrify us,
from a distance,
reflected in the lives
of imaginary
characters caught in
situations we can
relate to.

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The
Location
Universal social contexts /
environments

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Concluding
remarks
× Literature makes sense of life in a
way that even reality itself can’t or
doesn’t.
× It gives us a measure of control over
our lives and thoughts.
It magnifies and carries us beyond
our particular place and time.
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Elements of a narrative
× Plot
× Plot structure
× Characters
× Round or flat characters
× Setting and Atmosphere
× Historical context, tone and mood
× Conflicts
× Five kinds of conflict
× Symbolisms
× Literal and figurative language
× Themes and motifs
× Universal, overarching and pervading themes
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literature!

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