Literary Appreciation

and Valuing in/of Prose

Prepared by: Merry Joi D. Caabas
& Milky A. Caňizares
 KNOWLEDGE ACTIVATORS

1. Who is him?
a.Geoffrey
Chaucer
b.William
Shakespeare
c.Mark Twain
 William Shakespeare
Fact: All of the roles in Shakespeare’s
plays were originally acted by men and
boys. In England at that time, it wasn’t
proper for females to appear on stage.
1. Who is her?
a.Cinderella
b.Aurora
c.Snow White
 Aurora
Fact: In the original story, Sleeping
beauty was raped by the prince and
gave birth to 2 children. She woke
up when a kid sucked on her finger.
Fact: The first novel
ever written on a
typewriter was Tom
Sawyer.
 Fact: Lewis Carroll’s
book ‘Alice in
Wonderland’ was banned
in China as the book
suggests animals can
talk and write just
like humans, which
according to the
governor of Hunan,
China is “disastrous”.
Fact: The sentence “The quick brown
fox jumps over the lazy dog.” uses
every letter in the alphabet.
Ogenlewe (2006) posits that ‘literary
appreciation refers to the evaluation of works of
imaginative literature as an intellectual or
academic exercise.’
Nilsen and Donelson (2005) further
determined that a main goal of
teaching literature is to elicit a
response from students so they can
explore their own lives and improve
their logical thinking skills.
Therefore, the key to developing
appreciation for reading is first
selecting appropriate adolescent
literature in which students can
identify and make connections. This
can foster love for reading and
improve their language arts skills as
well.
According to Donelson and Nilsen (2009), literary
appreciation occurs in seven stages.

Level 1: Understanding that Pleasure and Profit

Come from Literature (literary appreciation is a social
experience – Ages 0 to 5)
Level 2: Learning to Read (literacy is developed – Ages 6
to 8)
Level 3: Losing Oneself in a Story (reading becomes a
means of escaping – Ages 9 to 11)
Level 4: Finding Oneself in a Story (discovering identity –
Ages 12 to 14)
Level 5: Venturing Beyond Self (‘going beyond me’,
j

assessing the world around them – Ages 15 to 18)

Level 6: Reading Widely (reads widely and discusses
experiences with peers – Ages 18 to death)
Level 7: Aesthetic Appreciation (avid reader, appreciates
the artistic value of reading – Ages 18 to death)
Literary appreciation is a lifelong process.
Thank you!
References:

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