Literature & Life

literature and life

1. Literature   And Life

2. Presented to: Mutehara Sher Jang Presented by : Zeenat Rehman Ayesha Afzal Mehwish Anwar Afzaal Ahmad

3. Literature is important in everyday life because it connects individuals with larger truths and ideas in a society. Literature creates a way for people to record their thoughts and experiences in a way that is accessible to others, through fictionalized accounts of the experience . Literature  

4. Conti.. “Poetry as a mere imitation of life” (Plato) According to him true reality consists in the ideas of things and individual objects are only the reflections and imitations . Painting The poet derives an inspiration from the world by power of his imagination, the art of poetry then imitates this imaginative inspiration in language. (Aristotle )

5. Conti .. The poet does not imitate, but creates, it is reader who imitates what the poet creates. Taking his material from the actual world, a poet creates an ideal world by means of imagination . (Sir Philip Sidney) Imaginative Literature gives us “just and lively” image of human nature by representing its “passion and humors.” (Dryden)

6. How does literature affect people? Literature affects people by teaching them, entertaining them and inspiring them to take action in life. According to Gulf News, literature has "shaped civilizations , changed political systems and exposed injustice." Literature also helps people understand other walks of life. Narratives, in particular, inspire empathy and give people a new perspective on their lives and the lives of others

7. Reading literature is rewarding in so many ways. For instance, it helps people understand the nature of society. Historic literature helps people understand what life was like in the past, and dystopian literature warns people of what life could be like in the future if bad habits are continued. Utopian literature inspires people to picture what life could be in a perfect society. Some literature inspires emotion. Love poems are a timeless way for people to express romantic, platonic, maternal and other forms of love. Conti..

8. Literature about social injustice inspires anger and encourages action for change. Religious literature helps people find and nurture faith. All literature helps people expand their minds. Literature also affects people by offering them a way to express themselves through writing and reading. According to The Guardian, reading for therapy is an age-old practice now known as "bibliotherapy.“ Conti..

9. Importance of Literature in Life.. Literature is important for many reasons, including its ability to provide pleasure to readers, to help build experience, to help readers empathize with others and to develop thinking skills. While literature's educational importance is often downplayed in favor of business and technical education, the study of books offers many positive benefits to readers.

10. Reading literature is a pleasurable, entertaining activity that offers readers the potential to escape from the troubles of daily life. Above all else, literature survives because of its capacity to entertain readers. Literature also has the power to provoke thought in readers, making it a leisure activity that is also intellectually productive. Conti..

11. A story can expose readers to different places, time periods, viewpoints and cultures. Readers can gain experiences through literature they would never have access to in ordinary life. Literature's ability to capture the imagination and depict the lives of others also increases readers' ability to empathize with others. Conti..

12. Finally, literature helps develop critical-thinking skills. Readings and discussions of literature force readers to make reasoned judgments about character motivations, cause and effect, critical analysis of plot and more. Conti..

13. Benefits of Literature First, reading quality books helps us learn to  receive  literature, not simply  use  it. Those who "use" literature function more as consumers and, as a result, often fail to appreciate its artistic merits or the ideas developed in the work. They usually only read a book once, thus missing out on the joys of receiving literature by appreciating it in more depth and wanting to read a great book more than once.

14. Conti.. Second, literature-rich homeschooling helps children become acquainted with the great conversation of ideas. Throughout the centuries recurring themes that define our humanity appear in literature--love, justice, redemption, the meaning of life, and more. By reading literature that explores these important themes we can participate in the great conversation of ideas that stretches back through human history.

15. Conti.. Third, in reading great literature we can in a sense see through the eyes of others, thereby expanding our horizons and our understanding. As C.S. Lewis put it in  An Experiment in Criticism , "We want to be more than ourselves ... We want to see with other eyes, to imagine with other imaginations, to feel with other hearts, as well as with our own ... in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself." There's a world of ideas to explore and literature can take us on a guided tour of these insights .

16. Conti.. Fourth, we are made to think and feel deeply, and literature can help us develop not only our intellect, but our emotions. It appeals to our entire being, especially when we are immersed in a good story with characters we care about .

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