Definition: What is literature? Why do we read it? Why is literature important?
Literature is a term used to describe written or spoken material. Broadly speaking, "literature" is used to describe anything from creative writing to more technical or scientific works, but the term is most commonly used to refer to works of the creative imagination, including works of poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction.
Why do we read literature?
Literature represents a language or a people: culture and tradition. But, literature is more important than just a historical or cultural artifact. Literature introduces us to new worlds of experience. We learn about books and literature; we enjoy the comedies and the tragedies of poems, stories, and plays; and we may even grow and evolve through our literary journey with books.
Examine this link that opens up pages of classic literary work in English:
CLASSIC SHORT STORIES One of the best ways of improving your English is to read the language. This part of our site includes complete short stories by some of the very best classic writers. All stories are complete and unabridged. Read them online or print them off and read them in bed! One new story is added to our site every month. All stories are in the public domain and now copyright free. If you're looking for a larger range of free classic English literature online...
Take a look at this link too ; it provides a glossary of the most important words in literature : http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/literaryterms/Literary_Terms.htm * I have just uploaded the class work handled today. The highlighted parts are to be e-mailed to me by the groups;so it can be reviewed and edited as previously agreed.
There is also as assigned part for translation: Eng>Ar as wlell as Ar > Eng Due date: Next Sat.
Best Wishes.============================================================================================
|| What Is Literature? ما الأدب? كل جديد
الجمعة8/2/2008
حكمت فاكه Since the dawn of civilization, many men and women have felt a vital need to communicate their thoughts and feelings to a wider world beyond their immediate circle of family, friends and acquaintances. Thanks to the invention of writing and printing, they have been able to hand down to successive generations a priceless treasury of manuscripts and books.
Literature is generally taken to mean those pieces of writing which despite the passing of years even of the centuries, still inspire admiration, reflection and emotion in readers.
Poems, plays, novels and short stories in a given language that have stood the test of time collectively make up a national literature.
This does not mean, however, that only older works can be called literature. Today, millions of books are produced every year, but only some of them find their way into literary magazines or into the literary of newspapers..
في هذه الحالات, النقاد وحدهم, وليس الزمن, هم من يقر ما يمكن اعتباره أو لا يمكن اعتباره أدباً. قضية تقررها أجيال المستقبل.
فمن المستحيل صياغة تعريف شامل وكلي ومنجز للأدب لأن الأدب لا يكون جامداً أو متحجراً.
فالمؤلفون وأساليب وأنواع الكتابة نالت الاستحسان والاعجاب عبر التاريخ.
وحتى هذه الأيام, تحتدم السجالات فيما إذا كانت أشكال النثر الشعبية كالقصص البوليسية يجب أن تعد صنفاً أدبياً. =========================================================================== ||
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Definition: What is literature? Why do we read it? Why is literature important?
Literature is a term used to describe written or spoken material. Broadly speaking, "literature" is used to describe anything from creative writing to more technical or scientific works, but the term is most commonly used to refer to works of the creative imagination, including works of poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction.
Why do we read literature?
Literature represents a language or a people: culture and tradition. But, literature is more important than just a historical or cultural artifact. Literature introduces us to new worlds of experience. We learn about books and literature; we enjoy the comedies and the tragedies of poems, stories, and plays; and we may even grow and evolve through our literary journey with books.
- Examine this link that opens up pages of classic literary work in English:
http://www.world-english.org/stories.htmCLASSIC SHORT STORIES
One of the best ways of improving your English is to read the language. This part of our site includes complete short stories by some of the very best classic writers. All stories are complete and unabridged. Read them online or print them off and read them in bed! One new story is added to our site every month. All stories are in the public domain and now copyright free. If you're looking for a larger range of free classic English literature online...
Take a look at this link too ; it provides a glossary of the most important words in literature :
http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/literaryterms/Literary_Terms.htm
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I have just uploaded the class work handled today.
The highlighted parts are to be e-mailed to me by the groups;so it can be reviewed and edited as previously agreed.
There is also as assigned part for translation: Eng>Ar as wlell as Ar > Eng
Due date: Next Sat.
Best Wishes.============================================================================================
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What Is Literature? ما الأدب?
كل جديد
الجمعة8/2/2008
حكمت فاكه
Since the dawn of civilization, many men and women have felt a vital need to communicate their thoughts and feelings to a wider world beyond their immediate circle of family, friends and acquaintances. Thanks to the invention of writing and printing, they have been able to hand down to successive generations a priceless treasury of manuscripts and books.
Literature is generally taken to mean those pieces of writing which despite the passing of years even of the centuries, still inspire admiration, reflection and emotion in readers.
Poems, plays, novels and short stories in a given language that have stood the test of time collectively make up a national literature.
This does not mean, however, that only older works can be called literature. Today, millions of books are produced every year, but only some of them find their way into literary magazines or into the literary of newspapers..
في هذه الحالات, النقاد وحدهم, وليس الزمن, هم من يقر ما يمكن اعتباره أو لا يمكن اعتباره أدباً. قضية تقررها أجيال المستقبل.
فمن المستحيل صياغة تعريف شامل وكلي ومنجز للأدب لأن الأدب لا يكون جامداً أو متحجراً.
فالمؤلفون وأساليب وأنواع الكتابة نالت الاستحسان والاعجاب عبر التاريخ.
وحتى هذه الأيام, تحتدم السجالات فيما إذا كانت أشكال النثر الشعبية كالقصص البوليسية يجب أن تعد صنفاً أدبياً.
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