Matakuliah : G0302/Introduction to Literature
Tahun
: 2007
Introduction
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Poetry
• What is poetry?
-It is a kind of language that says more and says it more
intensely than does ordinary language.
-Poetry is universal and ancient.
- a means of allowing us, through the imagination, to live
more fully, more deeply, more richly, and with greater
awareness.
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Approaches to poetry
• We can avoid two mistaken approaches to poetry if we
keep this conception of literature firmly in mind. The first
approach always looks for a lesson or a bit of moral
instruction. The second expects to find poetry always
beautiful.
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Denotation
• Dictionary meaning or meanings of the word.
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Connotation
• The connotations are what it suggests beyond what it
expresses: its overtones of meaning. It acquires these
connotations from its past history and associations, from
the way and the circumstances in which it has been
used.
• Connotation is very important in poetry, for it is one of
the means by which the poet can concentrate or enrich
meaning—say more in fewer words.
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Imagery
• Imagery may be defined as the representation through
language of sense experience. Poetry appeals directly to
our senses, of course, through its music and rhythms,
which we actually hear when it is read aloud.
• Indirectly it appeals to our senses through imagery, the
representation of the imagination of sense experience.
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Imagery
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1. auditory imagery (a sound)
2. olfactory imagery (a smell)
3. gustatory imagery (a taste)
4. tactile imagery (touch)
5. organic imagery (an internal sensation)
6. kinesthetic imagery (movement)
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