LITERATURE
To Ponder
• What according to you is literature?
• Harry potter, Charlie and the chocolate factory, Percy Jackson,
Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography, Tagore’s Gitanjali etc. which one
would you classify as literature- read a few lines from each of the
above.
• Who decides if something is a piece of literature?
• How will I know about the new writings which are classified as part of
literature?
What is Literature?
• Literature to some is artistic form of writing.
• To some it means the beauty of expression.
• To some literature shows us what happened in a particular era• So how is it different from history or is it same as history.
• To some it means the art of written work.
Why we need Literature?
• Read for pleasure
• Read for fun.
• Literature helps to know about the customs, beliefs, thoughts,
customs of different ages.
Forms and technique of Literature?
• FORMS
1. Fiction
2. Non- Fiction
• TECHINIQUE
1.
2.
3.
4.
Poetry
Prose
Drama
Etc.
Elements of Literature
• Theme-The main idea/what author wants to convey.
• Plot-What happens and why
• Settings- As the name suggest-where, when , how etc.
• Characters- We all know about this.
• Style- of the language-old, easy, difficult etc.
• Symbols- Represents ideas or things.
Elements of Literature
• Theme-The main idea/what author wants to convey.
• Plot-What happens and why
• Settings- As the name suggest-where, when , how etc.
• Characters- We all know about this.
• Style- of the language-old, easy, difficult etc.
• Symbols- Represents ideas or things.
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