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    Literature plays a vital role in nearly every aspect of life. The importance of literature to the Christian worldview is immeasurable. Commonly defined as written works that have superior or artistic merit, literature has been a part of our world since creation. In the first book of the Bible we are introduced to the story of Creation. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth. The Earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was

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    Literature and Other Arts

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    It has always been highlighten the kinship between literature and other types of art. Described, a play in drama, while read, a play is literature. Many adaptations on screen are based upon literature, mostly novels, even if, the majority of great plays were already filmed by which, it stimulated the growing process in a young individual. In prsent day, the requirements in writing a film has affected many writers in their style and structure of the novel. Most of modern fiction is written with the

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    possess. The written word has the ability to convey messages from one person’s thoughts to another’s. In doing so, each person reads the work with their own theory of mind, giving them an experience specific to them. The individual interpretations of literature make it so that universally one can relate to characters, thus allowing people to connect and care. Whether it be an adopted child who hears a voice or a man who wants to prove something to himself, characterization of realistic people in unrealistic

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    Looking back at the amount of writing I’ve done for AP Literature, I can see growth in my understanding of poetry and of literature. There are skills and concepts that I need to focus on and refine as I continue on through the class, but I am confident in the abilities that I have picked up so far. AP Literature has changed the way I analyze works of literature by widening the amount of ‘tools’ I have to interpret the work and my ability to clearly explain my interpretations. I have learned new

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    Among the oral literature properties is being a committed literature that doesn't know the logic of art for art's sake neither the expression of emotions and individual selfishness, in this process Liz Gunner an American professor and anthropologist says in her article Africa and Orality that; “orality was the means by which Africa made its existence and its history long before the colonial and imperial presence of the West manifested itself. In this sense, orality needs to be seen not simply as

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    We dwell in a world that generates literature, but have you ever considered how idle humankind would be without it? Stories shape our lives and are consistent in every activity one carries out. Whether it is watching T.V., speaking on the phone, or even aiding a customer at work, each encounter a person has consists of some type of storytelling and there is always a unique perspective being told. It has been this way for many, many years. However, as society advances, so do our methods of storytelling

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    Puritan and Neoclassical Literature Since well before the United States became its own independent nation, the people of this land have worked to develop a purely unique identity. Part of the structure of this identity has been developed through the literature of American authors. When the Puritans came to the New World, they led a life that was focused on their religious beliefs. Through the course of time, the people of the British colonies developed an identity apart from both the homeland of

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    TWO ASPECTS OF LITERARY STUDY. Such a study of Literature as that for which the present book is designed includes two purposes, contributing to a common end. In the first place (I), the student must gain some general knowledge of the conditions out of which English literature has come into being, as a whole and during its successive periods, that is of the external facts of one sort or another without which it cannot be understood. This means chiefly (1) tracing in a general way, from period to period

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    American literature is the literature written or produced in the area of the United States and its receding colonies. American literature as a whole is the written literary work, and the new England colonies were the center of early American literature. American drama attained international status only in the 1920s and 1930s, with the works of Eugene O’Neil, who won four Pulitzer prizes and the Noble prize. During the Middle of the 20th century, American drama was dominated by the works of eminent

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    Christina Gao P.2 Francine Prose Argument Literature is studied throughout most grades, from high school to college. Teachers have different ways of exposing their students to the curriculum. Literature should be used as a way for students to be able to personalize and create connections with the piece of work. Stories, whether fiction or nonfiction, can teach us values about ourselves. In The Outsiders, Ponyboy is an average fourteen-year-old. He lives in a dangerous area of the city where

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