Running Head: LITERATURE COURSE REFLECTION 1

Literature Course Reflection;

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Literature Course Reflection

From my study of this course, I've had an opportunity to learn many things regarding

Literature and their application to the real world. So many concepts have been introduced, for

instance how to find themes and traits of characters from a text. Some ideas were difficult to

understand and therefore required a second book for analysis (Gao, 2018). One thing became

apparent in my study; I changed my perception of literature books.

I was particularly interested in understanding the themes and characterization of texts. I

went forward and found more interesting ancient literature books, for example, the "Caucasian

chalk circle" by Bertolt Brecht that was primarily in German but translated to English. I also

manage to read several other books while analyzing literacy features particular books.

One thing that I can mention about the majority of the texts I encountered is that all the

authors incorporated their cultural backgrounds to their work (Jamil & Hamre, 2018). Most of

the authors used symbols that required you to do further analysis to understand them. Some of

the authors created mental pictures in their writing that you could emotionally connect to as you

read them. This opened my eyes, and I could see my surroundings from their perspective.

In the "Caucasian Chalk Circle," Brecht discusses the implications of the war on society

and class differences in ancient times. Brecht promotes selflessness in his book by describing the

kind of sacrifices the main character makes for a child that is not her own. It is fascinating to see

good virtues triumphing over vices as the main character gets a reward at the end of the story.

Learning Literature is a critical step toward understanding the society better. Other than

understanding its concepts, Literature exposes you to the world issues that were there in the past

and their implications to the current world.

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References;

Gao, L. (2018, October). Reflection on the Teaching Practice of British and American Literature-

A Case Study of Sichuan Minzu College. In 2018 International Conference on Education,

Economics and Social Science (ICEESS 2018). Atlantis Press.

Jamil, F. M., & Hamre, B. K. (2018). Teacher reflection in the context of an online professional

development course: Applying principles of cognitive science to promote teacher

learning. Action in Teacher Education, 40(2), 220-236.