LITERATURE

By: Joel Nicser Ysmael

Literature
• Provide insights and intellectual
stimulation to the readers about
people and their world.
• Discovering literature is
discovering languages the
works of imagination,
aesthetics and creative
writing.
• Particular culture that
concretizes man's array of
values, emotions, actions and
ideas.
 Literary Standards
Universality

Literature appeals to
everyone, regardless of
culture, race, sex, and
time which are all
considered significant.
Artistry

Literature has an
aesthetic appeal and
thus possesses a
sense of beauty.

A quality which appeals

to our sense of beauty.
 Intellectual Value

It stimulate critical
thinking that enriches
mental processes of
abstract and reasoning,
making man realize the
fundamental of truths
of life and its nature.
Suggestiveness

It unravels man’s emotional power to

define symbolism, nuances, implied
meanings, images and messages, giving
and evoking visions above and beyond
the plane of ordinary life and experience.
Spiritual Value

Literature elevates the

spirit and the soul and
thus has the power to
motivate and to
inspire.
 Permanence

Literature endures across time and draws

out the time factor:
Timeliness – occurring at a particular time.

Timelessness – remaining invariable

throughout time.
Style

Literature presents
peculiar ways on how
man sees life as
evidence by the
formation of his ideas,
form, structures, and
expressions which are
marked by their
memorable substance.
 LITERARY MODELS
The study of literature appeals in
different aspects and importance.

• Cultural Model
• Language Model
• Personal Growth Model
Cultural Model

Literature aims to
understand and
appreciate cultures and
ideologies different
from one’s own in time
and space.
Language Model

Literature aims to
promote language
development like
vocabulary and
structure.
Personal Growth Model

Literature aims to help

one achieve lasting
pleasure and deep
satisfaction in reading.