Introduction to Literature What is literature? Class 2.

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Introduction to Literature What is literature? Class 2

Definition  vague  etymology  cultural and historical phenomenon  conditions of production and reception

 oral origins  bard, minstrel  Audio dimension of modern literature?

 Visual dimensions of literature – any?  drama union between spoken and written expressions  film

 literary history vs. poetics  genre

3 kinds  epic – drama - poetry

Sources  primary vs. secondary

Distinguishing features of literary works  Enormous variety of literary forms, styles, variations and examples  Impossible to find common (connecting features in such richness)

Historical evolution of “literature”  Before 1800  LITERATURE = PRINTED / WRITTEN TEXT  Literature: speeches, sermons, history, philosophy...  Examples of best application / use of a given language.  Before 1800  LITERATURE = PRINTED / WRITTEN TEXT  Literature: speeches, sermons, history, philosophy...  Examples of best application / use of a given language.

Literature as imaginateve writing  German Romanticism (18th /19th century)  Work of imagination

Literature as a weed

Context  Types of context  Author  Text  Time  Place  Reader

A special kind of attention  Text elicits special kind of attention  Something suggests it is not ordinary use of language (no ordinary act of communication).  How you can suggest that.  In a special place  Text arranged in a special way (graphically or through articulation)

Aspects of literature 1. Part of a long historiacl tradition (institution). 2. Special use of language. 3. Form of expressing ideas: rallying, opposing, contesting, advancing etc.