1. Introduction to literature
Reading Literature
Introduction to literature

2. What Is Literature?
Reading literature

3. What Is Literature?
Literature is a collective term for writings and texts that define a culture.
Works of literature give a firmer understanding of a culture’s history, beliefs, and values.

4. What Is Literature? Types of literary writing:
Myths, Folklore, Fairy Tales, and Fables
Fiction
Novels
Short Stories
Non-Fiction
Essays
Biography / Autobiography

5. What Is Literature? Types of Literary Writing (cont’d): Poetry Plays
And there are others!

6. What Is Literature?
What is not literature? Who decides?

7. How To Read Literature
Reading literature

8. How To Read Literature
When you read literature, you want to do a close reading.
Close reading is reading on a deeper level; looking for things beneath the surface
Literature should never be read purely at face value

9. How To Read Literature Things to look for while reading literature:
Symbolism
Metaphor
Allegory
Characterization
Setting
Language

10. How To Read Literature
When reading literature, you should constantly be thinking, questioning, and analyzing
Let reading be a conversation between you and the text