WHAT IS
INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE?
According to some experts, literature is
defined:
Gyasi (1973) defines it in its broad sense as
"anything that is written",
Rees (1973) sees it in the narrow sense of "writing
which expresses and communicates thought, feelings and attitudes towards life".
Moody (1987) writes that literature springs from our
inborn love of telling a story, of arranging words in pleasing patterns, of
expressing in words some special aspects of our human experience.
E.M. Forster
"What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man
who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote."
Henry van
Dyke “Literature consists of those writing
which interpret the meanings of nature and life, in words of charm and power,
touched with the personality of the author, in artistic forms of permanent
interest.”
Klarer
(2004:1) says that in most cases, literature
is referred to as the entirety of written expression, with the restriction that
not every written document can be categorized as literature in the more exact
sense of the word.
Wellek and
Warren (1963:22) also state that
the term literature seems best if we limit it to the art of literature, that
is, to imaginative literature. Literature is also produced by imagination of
the author. Literature is not just a document of facts, it is not just the
collection of real events though it may happen in the real life. Literature can
create its own world as a product of the unlimited imagination.
Salman Rushdie "Literature is where I go to explore the
highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I
hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale, of the imagination
and of the heart."
Boulton
(1980) defines literature from a functional
perspective as the imaginative work that gives us R’s: recreation, recognition,
revelation and redemption.
Rees (1973), after describing what he regarded as
literature, summed up that literature is a permanent expression in words of
some thoughts or feelings in ideas about life and the world.
In my
opinion, literature is a form of someone's imagination
works against what they felt by pouring through writing. that has inner beauty,
such as prose, poetry, drama. The third things contains the elements to enjoy
life to produce various works of art and to entertaining people.
Literature is
a non-scientific works and also an additional skill possessed to issue an appreciation
of the world and life. The goal that the readers feels the same as what is
perceived by the author. It is beneficial for students to improve their
English language skills, Especially as a teacher to make students applying and
being able to create works of art.
WHAT IS
PROSE?
Edgar V.
Roberts and Henry E. Jacobs (1995:2)
classify prose into two, fiction prose and nonfiction prose. Fiction,
originally meant anything made up or shaped, is prose stories based on the
author’s creation and imagination. It includes myths, parables, novels,
romances, and short stories
.
On the other hand, nonfiction is literary
works which describe or interpret facts, present judgments, and opinions. It
consists of news reports, essays, magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias,
broadcast media, films, letters, historical and biographical works and many
other forms of communication.
Prose is the ordinary form of written language.
Prose is adopted for the discussion of facts and topical reading, as it is
often articulated in free form writing style.
Samuel
Coleridge “ Prose includes different genres of
fiction such as mystery, action, romance and others. It also includes
non-fiction texts such as essays, scientific reports or newspaper articles.
Prose is the ordinary form of written or spoken
language. It has no meter, pattern or rhyme to it.
Examples of
prose:
·
A newspaper
article.
·
A fictional
novel.
·
A magazine
interview.
·
A biography.
There are a
variety of different types of prose. These include:
1. Fictional
Prose: Imaginative writing. Examples include:
·
Novels
·
Parables
·
Short stories
·
Legend
·
Myth
2. Nonfictional
Prose: A piece of writing based on fact. Examples include:
·
autobiographies
·
News
·
Report
·
biographies, and
·
non-fiction essays: not using imaginary.
In my opinion, all written that has
a structure is Prose which consists of more than one clausa during the writing
there is an element of beauty in it which have a meaning, ranging from a
narrative, messages, status fb, blog writing, novels, short stories, and also dictionaries.
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