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Literature is used in English to portray themes and teach the readers morals. Fahrenheit 451 illustrates how one should appreciate the education and resources available to them as it may not always be around. A Raisin in the Sun shows how dreams may be deferred, but they will never die. Of Mice and Men exhibits idealized friendship and the impossibility of the American dream. The Crucible depicts that madness will emerge in society if no one is held accountable for their actions. Money can’t buy happiness is a

Our cohort is nearing the end of its secondary education and therefore it is important that we reflect on the ways in which it has shaped our attitudes, values and beliefs. For example, over the past five years, we have read, analysed and evaluated various literary works such as novels, plays, poems and films in our English studies. These texts have expressed various ideologies, explored interesting themes and introduced us to fascinating characters. These elements have left a lasting impression on our attitudes, values and beliefs. In addition to this, English literary texts have provided us with historical knowledge as well as a thorough understanding of the role that aesthetic devices

My English Literature major has helped me to achieve an outstanding level of appreciation, enjoyment, and knowledge of both American and British Literature. As a high school AP English student, I struggled through great works like Hamlet and To the Lighthouse. My teacher’s daily lectures (there was no such thing as class discussion) taught me merely to interpret the works as critics had in the past. I did not enjoy the reading or writing process. As a freshman at Loras, I was enrolled in the Critical Writing: Poetry class. For the first time since grade school, my writing ability was praised and the sharing of my ideas was encouraged by an enthusiastic and nurturing professor. Despite the difficulty of poetry, I enjoyed reading it.

The following sections of this BookRags Literature Study Guide is offprint from Gale's For Students Series: Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Commonly Studied Works: Introduction, Author Biography, Plot Summary, Characters, Themes, Style, Historical Context, Critical Overview, Criticism and Critical Essays, Media Adaptations, Topics for Further Study, Compare & Contrast, What Do

JAMES HURST Adapted from: Elements of Literature: Third Course. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 2003.

To commence, studying literature in this class goes well in hand when it comes to collecting knowledge. We learn how to properly examine the meanings behind well known books and poems. For example, I learned how the novel The Lord of the Flies

Part of the course to which the task refers: Part 4- Literature, a critical study

From start to finish, English this year had been unlike any other I had. From start to finish, each and every book had a deeper meaning than I, before, could possibly resolve from the text. The exposure I had to this deeper level of thinking forever changed the way I see literature. Less about “what” than “why”, Literature distinguishes a meaningful story from another. While what makes a book “good” is different for everyone, what makes a story meaningful is what it teaches. Each book I read this year had a story and logic behind it. Every story was real enough to have actually happened because the plot points are supported with real speculation backed up by the nature of humanity. I, personally, have never gone as deep into literature as I have this year, giving me a new appreciation for the genius behind the speculation these books present.

Throughout the semester of TE 348, I was able to read many books of various genres, themes, messages and characters. Due to the variety of text I read, I used a range of lenses when engaging with the text in my responses. This has shown me how I tend to react to a text, and what lenses I don’t use as often. Also, I am able to reflect on the advantages and disadvantages that come with engaging with the text with certain lenses. All of this has led to my development of engaging with literature.

English Literature has enabled me to expand my capacity for independent thought, reflection and judgement through constantly reviewing and redrafting my coursework intensely. Studying “The Great Gatsby” allowed me to formulate my own view about the novel and about how 1920s America, optimism of the Roaring Twenties, and the period of The Jazz Age dissolved into the bleakness of the Great Depression. This has also allowed me to be more aware of my quality of work and time management, and has enabled me to broaden my vocabulary and ability to use critical terminology

Technical analysis of “Studying Literature in Grade 12” It is important for any society to protect and promote its own culture for people to have a sense of the history that shaped their surroundings and the identity of the community they live in. Mrs. Smith, in the essay “Studying Literature in Grade 12”, brings forth the detailing of why Ontario students, studying English, need not bother with reading other authors than modern Canadian writers. Unfortunately, the message already controversial and polarizing is riddled with mistakes. The essay suffers from failures in building structure, conveying ideas, citing sources and proofreading text. This work would greatly benefit from a rewrite so it can perform the job it was meant to do: persuade the reader.

Why must we read books? How would life be different without them? We find answers to these questions by dwelling far within multiple stories, using investigative skills, and thinking deep. These scrutinizing attributes we, over time, developed and toned during our discussions about our readings. Is it coincidental that reading helped us evolve our thinking processes? I think not.

Topic: Choose one element that you notice in three of these four major texts (Agamemnon, Hamlet, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” and John F. Kennedy’s Secret Society Speech). For example, you could choose to explore how the three texts deal with an element of Tragedy, a common theme, the use of character, or language, etc. Explain the similarities and differences as you compare the development in each work of your chosen element.

The English philosopher, Sir Francis Bacon, once wrote, “ Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man”. Bacon expresses three ideas about how processing literature affects an individual. To explain, reading fills one’s mind with knowledge and ideas, talking about those ideas makes one adaptable to differences in others, and writing forces one is define one’s beliefs and opinions. In room 303, Bacon’s three statements are practiced regularly, as students read and annotate out of the hymnals, discuss major texts in class, and write essays each week over the material. During the last semester alone the Junior Honors English class read several texts by American Authors from the ancient oral cosmogonist myths of Native Americans to the Feminist literature of the 1890’s. In the entire range of different texts read, three specific texts were the most important in room 303.

“Literacy maketh man”; where the value of the person in today’s society is measured by how well read he or she is, I would not classify myself as a literary elite because I am still a novice when it comes to analyzing dreaded pieces and large chunks of texts. But the little experience I do have is usually encircled around academia, proving to be tedious yet subtly satisfying. A sense of accomplishment and yet bitter regret is always felt, coming from knowing that this interest is dwindling away in the wasted confines of pushed curriculums by stuffy board members behind closed doors of educational meetings.