Why Literature Matters By Dana Gioia Summary

In the article, “Why Literature Matters,” Dana Gioia predominantly focuses on the use of logos, logical fact-based evidence and stimulating, emotional-based language to entice the audience. Gioia elaborates on the theme of correlation between young adult Americans and the decline of literature in this age group. He continues his argument with the consequences with the decline of literature in the lives of these Americans.

The author uses facts to build her argument and appeal to the reader. The use of this strategy provides a stable backing to her statement and provide likely reason to her claim. Gioia states, “According to the 2002 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, a population study designed and commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts, arts participation by Americans has declined for eight of the nine major forms that are measured… The declines have been

Having posted this on World-Post, which is a news and blog website created through a partnership between Liberal news aggregator Huffington Post and a nonpartisan powerhouse, the Berggruen Institute on Governance, allows for this essay to not get exposed to the pro STEM or anti-arts parties. Sparking up the discussion of reintroducing the arts back into everyday society’s curriculum, you need to direct this essay towards both the audience, and the individuals who have the power to make this change. If Ma bring up a primarily pro-art focused paper, and only shares this piece of writing with mostly fellow supports of the arts, Ma misses the “equilibrium” that he spoke so highly about. If we can’t have both sides of the spectrum be able to analyze and discuss the ideas presented in this paper, then it’s going to be close to impossible to enact any change within society to reintroduce more of the arts back into

The “Lost Generation” is essentially a term that is used to describe the young adults of the 1920’s who were changing with the times and rebelling against what America had become after the war. They populated areas like Paris and London where they expected to find literary freedom and a cosmopolitan way of life. The “Lost Generation" of American writers and poets left America, seeking refuge from the broken culture and devastation that had come from the war, and ended up in Paris, a city that had a thriving art culture where they could write freely and lavish in the Bohemian lifestyle without rules. They drank, traveled, had love affairs, and wrote. They were influenced by the paintings of artists like Dada and Picasso and collected their works, as well as socialized with them. They critiqued each other’s writing and often met in bookstores, cafés, and bars to talk about their works and life in general. They had mostly upper-middle-class upbringings and were sustained in hard times by their parents' fortunes. They chose to come to Paris to seek artistic fulfillment and ended up writing what is possibly considered some of the best fiction of the 20th century. It was the time when writers, painters, musicians, and composers went to Paris to work and

Gioia uses a survey to start out his argument on how reading has declined in American society. He starts off his argument by introducing the 2002 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, which states that “arts participation by Americans

Giona includes negative diction that allows the reader to infer his critical tone toward the decline in rates of reading literature because the critical tone emphasizes the importance of the issue. His tone is negative, illustrating the negativity the decline in reading America has had to face. He illustrates this by embedding the phases, “A strange thing has happened… the interest young Americans showed in the arts- especially literature- actually diminished… The declines have been most severe… a troubling trend.” This phrase exemplifies the author’s use

Dana Gioia calls out millennials and younger generations in america, to spark a conversation about the increasingly declining and destructive behavior of NOT reading! Gioia makes very many fantastic points and uses very many persuasive elements on why literacy actually is vital to to our society and the negative effects that come from this lack of literacy. She gives us factual evidence and credible sources to pull the reader into her side of the argument.

In his essay, “Generation Text,” Mark Bauerlein, uses many statistics and strong evidence to convince his audience that adolescents are losing the need to learn and grasp the knowledge of the arts and humanities that once were important to previous generations.

Gioia starts his piece with an explanation of the problem at hand. “The interest young Americans showed in the arts - and especially literature - actually diminished,” he informed us in paragraph one. By clearly identifying his topic and issue of choice, we know exactly what to expect from the rest of the essay. His first piece of factual evidence, found in paragraph 2, tells us that “arts participation by Americans has declined for eight of the nine major forms that are measured,” but he focuses his concerns on “the declining percentage of americans, …, reading literature.” These statistics are true and accurate,

Dana Gioia tries to persuade more people to read literature with evidence. “While income rose. . . college attendance ballooned, and access to information increased. . . the interest young Americans showed in the arts. . . actually diminished.” That was from paragraph [A] at the beginning of the article. She also talks about a survey held in 2002 to find out the public participation and interest in the art’s, which showed

Dana Gioia author of “Why Literature Matters” builds an argument to persuade his audience that the decline of reading in America will have a negative effect on society. Gioia builds up an argument by using multiple forms of persuasions. This includes him using evidence, such as fact or examples, to help support his main claims. Dana Gioia also uses logos and pathos to help express his writing which eventually leads to persuasion. He eventually establishes his claim the decline in of reading in America will have a negative effect on society.

In the article, "Why Writing Matters" by Dana Gioia, Gioia makes a contention asserting that the levels of intrigue youthful Americans have appeared in workmanship as of late have declined and that this pattern is an extreme issue with expansive outcomes. Methodologies Gioia utilizes to help his contention incorporate reference of convincing surveys, reports made by unmistakable associations that have issued contemplates, and a citation from a conspicuous creator. Gioia's general reason in composing this article has all the earmarks of being to draw consideration towards inadequacies in American interest in expressions of the human experience. His essential gathering of people would be the American open all in all with a huge concentrate on

Dana Gioia in his article, “Why Literature Matters” discusses the decline in youth interest in literature in order to persuade his audience to recognize the importance of literature to society. He achieves this through a passionate and caring tone, informational evidence, and suspenseful transitions. Dana Gioia is an author for the New York Times, this is an appeal to ethos because it shows he has accreditation. Gioia opens his article by explaining that while college attendance has risen, there has been an immense decrease in the arts. To show the towering decrease, Dana Gioia uses powerful diction.

Dana Gioia, author of the article "why Literature Matters", writes about the decline of reading in the U.S. and how it affects our society. The consequences of people not reading are expressed through his specific factual evidence and his prediction of what is going to happen if the American people continue to ignore this issue.

In the article titled, “Some Thoughts About Art, America, and Jumping Off the Cliff” by Meredith Monk, she discusses the meaning of the arts in different cultures, as well as how its roles have changed. Her purpose is to discuss the importance of the arts in society. She expresses that she feels the arts have become more of a commodity in modern culture, rather than part of an average person’s way of life. Monk then begins to compare the United States to the rest of the world in terms of involvement in the arts, stating she is “always struck” when she comes back to America by the “marginal concern” for the arts. She speculates that the reason one might have for not pursuing the arts is that they are afraid to follow what they’d like to follow instead of the guidelines that society lays out. Then she moves into a call to action against cutting the NEA, stating: “To abolish the NEA would be an act of utter ignorance and destruction,” and finally reiterates the roles and importance of arts in society. The text was written in 1990, during a discussion about the funding of the NEA (National Endowment for the Arts). Overall, her argument is weakened by language that separates her from her audience.