History of literature

Standing in Silence: The Struggle Between Equality and Reality Literature adapts and evolves to reflect the author's mindset within a specific time period. It leaves room for memories, both painful and beautiful, to be recounted, and allows history to be shared, leaving room for wounds to develop, or rather re-open. At this crucial point in history, a time filled with heavy racial injustice and inequality, in a response to the 2016 Presidential election, extremely racist microaggressions have…

Once Upon a Time, Literature. Now What? James Salter is the author of the article, “Once Upon a Time, Literature. Now What?” He asserts that literature is a valuable necessity to the human condition. Salter expressed that literature has been trivialized and that pop culture is held responsible for literature’s diminishing value to society. He believes that human society would not exist without language; he extended the idea by implying that without language there would be no religion, and that…

A world without literature is an illiterate world. Literature is an art and the word itself is “derived from the Latin litteratura meaning "writing formed with letters," literature most commonly refers to works of the creative imagination, including poetry, drama, fiction, nonfiction, journalism, and in some instances, song” (Lombardi, Esther). “World literature as we know it today would not exist without the nourishment of oral traditions” (Puchner, Martin). Oral traditions are stories of which…

The oldest piece of Roman literature was written by Cato the Elder, however, Plautus, a plebeian wrote 130 plays, all of what was written in the Latin language (Matthews, Noble, & Platt, 2014). He relied on previous New Comedy playwrights, but he improvised into the current time period. Another playwright, Terence, was a slave but he was educated and eventually set free (Matthews et al, 2014). Unlike Plautus, he only created six plays. Plautus and Terence did not have any success, but two poets…

Truths of Literature in Light of Aristotle, Sydney and Neo-Classical Age ‘Why Sir, it is much easier to say what it is not. We all know what light is but it is not easy to tell what it is’ Samuel Johnson (1709-1784 ) In the study of literature, the questions which seem most straight forward are often the most complex ones to answer. Such as what are the truths of literature and what is their…

and foremost denotes history, not aesthetic form” (Boehmer 176). The ontology of postcolonial writing – itself as a response to socio-historical events – problematises an aesthetics-based appraisal of postcolonial literature, as neglecting to consider the socio-historical and political ontology of postcolonial writing would be to miss the fundamental…

Pieces of Literature are written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas is a wonderful novel, receiving high praise from many non-academic organizations including but not limited to The Atlantic, Entertainment Weekly, and Newsweek. While it has received many raving reviews, it is no work of literature. This novel should be taught in school, however, The Hate U Give should, under no circumstances should be taught in English class.…

Salter Analysis In James Salter’s essay, “Once upon a time, Literature. Now what?”, he explains how language and literature are essential components to society. He continues to highlight the importance of literature by stating how much knowledge can be shared through reading. In addition to this, Salter begins to highlight how changes in modern culture have negatively impacted literature. Similarly, he goes on to state that literature is becoming less and less popular especially to the masses.…

In this week’s readings there were many topics covered. In the textbook is where majority of the topics are covered. In chapter one it goes over what is needed in a good piece of children’s literature, different time periods in history and reading, English language learners with books, and censorship. In chapter two it goes over settings, characters, and plots, which are all important. Chapter three covers a lot about picture books, the different kinds of picture books that are available, and…

History Within Stories Imagine world without the knowledge and understandings of cultures and their past history. World literature has helped shaped us into who we are today by helping us grip and understand cultures and their beliefs. It also helped us gather their information and how they lived by the recordings of these stories. It records the past, which has inspired us to express ourselves in many ways. Now, think of a world where we didn’t know different way to express ourselves. For…