Educating the Literary Taste Flashcards
Who wrote the essay “Educating the Literary Taste”?
Paz Latorena
Define “Literary Taste”
- to have a feeling and an inclination for what is fine and beautiful in literature
- to savor and to appreciate it, and to dislike and reject what is vulgar and tawdry in it
Can taste be taught?
Yes, It is an important function of education to train the students how to distinguish between the pleasures and displeasures of literature.
What are the literary values mentioned in the essay? Explain each
Intellectual Value –what makes the reader think
Emotional Value –what appeals to the emotions
Ethical Value –the morality of the work
Why is Intellectual Value important?
- it enriches the human mind
- it shows the angles and perspectives of “truth”
Why is Emotional Value important?
- it is a proof of our humanity
- higher emotions move us to the right and happy living
Why is Ethical Value important?
-it shows the morality or the side effect of immorality in a work
Does a work with a theme of immorality make it immoral?
No. It does not necessarily make it immoral.
What is more important: form or content?
FORM
Art for art’s sake. It pertains to the aesthetic pleasure as mentioned by Aristotle.
What is more important: form or content?
CONTENT
Human instruction. Literature is made to teach (didacticism) according to Plato.
What is more important: form or content?
BOTH
Literature both teaches and delights according to Horace.
What then is paz latorena’s solution in developing literary taste?
-education is responsible of filtering the works and developing the student’s good taste in literature
