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1
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the ABC of reading (1934)

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Ezra Pound

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“literature is news that stays news”

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Ezra Pound

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3
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Robert’s frost theory and practice of poetry (1967)

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Robert Frost

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“A performance in words”

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Robert Frost

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5
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the tale of Genji

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Murasaki Shikibu

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“… so important that one cannot bear to let it pass into oblivion”

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Murasaki Shikibu

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7 elements of Masterpiece

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Universality
permanence
artistry
suggestiveness
intellectual value
spiritual value
style (uniqueness)

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the idea that something about the book touches the human spirit, evokes emotion, or makes a personal connection through human relationships

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UNIVERSALITY

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Literature endures across time and draws out the time factor: timeliness and timelessness

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PERMANENCE

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Literature has an aesthetic appeal and thus possesses a sense of beauty

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ARTISTRY

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unravel man’s emotional power to define symbolism, nuances, implied meanings, images and messages, giving and evoking visions above and beyond.

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SUGGESTIVENESS

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It stimulates critical thinking that enriches mental processes of abstract and reasoning.

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INTELLECTUAL VALUE

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literature elevates the spirit and the soul, thus has the power to motivate and inspire

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SPIRITUAL VALUE

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presents peculiar ways on how man sees life as evidence by the formation of idea, form, structures, and expressions

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STYLE

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rhythmic imaginative language expressing invention, thought, imagination, taste, passion, and insight of the human soul

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POETRY

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its purpose is enthrallment

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POETRY

17
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preface to the lyrical ballads(1798)

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WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

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“the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”

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WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

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so called ordinary writing

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PROSE

20
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made up of sentence and paragraphs, without any metrical structure

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PROSE

21
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connotes spoken or written discourse that is not patterned into metric or free verse

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PROSE

22
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on becoming a writer (1948)

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VERA BRITTAIN

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“… is written by authors who see their universe with a poet’s eye”

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VERA BRITTAIN

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may or may not use rhyme

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POETRY

25
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strong emotion or a lofty thought expressed

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POETRY

26
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provides pleasure and delight

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POETRY

27
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appeals to the emotion and imagination

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POETRY

28
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does not make use of rhyme

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PROSE

29
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more ordinary and leisurely manner

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PROSE

30
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furnish information, instruction, or enlightenment

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PROSE

31
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appeals to be intellect

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PROSE

32
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divisions of poetry

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LRYRIC
NARRATIVE

33
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divisions of prose

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FICTION
NONFICTION
CREATIVE NON FICTION

34
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a mode of fictional representation through dialogue and performance

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DRAMA

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