Midterm Flashcards
Krystal’s “What is Literature?” (Define Literature)
- Literature is not everything ever written or created but is a group of things ever said and written
- Emphasis on duration and quality
Krystal’s “What is Literature?” (Purpose of literature)
To teach us about the human experience
Petite’s “Literary Fiction vs. Genre Fiction” (define literature)
- genre fiction is escapist and for entertainment
* literary fiction engages with reality (opposite of genre)
Petite’s “Literary Fiction vs. Genre Fiction” (purpose)
- genre fiction is escapist and for entertainment
* literary fiction engages with reality (opposite of genre)
Adler’s “Reading and the Growth of the Mind” (define)
Literature requires work from the reader; it must be challenging and difficult
Adler’s “Reading and the Growth of the Mind” (purpose)
Literature can aid your intellectual growth and help you understand the world
Bloom’s “The Student and the University” (define)
- Literature is the greatest that has been written and said (agrees with the great books)
- Literature helps define society
Bloom’s “The Student and the University” (purpose)
- Literature is central to a good, expansive education
* upholds the foundation of social values
Pollitt’s “Why We Read: Canon to the Right of Me…” (define)
- literature expands knowledge of the world, different cultures and different points of view
- connects personally to reader (inward and outward)
Pollitt’s “Why We Read: Canon to the Right of Me…” (purpose)
- individual (Pollitt) versus the social (Bloom)
- Literature changes us on a personal level, regardless of the standing of the book (whether it is genre or literary; it has that potential for change)
“What is Literature”
Krystal
“Literary Fiction vs. Genre Fiction”
Petite
“Reading and the Growth of the Mind”
Adler
“The Student and the University”
Bloom
“Why We Read: Canon to the Right of me…”
Pollitt
