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The dictionary definition of "appreciate" is "to evaluate the quality or value of a certain
thing." Literary appreciation as define it involves not only evaluation but also personal,
impressionistic, or emotional apprehension of the work we read. This emotional/personal
aspect of reading is very important for us; it usually decides whether we want to go on
studying a work and how we are going to do it. However, personal appreciation can lead to
subjective and vague judgment, which is the kind of literary appreciation we want to avoid
The meaning of literary appreciation is to analyze, criticize and understand literature.
Literary appreciation can be applied to numerous forms of literature such as novels and
poetry, essays or articles. Being able to discuss the meaning behind the words and possibly
write an essay on it is considered to be literary appreciation.
Legends
A legend is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners
to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale
verisimilitude. Legend, for its active and passive participants includes no happenings that are
outside the realm of "possibility", as that is defined by a highly flexible set of parameters,
which may include miracles that are perceived as actually having happened within the
specific tradition of indoctrination where the legend arises, and within which tradition it may
be transformed over time, in order to keep it fresh and vital, and realistic. Many legends
operate within the realm of uncertainty, never being entirely believed by the participants,
but also never being resolutely doubted.
Legend, typically, is a short (mono-) episodic, traditional, highly ecotypified historicized
narrative performed in a conversational mode, reflecting on a psychological level a symbolic
FAIRYTALES
A type of short story that typically features European folkloric fantasy characters, such
as dwarves, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, mermaids, trolls, or witches, and usually
magic or enchantments. Fairy tales may be distinguished from other folk narratives such as
legends (which generally involve belief in the veracity of the events described) and explicitly
moral tales, including beast fables.
Examples:
Grimms Fairytales
Cinderella
Snow White
Teaching Literary
Appreciation Skills
http://www.slideshare.net/lizajavier3/understanding-the-stages-of-literaryappreciation
http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?
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