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the energy of mind and imagination released by the creative use of mind ( LC
Knights)
the text should be balanced with properly literary matching of form and content
(Barrel)
the formula for literature lies in: the diction, movement, style and manner and their
perfect proportion to one another (M.Arnold)
each individual has their own literary standards and defines the essence of literature
in relation to these
writings that has permanence and value- literature is the truth, that is what makes it
literature (Wain)
genre: is the term used to describe the various types of literature. genreis a french
term derived from the latin genus, generis meaning type, sort or kind
1/fiction: includes drama, fable, fairytales, fantasy, fiction in verse, folklore, historical
fiction, horror, humour, legend, mystery, mythodology, realistic fiction, science
fiction and tall tales
literal language: if a person uses literal langiage it is true to fact and is used in a
completely standard way with its primary or basic meaning
eg:
grass looks green----> literal language
the grass looks like spiky green hair----> figurative language
sand feels rough----> literal language
sand is solid water----> figurative language
what a word or name denotes is what it means or refers to,that is to say the word
has a literal or obvious meaning as destinguished from the suggestive meaning or
association
denotation: in literary usage, the denotation of a word is its primary meaning or what
it refers to; the denotation is the explicit or specific meaning commonly given by a
dictionary, and destinguished from suggestions, associations, ans
connotations eg: one denotation of "light" is " illumination; the electromagnetic
radiation that makes vision possible"
connotation of a word or phrase is an association or idea suggested by that word or
phrase. the connotation is the idea or quality it makes you think of eg: water---> life,
growth, cleansing, religious rites...
coming soon: stylistic devices and literary periods of english literature