Understanding Literature: Definitions and Concepts

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What is the primary focus of literature?

  • The body of writing belonging to a given language or people
  • The individual pieces of writing
  • The organization of words to give pleasure
  • The intentions of the authors and their perceived aesthetic excellence (correct)

How does Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary define literature?

  • The body of writing belonging to a given language or people
  • Writings expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest
  • The organization of words to give pleasure
  • Writings having excellence of form or expression (correct)

What elevates and transforms experience in literature?

  • The body of writing belonging to a given language or people
  • The organization of words to give pleasure
  • The permanent or universal interest of the ideas expressed
  • The intentions of the authors and their perceived aesthetic excellence (correct)

What constitutes the entire body of writing in humankind?

<p>All imaginative works of poetry and prose (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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