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PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION UNIT 5. Communication for various purposes Content is owned by SMU. Do not reproduce. All media used are acknowledged and given due credit.  Objectives At...

PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION UNIT 5. Communication for various purposes Content is owned by SMU. Do not reproduce. All media used are acknowledged and given due credit.  Objectives At the end of this unit, the students should be able to: express feelings, thoughts and emotions via literature; evaluate multimodal texts critically to enhance receptive (listening, reading, viewing) skills Content owned by SMU. Other materials used are for educational purposes only, exercising fair use of all copyrighted materials. No copyright infringement is intended. Never reproduce or replicate.  1. Linear and direct to the point with the thesis TERM statement/claim at the A. ROMANCE beginning and details are arranged hierarchically. B. ORIENTAL 2. Digressive style that requires readers to follow the argument C. ENGLISH to its conclusion 3. Circular, respectful, indirect, D. RUSSIAN non assertive, but authoritative way. E. SEMITIC 4. Parallel propositions, or embedded in stories. #LookingBack Content owned by SMU. Other materials used are for educational purposes only, exercising fair use of all copyrighted materials. No copyright infringement is intended. Never reproduce or replicate.  #LookingBack Content owned by SMU. Other materials used are for educational purposes only, exercising fair use of all copyrighted materials. No copyright infringement is intended. Never reproduce or replicate.  LITERATURE AS COMMUNICATION Sharing Meaning through the Works of the Mind Topic 1: Describing Literature LESSON OBJECTIVES determine literature’s role in various communication purposes; evaluate literature appropriate in communication; and relate the important role of literature to communication.  OUTLINE  Describing Literature: The Literature- Communication Nexus  Literature in Various Purposes. ACTIVITY. I am what I am  Each group will be having a sample/excerpt of a text. Share to the class in 5 minutes the answer to the following: 1. What text did you get? Describe what it is and how it looks like. 2. Provide the text type and its respective genre. 3. Is it considered literature? Why yes/no? Do these concepts also relate to communication? LITERATURE  Latin (litera/literatura): “the use of letters” or “writings.”  literature – general concept of what is written that aims to inform or provide information/instruction.  Literature – an art form in where words are crafted as a composition. “Great Literature is Simply Language Charged with Meaning to the Utmost Possible Degree” – Ezra Pound  Topic 1: Describing Literature Describing Literature: The Literature- Communication Nexus  Topic 1: Describing Literature Literature + Literary Communication Communication LANGUAGE USE LITERATURE as COMMUNICATION LITERATURE as COMMUNICATION  Topic 1: Describing Literature Parameter of Comparison Language Literature (Communication) It refers to written or It stands for any form spoken material, Meaning of communication or which is regarded as expression. an art form having intellectual value. Nature It is expressive. It is imaginative. It is concerned with It is concerned with Concern discourse. life experiences.  Topic 1: Describing Literature Parameter of Comparison Language Literature (Communication) Language came into Literature would not Order existence before exist without literature. language. Language is both Literature is mostly Methods written and spoken. written. Literature is a A language is a form collection of Content of expression. expressions via language.  Topic 1: Describing Literature TIPS 1. Do they intend to share information? 2. Do they intend to inform/persuade/impress/express a thought/s? 3. Do they use language? 4. Were they expressed in writing? 5. Do they vary in purpose, situation, and context?  Topic 1: Describing Literature Inspired by linguistic theory, Jakobson (1960) and the others tried to describe literature building on the theoretical framework adopted for communication in conversational discourse: The author - conceptualized as the sender of an intended message. Message – coded and to be decoded based on linguistic knowledge and literary conventions, as well as the social and cultural context.  Topic 1: Describing Literature Literature is Never Love unless You Can a Reading by Thomas Campion Process (Dixon & Bortolussi, 1997) Never love unless you can Bear with all the faults of man: Let us try to read this extract from Men sometimes will jealous be a certain Though but little cause they see; literature. And hang the head, as discontent, And speak what straight they will repent.  Topic 1: Describing Literature Perks of being a wallflower Topic 1: Describing Literature Topic 1: Describing Literature CAN LITERATURE BE ORAL?  Topic 1: Describing Literature Literature Rosenblatt’s discovery led to the allowed development of literary freedom of communication theories discovery that allowed readers freedom of (Rosenblatt, 1960) discovery -- a personal way to interact with the author and the message transmitted in a work of Let us try literature. interpreting “I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your the verse: precepts.” “And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.” “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1 (NKJV) Topic 2: Literature in Various Purposes. Literature in Various Purposes  Topic 2: Literature in Various Purposes. Bruns (2011) mentioned two matters on why one must view literature:  Literature can be instructive  Topic 2: Literature in Various Purposes.  Literature can be a source of pleasure  Topic 2: Literature in Various Purposes. Literature in the Workplace Written and spoken literature dominate most occupations Literature in everyday life Personal lives are composed of communications driven by literature  Topic 2: Literature in Various Purposes. Transactions Our personal business with people are also literature-driven Letters We communicate through literature before until today.  Topic 2: Literature in Various Purposes. Research and Education Without literature, we have not utilized much our humanity. Technology Our literature has evolved as well.  Conclusion  Literature and Communication work together.  Literature is the made with the purpose of communication through the tool known as language.  Literature differ in various purposes and contexts.  Literature is embedded with the skills.  Task 1.Do you agree with the idea of Ocampo that Filipino’s Do not read anymore? 2.How will it affect the impact of literary communication? 3.How, as a future Marian professional, will you help 4.In addressing this issue to ensure that literary communication  THE CHALLENGE ON LITERARY COMMUNICATION “The 2023 National Book Development Board Readership Survey provided me with a lot to think about. While many people misread the dismal figures highlighted in the survey for the coming death of the book, what was clear to me was not the demise of reading, but the shift in preference from print to digitial.”