- All Journals
- Al-Qadisiyah University
- Basrah University
- Kirkuk University
- Mosul University
- The Iraqi Borad for Medical Specialization
- University of Anbar
- University of Technology
- Al Mustafa University
- Al-Zahraa University for Women
- Alnoor University
- Kunooz University
- Misan University
- Ninevah University
- Tikrit University
- University of Al-Hamdaniya
- University of Kerbala
Teaching literature :why , what and how | ||
| Journal of Research Diyala humanity | ||
| Article 1, Volume 0, Issue 26, 2017, Pages 1-8 | ||
| Author | ||
| Sami A.Mohammed | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present paper aims at showing why is literature beneficial in the language learning process? What works are appropriate in Foreign – language classroom? How can we rethink the way we present and use literature in order to develop a broader range of activities which are more involving for our students ? Literature invites you to share in human experience. It makes you more fully aware of how other human beings think and feel. Literature “hold the mirror” up to life ,but it is more active than a mirror .Unlike a mirror ,it selects what is important . It finds a pattern in what it sees ; it meaning .Readers who love imaginative literature know that it enriches their lives .It helps them understand what it means to be human .(Guth & Rico , 2003 ,p.1) A literary text usually begins with a writer’s need to convey his or her personal vision to reader .Even when a writer uses factual material , historical documents newspaper stories , personal experience – his or her primary purpose is not just to convey information but to give a unique view of experience , one that has significance beyond the moment .Literature is the news that stays news .To convey his or her view of experience , invents characters , and creates dialogue. Literature invites you to see , and to think about what you see , but it also invites you to feel .It activates the empathy , or imaginative sympathy , that makes you share in the range of human emotions. Responsive reader do not merely register sights and sounds and events , like a camcorder . They get into the spirit of poem or story , reliving in some way the tensions or anxieties a situation bring into play . Like a good audience in the theater , they gasp , sigh , look grave , sob , or burst into laughter as the script prompts . | ||
| Keywords | ||
| literature; a mirror | ||
|
Statistics Article View: 211 PDF Download: 176 |
||