By Arcci Tusita, M.

Hum
 Literature

“anything written” “performance in words”

Too broad Too narrow fluid

 Express the truth
Human
contemplation
It is creative
work of art
Communicate
intellectual and
social ideas
 System to value
Choice
(philosophy,
(language,
history,
structure)
ideology)

Experience
of life
(mimesis)
 Horatio: Literature
should meet 2 functions

DULCE (to entertain)

UTILE (to teach
serve beauty, give something)
meaning to human’s life
a medium to convey
(misery, or joy),to bring
virtues, to tell what is
the readers into
good and what is bad
imaginary world
 readers
• A medium for clarifying
the meaning of
experiences • Organize their own
reaction to the
experiences of life.
• Gain experiences, more
critical.
• Have mature evaluation
of life without having
literature direct experience.
 Moral Fruit of thought
convention in actual living
literature Cultured
person

• Bring the • A person

experiences can
of ideas enhance his
from knowledge
different of fruit of
fields of thought and
study. experience
of life.
Aristotle: Freud:
catharsis Sublimation • Increased
• Increase the • “raising up” of contemplation
health in the instictual of beauty.
soul through urges.
the expression
of emotions
 Fact
Fiction
Life
Imitation of life
What actually
What may happen
happen
 • The unity of each stucture to be a
integrity meaningful work.

• Refers to certain uniqueness of each

work.
individuation • Each work is different in terms of
individuating principle of beauty

• The proper proportion and

harmony relationships of the parts to one
another and to the integrity of work
 DRAMA

POETRY

PROSE
1. Give definition of literature
2. Mention three genres of
literature
3. Mention 2 function of
literature according to
Horatio