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Unit1IntroductiontoLiterature

Warm-up

1Therearealotofgreatliteraryworksthatgreatlycaptivatemyinterest,suchasJaneEyre,

PrideandPrejudice,GreatExpectations,Tessofthed’Urbervilles,Hamlet,Dubliners,The

GreatGatsby,GonewiththeWind,TheCalloftheWild,andTheOldManandtheSea.

Amongtheseliteraryworks,myfavoriteoneisJaneEyre.IappreciateJaneEyreforits

depictionofaresilient,independentwomanwhochallengessocietalnorms.Itsunderlying

lovestoryblendswithuniversalthemeslikelove,self-reliance,andsocialcriticism,

provokingthoughtandfosteringmyengagement.

2Yes,Iagreewithhimbecause:

Literatureoftenreflectsanation’sculture.Itsdeclinemightsuggestthatthevitalityofits

cultureisbeingpotentiallydamaged.

Literatureiswhereimaginationcanshowitscapabilities.Thedeclineofliteraturecould

suggestthatpeople’spowerofimaginationmighthavebeenlimitedinsomeway.

Literatureisthetonicofspirits,anditsdeclinemayleadthenationtofallinto

philistinism.

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1No,literaturecannotbesimplydefinedas“creative”or“imaginative”writing,becausethis

definitionwouldimplythatdisciplineslikehistory,philosophy,andnaturalscienceare

uncreativeandunimaginative,whichisincorrect.Forexample,Supermancomicsareusually

excludedfromliterature,andsomeliteraryworkscanbe“factual,”forexample,Gibbon’s

historicalworks.

2Literaturetransformsandintensifiesordinarylanguage,deviatessystematicallyfrom

everydayspeech.

3Ellishasarguedthat“Weedsarenotparticularkindsofplant,butjustanykindofplantwhich

forsomereasonoranotheragardenerdoesnotwantaround.”ToEagleton,perhaps

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“literature”meanssomethingliketheopposite: