The Purpose of Literature

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In today’s class, we will be talking about the purpose of literature. Enjoy the class!

Literature in English should be taught at various secondary school levels to achieve the following purposes:

Inculcate in the students the entertainment and instructive values of literature as a follow-up to the literary skill learnt in the Junior Secondary School.
Give students a rich and well rounded humanistic education. This can be achieved through broadening the cultural horizon of the students by exposing them to works that are varied in perspective and yet universal in application.
Equip the students to develop the capacity for independent thought and judgement.
Develop student’s ability to respond appropriately and independently to literary works.
Re-enforce the English language skill already acquired by the students by exposing them to language in action in literary text and works.
Expose students to healthy human values attributed.
Expose students to the beauty and potentials of language.
Encourage attempts at creative writing as a means of understanding the creative process and appreciating the principle of creativity especially for those who can benefit from it.

In our next class, we will be talking about Genres of Literature. We hope you enjoyed the class.

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