Gota
11-22-2010, 01:18 AM
Hi everyone,
I'm a student at a local college and in my English class, we were asked at the first day of class the question, "What is literature?" Many of our answers related to the use of language to convey some kind of message, feelings, experiences, etc. There were so many different responses though, but the most common similarity was the use of language.
Also, throughout the semester, we had debates and presentations about what could be considered as literature, for example, songs, comics/graphic novels. We've compared songs to poems and comic/graphic novels to plays and by that logic, argued that songs and graphic novels should be considered as literature as well.
So this have brought me here to try and see what everyone in today's society think of what literature is, and what could be considered as literature or not. I feel that it would be fun to see what everyone's opinions are in today's society where technology is advancing so much and since many things have gone digital. So I have decided to do a presentation for my class at the end of the semester on this subject.
I'll be dropping off a simple survey in the general chat forum and I hope everyone will spare 5-10mins of their time to fill it out for me.
I've also read some of the short stories you guys have posted in the other forums, and boy are they some interesting reads, you guys have done some great work in there!
I'm a student at a local college and in my English class, we were asked at the first day of class the question, "What is literature?" Many of our answers related to the use of language to convey some kind of message, feelings, experiences, etc. There were so many different responses though, but the most common similarity was the use of language.
Also, throughout the semester, we had debates and presentations about what could be considered as literature, for example, songs, comics/graphic novels. We've compared songs to poems and comic/graphic novels to plays and by that logic, argued that songs and graphic novels should be considered as literature as well.
So this have brought me here to try and see what everyone in today's society think of what literature is, and what could be considered as literature or not. I feel that it would be fun to see what everyone's opinions are in today's society where technology is advancing so much and since many things have gone digital. So I have decided to do a presentation for my class at the end of the semester on this subject.
I'll be dropping off a simple survey in the general chat forum and I hope everyone will spare 5-10mins of their time to fill it out for me.
I've also read some of the short stories you guys have posted in the other forums, and boy are they some interesting reads, you guys have done some great work in there!