1. What is Literature?
Can we kill it?
What wine goes best with it?
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2. This is literature.
This is literature.
This is literature.
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3. “LITERATURE IS THE USE OF
LANGUAGE TO
TRANSCEND OUR
EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE AND
COMMENT ON THE
HUMAN CONDITION.”
- Mike Stuchbery (1980 - ?)
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4. LITERATURE IS MORE THAN JUST
BOOKS IT IS ALSO
FILM AND
THEATER AND
COMICS
AND
NON-FICTION!
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5. EVERY LITERARY WORK HAS A CONTEXT. THE
CONTEXT INFORMS AND GUIDES OUR
UNDERSTANDING OF A TEXT.
NO LITERARY WORKS ARE CREATED IN A VACUUM -
THE POWER STRUCTURES, MORAL VALUES,
S E X UA L M O R E S , G E N D E R R O L E S A N D
RELIGIOUS DOGMA OF AN ERA ALWAYS DRIVE
THE CREATION OF LITERATURE.
THIS ENVIRONMENT IS THE CONTEXT OF A
LITERARY WORK.
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6. EXECUTION. IMPRISONMENT. MADNESS.
LITERATURE IS DANGEROUS. IT’S A GOOD WAY
TO GET YOURSELF IMPRISONED OR KILLED.
PEOPLE DON’T LIKE CHANGE. ESPECIALLY
POWERFUL PEOPLE.
SOMETIMES THE WORLD JUST AIN’T READY FOR YOU.
POVERTY. RIDICULE. HARASSMENT.
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7. LET’S TALK ABOUT SOME WORKS THAT HAVE
CHANGED THE WORLD.
* WHO?
* WHAT?
* WHERE?
* WHEN?
* WHY?
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