This document provides an introduction and overview for a class on literature. It outlines the grading system, time allocation, and group assignments. Students will be divided into 6 groups, with each group presenting on chapters from the textbook. The grading criteria and group members are defined. The introduction also touches on defining literature, its forms and genres, and techniques used. An example short story from Aesop's Fables is also included and students are assigned questions to answer about the story.

1. Introduction to Li
By: Albertus Krisna

2. Grading System:
Attendance : 10%
Assignment : 20% (Groupwork Presentation)
Mid Test : 30% (Open Book, printed only)
Final Test : 40% (Open Book, printed only)
Time Allocation (for each session):
- Chapter Summary
- Q & A
-Group Presentation
- Q & A

3. Group Assignment:
- 6 groups (I will only choose one member)
- Make a presentation about one (or some)
interesting thing(s) you find in:
- Group 1: Chapter 1 & 7
- Group 2: Chapter 2 & 8
- Group 3: Chapter 3 & 9
- Group 4: Chapter 4 & 10
- Group 5: Chapter 5 & 11
- Group 6: Chapter 6 & 12
- Your group will get score based on: the content,
the layout, the teamwork, & the interactivity of
your presentation.

4. Groups:
- Group 1: Handi
- Group 2: Erlyana
- Group 3: Yunita
- Group 4: Laura L
- Group 5: Felix
- Group 6: Poni
Groups Scoring:
Each member will get the same score, except those that didn’t attend
the presentation (-10 points). Each group gets 2 chances, I’ll only take the
highest score.

5. Notes:
Whether a written work can be considered a literary writing or not
ultimately depends on the individual readers or readers en masse who
decide its value.
~ important contribution to our understanding of the world
~ truth of life, humanity, society, or nature
~ seriousness
~ creative intent
~ aesthetic value
It is called literary writing when it has:
What are the criteria for a written work to be literary writing?
It’s the art of written works.
What is literature?
First Meeting – Introduction

6. Function of literature:
- to widen our horizon - to enrich our innermost
- to broaden our mind - to improve our knowledge
Major forms of literature:
- novel - poem
- drama - short story
Major genres of literature:
- epic - lyric
- drama - romance
- satire - tragedy
- comedy - tragicomedy
Literature techniques:
- prose
- verse

7. Examples of Short Story’s Literature:
Aesop’s Fables : The Two Friends and the Bear
A man was travelling together with his friend along a narrow
road through unknown mountains and winding valleys. He felt
safe because he and his friend could combine forces to fight
whatever danger fortune might put in their way.
As they were travelling along discussing various subjects, a
bear suddenly confronted them in the middle of the road. One
of the men ran straight for a tree and grabbed at a branch in
order to suspend his trembling body in the foliage. The other
man stood stock still and then fell to the ground on purpose,
pretending to be dead.
The wild beast immediately ran up to him, eager to seize her
victim. With her curved bear claws, she lifted the wretched
man up off the ground, but since his limbs had grown stiff
and frozen with fear , for the usual warmth of life had left his
body, the bear concluded that he was nothing but a rotting
corpse.

8. Thus, despite her hunger, the bear abandoned the man and
went away to her den.
The men gradually began to relax and started up their
conversation again. The man who had only just now fled in
fear was feeling far too sure of himself and he said to his
companion, 'Tell me, my friend, what did that bear say to you
while you were lying there shaking? She must have told you
many things in that lengthy private conversation.'
The other man replied, 'Indeed, she gave me some quite
important advice including, alas, one particular command that
I cannot afford to forget: Do not be too quick to resume your
fellowship with that other man, in case you fall once again into
the clutches of another wild beast.'
Source: Aesop's Fables. A new translation by Laura Gibbs. Oxford
University Press (World's Classics): Oxford, 2002.

9. Answer these questions in 15 minutes.
1. What is the moral of the story?
2. What are the characters of the two men?
3. Please retell the story in your own words.

10. See You Next Week…