The moralist approach is a philosophical perspective that emphasizes moral principles and ethics in guiding human behavior. It focuses on distinguishing right from wrong actions and promoting virtuous behavior. A moralist approach to literature judges the value of a work based on its moral or ethical teachings. It seeks to determine whether a work conveys a lesson or message that can help readers lead better lives and improve their understanding of the world.

1. Subject : GROUP 4 : ENGLISH
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2. MORALIST
APPROACH
The moralist approach is a philosophical perspective that
emphasizes the importance of moral principles, values, and
ethics in guiding human behavior and decision-making. It focuses
on the distinction between right and wrong actions and seeks to
understand and promote virtuous behavior.
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3. Moralist Approach
Its concern is not only to discover meaning
but also to determine whether works of
literature are both true and significant.
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4. MORALIST
APPROACH
Moralist Approach is a type of
literary critique that judges the
value of the literature based on
its moral or ethical teachings
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5. REMEMBER
The importance of literature is not just its way of saying
but also what it says.
The larger purpose of literature is to teach morality and
to probe philosophical issues.
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6. REMEMBER
A tendency-rather than a recognized
school-within literary criticism to judge
literary works according to moral rather
than formal principle.

7. You may discuss answers to questions like:
What moral statement, if any, does this literary
work make? Is it implicit or explicit?
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What does the work say about the nature of good or
evil? Is good rewarded? Is evil punished? What does
the work say about human nature?

8. You may express your
complete disapproval
if a particular work
promotes or justifies
negative behavior or
thoughts.
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9. It is used to determine whether a
work conveys a lesson or message
and whether it can help readers
lead better lives and improve their
understanding of the world.
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10. E.M FORSTER
English Novelist (1879-1970)
"Every good story has a moral, and every bad story is a moral,
now it is necessary to deduce the moral."
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11. THANK YOU
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