Words Wonder Beginners Guide To Literature

Words’ Wonder: Beginners’ Guide to Literature is an attempt to introduce students to the wonder of words in literature. The beauty and extraordinariness of words used in literature may help increase students’ aesthetic and intellectual growth. Studying literature is not merely cognitive oriented but also transformative. By gaining knowledge about literature from a variety of culture across the world, students can grow their sense of becoming human beings so as to develop their global citizenship, tolerance and ethical responsibility. In Indonesian context, as in any parts of the world sometimes wrecked by prejudice and intolerance, good values from different literary traditions should be implanted in the young age as early as possible. Only then can people foster positive attitudes, put aside resentment and bigotry, remove anger and bitterness. The purpose of this guidebook is thus to make students aware of the joy, charm and fascination of reading literary works, while cultivating their artistic, affective and social aspects of life through the power of words.

Introduction to Educational English Literature is a guide book to use at the undergraduate level to introduce students to the world of literature. The aim is to acquaint students with various kinds of literary genres and basic theories in appreciating literary works in elementary level. The book shows how literature directly relates to the personal, social, ecological, and spiritual aspects of our life. By reading and appreciating literary works, students may develop emphatic understanding of self, others, and the world around us. Introduction to Educational English Literature has 11 units; each covers the following: • objectives of the unit • illustrated concepts used in literary appreciation • signposted exercises.

Brings literature to life through a combination of fascinating texts, critically up-to-the minute readings and Jacobs' enthusiastic, lively approach.

What's the word for . . .? People in different countries speak different languages-and sometimes these languages have words that are untranslatable into English. So here's Wonder words, a lexicon of unique words from all over the world that have been beautifully illustrated. This book will open up your child's world, making them aware of emotions, cultures and practices from far and beyond.

This illustrated and fully updated Third Edition of The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English is the most authoritative and international survey of world literature in English available. The Guide covers everything from Old English to contemporary writing from all over the English-speaking world. There are entries on writers from Britain and Ireland, the USA, Canada, India, Africa, South Africa, New Zealand, the South Pacific and Australia, as well as on many important poems, novels, literary journals and plays. This new edition has been brought completely up to date with more than 280 new author entries, most of them for living authors. The general reader will find it fascinating to browse and to discover many new writers and works, while students will find it an invaluable resource for daily use. This is a unique work of reference for the twenty-first century that no reader or library should be without.