“Literature adds to reality ,it does not simply describe it” is a beautiful quote pertaining to how literature can add depth beyond depicting the world as how it is. Literature can and often does provide different perspectives ,experiences and artistic expressions. You can go from different time periods to different […]
Week 1 Discussion
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The stories that we read in week 5 many of these are classic and famous stories that many of our parents have read to us when we were kids and seen in movies thanks to Disney. something that we have not noticed in this classic of literature is there is […]
“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature” – Henry James This quote means translates into my own perception of being able to incorporate history into work which allows this simple, succinct sentence speaks volumes about the richness of subjects. Literature is more than just words written […]
“Reading make’s immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere”. Is not only a quote u must really take in and read over a couple of times. But it’s worth it as the definition of this is very true […]
“Literature is painting, architecture, and music” – Yevgeny Zamyatin This quote really speaks to me because I like to make music myself. I feel the quote points out that multiple forms of expression can be literature, not just essays, stories, or articles. I can relate this to many things I […]
when we are born, learning becomes our everyday experience and when we are lost we need a map and direction. Literature is not only a mirror, it is a map, a geography of the mind. I thought about this quote for days before I can understand what it actually meant, […]
Yevgeny Zamyatin quote “Literature is painting, architecture, and music” sums up what books are like to me a fellow reader, which invites the reader to peek into a different world from the writer prospective. This quote interest me because the books that I’ve read intends to describe the mood, scenery, […]
Margaret Atwood says: “Literature is not only a mirror; it is a map, is a geography of the mind”. It says that that literature transports you to another world, it transports you to the environmnent od the story. When you are focus on the story, you feel that you are […]
“Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary” -Boris Pasternak This quote reminds of Paulo Coelho’s book called The Alchemist in which he describes the life of an ordinary shepherd who was destined to be something great he describes his life […]
The quote “Literature is painting, architecture, and music.” by Yevgeny Zamyatin describes what literature means to me. A good literature consists of a clear structure that helps the reader imagine the scenes clearly as well as being able to read the story fluently. Taking my favorite novel 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami […]
