Have you ever thought about the functions of literature? Sometimes we underestimate the importance of literature in our lives, but thanks to it, we can learn new things about the world, experience emotions, both good and bad and many more.
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What is literature?
Simply put, it is a collection of different written texts. Literature definition is the desire of people to convey their own knowledge, experience, vision through written texts. It can be concluded that literature is a storehouse of human knowledge in a printed and accessible form.
What are the functions of literature?
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We read literature almost every day but how much do we know about its functions? How does literature help us in our lives? Here are 10 functions of literature everyone should know.
Knowledge sharing
This is the most basic and important function of literature. We can learn many new things about the world with its help; we can fill ourselves with knowledge and become smarter.
Upbringing
Literature affects the feelings and outlook of a person. Why do we read fairy tales in childhood? Well, mostly because they clearly distinguish between good and evil, which helps children to understand what is good and what is bad from early age. Thanks to artistic images, authors convey basic educational principles to the child.
Сommunication
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First of all, it is the communication between the reader and the author. Very often, we are impressed by some characters and do not like others. We can agree with a point of view of the author and we can disagree with it altogether. Also, a book can be a topic for discussion with your friends and acquaintances.
Entertainment
Even though we live in the digital age with all forms of entertainment at our fingertips, a lot of people still enjoy reading books to entertain themselves. After all, books can take you anywhere without you even leaving your couch and they can provide you with hours of fun. They don't even have to be fiction, some folks get a kick out of reading construction manuals :)
Shaping the aesthetic taste
Literature helps us to form our own vision of beauty, it pleasantly influences us, changing our behavior in society and attitude towards people in general. Literature helps us to notice everything beautiful around us.
Self-development
Literature helps us to develop ourselves. Thanks to books, articles, magazines, we have the opportunity to fill ourselves with new knowledge, cultivate good qualities and strive for something more.
Development of thought process
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The more we know, the more we have the desire to tell others about it and find out what they think about it. As the saying goes: "Truth is born in dispute," and so it is. People very often reflect on processes, events, knowledge, which they read and discuss various issues with others.
Pleasure
We get pleasure every time from reading good verses or beautiful work, or a book with a great plot, or other interesting facts and scientific literature. People spend a lot of time looking for something that really brings them pleasure, and literature is something that gives joy.
Shaping the speech
The more a person reads, the more words they learn, as well as different designs and options for constructing sentences. People can enrich their vocabulary thanks to literature.
Transformation
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Our world is full of information and not all of it is good and beautiful, but with the help of literature, we can transform bad memories into something beautiful. Thanks to literature, banal things can be turned into something artistic, poetic and beautiful.
How much do you know about the various functions of literature? Thanks to literature, we can study, be inspired, cry, laugh, enjoy and just have a good time.
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