ENGL 2011 Lecture 1: ENGL 2011- Jan 9 2017
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Move from reading in a literal fashion to a gurative (symbolism or representation) Notice abstract qualities, usually can be related to moral implications. Exercise - break down the word children into parts which we assume and usually take in a literal/de ned manor: Bias: children may be superior to adults, it"s preferable to be a child. We assume that literature is written and published: we assume it is presented by mass production, but it was not always that way. Tales = told: implies they are spoken stories. Stories were originally told at a time when distinctions between ages were not taken as strictly: no such thing as literature speci cally for children. It is not real literature: lighter reading because children are not as educated as adults. Not literal: fairytales are not stories about fairies, unlike how ghost stories contain ghosts. The stories are about people and ordinary events: ex.