What does literature offer an individual?, ENG Wk 2 Discussion help
ENG discussion one: Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length, not including references. In your post, answer the following questions:
- What does literature offer an individual?
- How has the importance of reading changed from earlier eras (pre-digital/audio/visual media) to our present day? Do you think we read differently now than we did in prior generations?
- Do you think Clugston’s quote is valid? How have perceptions regarding the value of literature changed, if at all?
- What causes people’s perceptions regarding the value of literature to change?
- Incorporate readings found in Chapters 1 through 3 to help illustrate the points you make.
What I need From Tutor: Respond to at least two of your classmates’ initial posts. Each response should be at least 75 words in length and address two or more of the following points:
- Do you agree with your classmates’ perspectives? Why, or why not? Be specific.
- Ask a specific question to encourage further discussion on the topic.
- Challenge your classmates’ interpretation of literature and/or point of view.
- Do a small amount of research and share what you learn with your peers about the topic discussed in this post.
Student One: Teya Ravenell
-Literature offers an individual the ability to expand their mind. Literature becomes alive. It paints a picture of the writer’s words in the reader’s mind. “When you allow reading to unlock your imagination, your connection also setsthe stage for intellectual engagement. It allows the experience of reading literature to include the pursuit of ideasand knowledge” (Clugston, 2014).
-In the earlier eras one could only read off paper different literature. Nowadays, technology is continuing to advance to where one is able to read from their tablets, computers, listen to the audio from literature or even watch it on film.
-Yes, I feel that Clugston’s quote is valid; perceptions regarding the value of literature has changed. Before I someone couldn’t read, they had to have someone read to them or not know about the literature at all. With technology today, a person doesn’t have to necessarily know how to read. Young toddlers, for example, can now can experience literature through audio. If someone doesn’t care to read or be read to, they can watch a literature in theater or on film. There is so many various ways that literature can be experienced.
-I feel that one’s emotions play causes people’s perceptions regarding the value of literature to change. The way a person views a certain type of literature is based on how they feel. They can either like or dislike the way literature is provided. Some people like reading, others like listening, and/or watching. It all depends on the person at hand.
Student Two: Amanda Ramirez
It offers the individual the significance of common human experiences in your life. Literature gives the individual feelings and emotions.
The way I think it has changed from the past to now, is back in the day there were no computers to help us find things to read. They only had newspapers. Now days you can get the news on your cell phone. You can get everything you need to know on a computer.
I think we read better now than back in the day. We have a better learning system now and school teachers that teach us how to read.
Yes I think clugston’s quote is valid. It has a powerful curiosity about human relationships and how to cope in the world.
·I think everybody is different and some don’t want to read literature and there are some that do. Everybody is different in their own way when it comes to literature.
I think everybody has their own reasons not to read literature. My reason not to read it is because I have dyslexia and the words move on me and I get really frustrated and mad. It is really hard on me. when I read, my mind likes to wonder somewhere else.
