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Discuss? Posted by lalu on Feb 4, 2009. |
Literature Group
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The language of every specialized group is "special". It's a specific vocabulary or jargon...just like the language of doctors, engineers, lawyers, or other "clubs". The language includes, but is not limited to, figurative language, plot, character, symbol, irony, paradox, and many more issues with which to analyze and discuss the language and the author's purpose. Posted by amy-lepore on Feb 4, 2009. |
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In reply to #1: The language of literature is special in one particular way that is very significant, I think. When writers seek to communicate most persuasively and effectively, they speak in the language of connotation instead of denotation. Every great speech I have read or heard has been framed in literary language. This is the language that reaches deep and captures human emotion and aspiration. The beauty and power of literary language binds people together in shared experience and common needs. Patrick Henry, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Winston Churchill--to name only a few--wrote in the language of literature, and we learn "by heart" much of what they wrote. Theirs are words that last. Posted by mshurn on Feb 6, 2009. |
