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Literature 00:01:01 1 Definitions 00:03:25 1.1 Genres 00:03:48 2 History 00:13:26 3 Psychology and literature 00:16:28 4 Poetry 00:17:54 5 Prose 00:19:09 5.1 Fiction 00:19:17 5.1.1 Novel 00:20:30 5.1.2 Novella 00:21:22 5.1.3 Short story 00:22:06 5.2 Essays 00:22:28 5.3 Natural science 00:23:14 5.4 Philosophy 00:23:55 5.5 History 00:24:40 5.6 Law 00:25:15 6 Drama 00:26:43 7 Other narrative forms 00:27:15 8 Literary techniques 00:28:04 9 Legal status 00:28:13 9.1 United Kingdom 00:28:57 10 Awards 00:29:46 11 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKfABj2eGyjH3ntPxp4YeQ You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= Literature, most generically, is any body of written works. More restrictively, literature refers to writing considered to be an art form or any single writing deemed to have artistic or intellectual value, often due to deploying language in ways that differ from ordinary usage. Its Latin root literatura/litteratura (derived itself from littera: letter or handwriting) was used to refer to all written accounts. The concept has changed meaning over time to include texts that are spoken or sung (oral literature), and non-written verbal art forms. Developments in print technology have allowed an ever-growing distribution and proliferation of written works, culminating in electronic literature. Literature is classified according to whether it is fiction or non-fiction, and whether it is poetry or prose. It can be further distinguished according to major forms such as the novel, short story or drama; and works are often categorized according to historical periods or their adherence to certain aesthetic features or expectations (genre). |