Literature in education and development

Why is literature important in education and development?

Literature is a way or a manner, to express your thoughts, feelings and emotions through written material.

Literature is what show us the culture and believes of a person, a country, a city or an ethnic group have had or have; this way we can understand better the way they think, or why they do the things they did.

Literature also depends on what century we are living in, because that will have a very important impact on what the authors or writers will think and express in their works.

There are many kinds of literature such as, Scientific Literature, Math Literature, etc., but the mainly, in my point of view, is poetry, drama, non-fiction, fiction, romance and tragedy.

The literature changes, in the way the world develops. This is because the human being is in constant change, and this affect the way they think and act against the world. Also because of the mistakes the human has made in the past, this way it help us not to commit them again. For example History Literature, helps us understand what had happened in the world during the past like World War I and World War II to avoid committing the same mistakes in the future and to have a better world.

Also a really important fact of literature is that it helps us to learn different cultures and to better understand why they act the way they do. We can learn about religion, politics, economy, of a different country and this will be very useful if we go to live or visit the country.

 

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