Literate arts is what makes the world more creative and everlasting with inventions. Mae Jemison once said,“The difference between science and the arts is not that they are different sides of the same coin even, or even different parts of the same continuum, but rather, they are manifestations of the same thing. The arts and science are avatar of human creativity.” Literate arts are a way for us to express ourselves; they are ways of communication such as poems, songs, or artistic works. In a transcript of literature arts Miller says that reading and writing do not determine a person’s behavior, they majorly reflect on what people are going through in life. Human life is expressed through communications; through this, people come to learn …show more content…
In Danielle Ofri: Merced, Merced tries to express her feeling; she says that she sometimes have a headache and sometimes pain that is like that of pins being pressed on her hand (Ofri et al. 123). The narrator stood dumbfounded due to the situation in which Merced was in; she was on the floor while all her clothes were off. As a health student, literate arts specifically literature help us to learn some basic skills like how to behave or what is expected of us in some instances and critical occasions like the one the narrator was in when she found Merced on the floor. It teaches us to think on the spot and prepare ourself on how to behave. From this article we can always appreciate the doctor’s work since we can see how dedicated they are always in spite of the challenges and failures. Extensive reading for the health science students is very important since they are mentally prepared that some of the efforts they will put in life might go astray, and they realize that they are not the first people that their efforts are turning them down. By the mental awareness, they will not have lots of
Literature—the dictionary defines it being the art of written works that is designed to entertain, educate and instruct; writers use literature in an attempt to transfer their ideas from paper to the reader; for some, this task means bringing their story to a different place and time that is entirely separate from what the reader could perceive as ordinary, on order to serve the writer’s intent. With this the impossible, becomes the probable, and the worst fear possibly imagined becomes the breathed reality; with no stated separation between the living, and the dying. The word literature in itself cannot be accurately defined, and by attempting to do so limits, the word is instantaneously limited in its usage and effect. Literature just is, just as much as it is not.
The arts, as interpretations of reality or even the creation of new ones, constantly inform a society’s perceptions of what is real or plausible and what the experience of the individual entails. This is done through a series of perceptions that begins with an artist’s perception of reality. In literature, the author translates this perception into a text that can be as whimsical as Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, as outwardly observant and insightful as Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, or as straightforward as Nathaniel Hawthrone’s The Scarlet Letter. It is then the readers’ interpretations of a text that provides individuals and society with new understandings of reality. It is this basis of understanding that is continually added to so that reality is further defined and redefined and there is a greater comprehension of the human condition.
Literature has long been an important part of human life. We express our feelings with ink and paper; we spill out our souls on dried wood pulp. Writing has been a form of release and enjoyment since the beginning of written language. You can tell a story, make yourself a hero. You can live out all your fantasies!
In recent years the meaning of literacy has become much more than that. Now literacy includes things such as, numbers, images, and technology. Literacy can be something that developed through things like Books, the internet, television, family, and many other resources. In this literacy narrative I will discuss the origins of my current attitudes about writing, and reading.
A successful writer is he who is able to transmit ideas, emotions, and wisdom on to his readers. He is cable of stirring emotions and capturing the reader's attention with vivid descriptions and clever dialogues. The writer can even play with the meanings of words and fuse reality with fiction to achieve his goal of taking the reader on a wonderful journey. His tools are but words, yet the art of writing is found in the use of the language to create though-provoking pieces that defy the changing times. Between the lines, voices and images emerge. Not everyone can write effectively and invoke these voices. It is those few who can create certain psychological effects on the reader who can seize him (or her) with inspiring teachings, frightening thoughts, and playful games with the language. These people are true writers…
Often I sit at the computer, or with a pen and paper, and I think about what I should write. I reflect on my experiences with life, or with my feelings and emotions. If the subject that I write about is coming from my heart, I could write forever, opposed to something that I do not have interest in like the mating habits of fireflies. I don’t care about how, when, and much less why they procreate. I would always dread having to write a paper for my English class, and it was not until I discovered my own love for poetry that I began to enjoy writing. It was my junior English teacher in San Diego, Howard Estes. He allowed me to open my mind to not only the academic perspective of literature, but also to my own personal connection to this confusing written language. This newfound passion gave me a sort of sixth sense. When I look at something, I not only think about what it means to me, but what it means to the world on a larger scale as opposed to taking everything at face value. Through my own writings, and the writings of others, I have been shaped as a unique individual.
Literature is the use of language and words in order to communicate thoughts and ideas. Literature is important because it helps us connect and relate to one another by typically gearing itself around permanent and universalizing themes or interest. Additionally, it is important because through works of literature such as the national anthem all citizens of society are unified regardless of race, ethnicity, or social economic status. Other types of literature which are also admired in modern society include, poetry, novels, essays, and films. These different styles of literature are often seen as forms of art just as any other piece of literature, which have a variety of uses including education or entertainment. Through many of these pieces of arts you will find themes which are of interest around the world; these themes can be understood and be related to by nearly all the people in the world. Some of the themes instilled in literature include, “Beauty of simplicity, Everlasting love, Loss of innocence, Materialism as downfall, and the power of wealth”.
Looking back over the course of the semester, I feel that I learned many new and interesting uses for technology within the classroom – both for classrooms that have a lot of technology and for classrooms that are limited with technology. For the majority of the class, we utilized William Kists’ book The Socially Networked Classroom: Teaching in the New Media Age (2010), which provided multiple modes of instruction that both utilized and/or created technology. One of the first things that I remember, and consequently that stuck with me through the course’s entirety, is that individuals must treat everything as a text. Even a garden is a text. The statement made me change the way that I traditionally viewed Language Arts both as a student and as a teacher, as I very narrowly saw literature and works of the like as texts only; however, by considering nearly anything as a text, one can analyze, study, and even expand his/her knowledge. Kist (2010) states that society is “experiencing a vast transformation of the way we “read” and “write,” and a broadening of the way we conceptualize “literacy” (p. 2). In order to begin to experience and learn with the modern classroom and technologically advanced students, individuals must begin to see new things as literature and analyze those things in a similar manner.
Reading and writing are the basis of the original meaning of literacy. This definition, however, changed over time and culture. The term has expanded to include computer literacy, digital literacy, information literacy, health literacy, etc. (Vacca, Vacca, & Mraz, 2011). Nevertheless, the most important change to the term literacy is expanding the use of reading and writing. Literacy is defined as understanding, thinking and practicing the use of language in different cultural/social settings through the use of all types of media which allows people to communicate and make meanings (Vacca et al., 2011). To support this new meaning of literacy, specifically in the classroom, a new method or strategy has emerged called “write to learn.” This method describes short and informal writing tasks that help students make connections to previous knowledge, and allow them to represent their knowledge of specific content areas through writing (Vacca et al., 2011). These activities can be used in any content class to further improve students’ learning.
If the writing that comes out of such minds are still understood and the broad ideas behind it all is still passed on, then all the literature art is still conserved because the audience is still sharing the message they interpreted from what their brain is digesting and absorbing. It is this process of observation, thought, and response that has been the practice of all literate arts. One idea, feeling, thought, or dream that is conveyed through a certain medium, no matter what the form is, it still elicits some type of response that can turn into something bigger for all to read or write for pleasure. With the Internet sculpting the classic definition of literature, the basis of it all is the pure art of writing on a subject with creativity. In The Edge of the Precipice: Why Read Literature in the Digital Age?, it is discussed that “…literature remains as a fundamental means to mediate human life and the way it deals with the world in which it operates. The technique and language necessarily change, but the essential work of literature, its projection of human issues and concerns onto the external landscape, remains” (Socken 6). Paul Socken dismisses Miller’s ideas by saying that with the digital age expanding the work of literature is only evolving . The sole purpose of it is to exchange opinions and ideas in a way of art and with the Internet it is allowing more to come into realization of how important and sacred writing really is. It also allows for exchange in information and teaches everyday skills that helps in major events in our life. Miller sees reading and writing as taken over by technology in today’s society, and believes that the value of experiencing different points of view in cultures and learning will soon be vanished in the educational world. However on the contrary,
Literacy can be told as a narration. Almost everyone has their own story of how they became literate. It is this journey that lays out the foundation for how one views literacy. Therefore, finding a definition for literacy proves to be quite difficult. Instead, an explanation of literacy is found through cause and effect. People’s personal stories all constitute what we believe literacy is. As a class, we have majorly analyzed the written works of Jimmy Santiago Baca, C.H. Knoblauch, Jean Anyon, and Mary Louise Pratt. Not only were we able to read these excellent pieces, but every single one of us were able to meet and interview our very own peers. It is easy to analyze someone’s story on paper, but it does not feel
As a medical professional, there are many different aspects of the job. Most of the journey towards the profession is filled with long hours of studying all the technical terms and symptoms for a diagnosis. While all these aspects are important, humanities and fine arts aspect of learning should be incorporated into the studies of the current and future healthcare professionals as well. Literature and art impact and improve many different aspects of improving one’s skills as a carer, including, ethics, self-reflection, aesthetics and interpretation, empathy, and ambiguity. All parts of these aspects are interconnected with one another, with one aspect also enhancing the others, however, I believe the most important aspects are the ethics, empathy, and ambiguity that in which studying literature and art can provide for the learning healthcare provider.
A few scholars theorize that art, as well as story-telling, should consider a versatile capacity for the human species, that they should fill a profound human need (cite). The first fundamental concept is there is the narrow border between art/literature and entertainment. The entertainment is usually a short-lived concept that focuses on short time-scales such as a week or a year. Entertainment such as comedy is mainly targeted to help people to forget their troubles for some time. However, art has a different concept. Anything that claims as art should have, the more permanent timeline. Art/literature can remain for centuries in which connect the generation to each other. Art has more meaningful and profound topics rather than entertainment.
In my way of thinking, I’ve changed considerably and now I can see how literature is getting more accessible for people. And this is good thing, but it eventually attaches me to get lost in its dimension and forgetting things that are important for me, like my responsibilities and my life. Now I see that literature is adapting itself to be commercial, that tends to be written more to satisfy the public than to express valuable things, and eventually coming vulgar, something common in today’s songs.
Every day humans participate in the consumption of media. Technology has changed the means of production of media making it more readily available. The advancement in technology, such as television, smart phones, and the internet, has caused a declination in the use of literary communications. People are more inclined to watch an online video rather than read the daily newspaper; also, people tend to enjoy watching movies rather than reading a book. Society, especially in the United States, has become consumed by the advancements in technology. People no longer have to read printed books, due to the invention of the Kindle and Nook along with the apps on other tablets to read. The use of the internet has made it accessible to order books directly from websites rather than going to the bookstore. All these things factor into the consumption of literary communication. Literature effects people in unique ways compared to other sources of media. Each reader perceives a text in a different way and each book affects each reader in different ways. If reading literary communications promotes creativity and encourages the mind to interpret the content of a text and to analyze the effect it has on the reader; then the declination of reading will affect the perspective of life in a culture.