Classic poetry series
The Purposes of Literature
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2. The Purposes of Literature
Every author has the purpose or the specific intent of his work; neither does the litterateur in his works. The purpose of literature is in order to readers can enjoy, appreciate, and also appreciate the beauty of the elements exposed in literary texts. People use language for various purposes in different forms of writing. They discuss and write a variety of issues such as family, politics,
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environment, women, education and soon. Prose poems, dramas and other literary works use language in written form, they are called literature. There are many purposes and kinds of literature that explained by some experts. One of them is; according to Karrie Rampa quoted from Nasution and Armis (1986: 139), said that literature has many functions, such as: ethics, educative, consultative, creative and re-creative. Saadie (1997: 8) stated that: “Tujuan dari pembelajaran kesasteraan adalah dimaksudkan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan siswa dalam mempersiapkan karya sastra. Kegiatan mengekspresikan sastra berkaitan erat dengan latihan, mempertajam penalaran, dan daya khayal, serta kepekaan terhadap masyarakat, budaya dan lingkungan hidup”. (The purpose of literature learning is intended to improve the students‟ ability in expressing the work of art. The activity to express literature is closely related to the activity to sharpen feeling intelligence and the power of imaginations, and also the sense towards social culture and leaving environment). Endah Tri Priyatni (2010: 21) explained that the purpose of literature is to give pleasure or enjoyment to the reader. Sometimes by reading the literature, it would appear the tensions and the tension that will be obtained from the aesthetic pleasure that is active. A literary work must be entertaining; the points here is more on the inner satisfaction when following the storyline or enjoy the beauty of the use of language in describing the aspects of life. Literature also serves to benefit spiritually. By reading literature, we gain deep insight about human problems, social, intellectual or a special way, Luxemburg, et al (1989: 90). But different in Herman, J. Waluyo (2006: 60), he stated that literature serves as a vehicle for catharsis, the enlightenment spirit or soul awareness to society or to the individual limitations that often goes against the position of God. Download 0.55 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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