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Importance of World Literature

The document discusses 7 benefits of reading world literature for students: 1) It provides enjoyment and can lead to a lifetime of reading. 2) It develops students' imaginations and can inspire them through vicarious experiences of different worlds. 3) Reading convincingly written stories allows students to have vicarious experiences and view situations from others' perspectives. 4) Literature helps students gain understanding and empathy for humans across history and cultures.

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Importance of World Literature

The document discusses 7 benefits of reading world literature for students: 1) It provides enjoyment and can lead to a lifetime of reading. 2) It develops students' imaginations and can inspire them through vicarious experiences of different worlds. 3) Reading convincingly written stories allows students to have vicarious experiences and view situations from others' perspectives. 4) Literature helps students gain understanding and empathy for humans across history and cultures.

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Importance of World Literature

1. Enjoyment- The most important gain that good books offer to


students is the most obvious one- enjoyment. Positive early
experience often leads to a lifetime of reading enjoyment.
2. Imagination and Inspiration- Students increase their ability to think
divergently. Through the vicarious experience of entering a different
world from the present one, students develop their imaginations. In
addition, stories about people, both real and imaginary, can inspire
students to overcome obstacles, accept different perspective, and
formulate personal goals.
3. Vicarious Experience- When a story is convincingly written that
readers feel as though they have lived through an experience of
actually been in the place and time where the story is set, the book
has given them a vicarious experience. This experience can also be a
good mental exercise for students, since they are asked to view
situations from perspective other than their own.
4. Understanding the Empathy- Literature helps young people to gain an
experience of the universality of human across history which makes it
possible for them to understand that all humans are, to some degree,
alike. By introducing students to stories from many lands and cultures,
teachers and libraries are building a solid foundation for multicultural
and international understanding. Walking in someone elses shoes
helps to develop a greater capacity to empathize with others.
5. Heritage- Stories are the repositories of culture. Knowing the tales,
characters, expression, lullabies, riddles, songs, and adages make us
culturally literate. Stories based on fact help young people to gain a
greater appreciation for what history is.
6. Moral Reasoning- Characters are placed in situations that require
them to make moral decisions. Readers naturally consider what they
themselves would do in such situation. Regular experience with these
stories help to formulate own concepts of right and wrong.
7. Literary and Artistic Preferences- Students quickly come to recognize
the literary and artistic styles of many authors and playwrights. This is
an important first step to literary awareness- that is, to recognize that
the style of one author differs from one another. Students who read
regularly soon develop their own personal preferences for types of
literature. The more students know about their world, the more they
discover about themselves- who they are, what they value, and what
they stand for.

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