What are the six functions of language by Jakobson
emotive/expressive function
conative function
referential function
phatic function
metalingual function
poetic function
What is the broad defintion of literature?
all written communications and all written and printed works
excludes oral literature
What is the narrow defintion of literature?
restriction to a specific kind of fictional text only
relation to reality (no claim of representing facts, creation imaginary world, fictionality)
paritcular use of language ( derivation from everyday language)
specific reading effect intended
literariness as result of a set of conventions that govern our reading
normative definition
a normative statement expresses an evaluation, saying that smth. is good or bad, better or worse, relative to some standard or alternative. Definitions based on paritcular normative or qualitative criteria are problematic. Such criteria do not stand up to objective scrutiny and are avoided nowdays
descriptive definition
A drescriptive statement gives an account of how the world is without saying whether its good or bad. Any differentation between literary and non literary text should follow descriptive criteria and base itself on certain textual and contextual factors
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