Introduction To Literature

In short, literature evokes imaginative worlds through the conscious arrangement of words that tell a story. These stories are told through different genres, or types of literature, like novels, short stories, poetry, drama, and the essay. Each genre is associated with certain conventions. In this text, we will study poetry, short fiction, drama, and even personal narratives. As an introductory book, this book provides comprehensive materials with a deep analysis and description. This book is essentially hoped to help the readers especially students enriching their firmament in understanding basic literature. Afterward, students are suggested to be able to develop their knowledge by reading the references in this book to the advanced level of literature understanding. “This book become important when we care with the development of literature, education along with connects between literature and education. Therefore, in a good literary works consist of education's values, not just literary works were written by local men of letters but also internasional men of letters as were written in this book.” (Asep Abbas Abdullah, lecturer of Faculty of Adab and Humaniora of UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya) “Academically this book was presented nicely, because imperceptibly reader will be understood about world of literature. Therefore, it is very decent to be read by circle of academics and practitioners.” (Winardi, chief of STKIP PGRI Jombang)