Importance of Literature in education

I believe that Literature serves many roles in education. It has to do with history because of the whole non-fiction genre, but the fiction genre has its own, equally important part in education. A human being needs to develop an imagination, it’s a human necessity to satisfy our creativity and nurture it. Literature serves a cultural role in all our lives, directly or indirectly. We are all part of it, and lots of times we are creating it without even knowing it. It is one of the most important and influential parts of education, because it’s not only a subject, it’s also the means of communication that education adopts to help us understand. 

In this blog I expect to talk about a wide variety of subjects related to Literature, but what better way to begin than by explaining what it is and why we need it.

Let’s begin by defining literature. Literature is considered as all written works, published or unpublished, of any kind. This comprises a lot of information, ranging from lyrics and poetry to essays and scientific articles. Non-fiction is facts, from history, or science. Fiction is pure work of the mind, creating imaginary situations that sometimes could be possible, other times completely impossible. The most important thing is seeing what all this can bring us. Non-Fiction serves an obvious purpose, teaching reality and facts while fiction can give us the satisfaction and liberty of possibility that the human imagination makes available. I consider that sometimes we all have the need to escape from reality and submerge ourselves in our fears, feelings and desires. Just like art, human beings have the necessity to express themselves, and that expression brings openness of mind, liberty and clears the way for more creativity.

It is my belief that literature is necessary for education because it not only brings us reality, knowledge and information, but it also brings us that touch of fantasy that we all need once in a while. 

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