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- To reduce literature to its usefulness is to miss the sheer pleasure of word and sound that makes it literature in the first place.
www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/books/review/should-literature-be-considered-useful.htmlShould Literature Be Considered Useful? - The New York Times
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Sep 4, 2014 · To reduce literature to its usefulness is to miss the verbal texture, the excess, the sheer pleasure of word and sound, that make it literature in the first place.
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We witness this transformative impact everyday when we bring literature to work: 1. A manufacturing supervisor re-examined his leadership approach after discussing William Carlos Williams’ “The Use of Force”with his team. 2. A healthcare professional understood white male privilege for the first time after discussing several short stories with a di...
At Books@Work, we do not teach. We explore the human condition, using literature as a guide and a springboard. Through diverse life experiences, emotions and personal perspectives, we engage with the story and each other. The story becomes a platform for collaborative reflection– about our relationships, the workplace, the world. The great astronom...
Nov 29, 2019 · How literature changes the reader, or the essence of what literature is, has been operationalized by means of the theoretical-empirical model of transformative reading, describing its components and how its components relate to one another.
- Olivia Fialho
- 2019
Jul 27, 2015 · According to these “anticognitivist” views, science and other knowledge‐seeking practices are the proper source of knowledge, and literature can merely offer an illusion of truth. In this article, I discuss two intertwined issues in the recent literature and cognition debate.
- Jukka Mikkonen
- 2015
Nov 1, 2019 · By integrating findings and perspectives from many empirical findings, a literature review can address research questions with a power that no single study has. It can also help to provide an overview of areas in which the research is disparate and interdisciplinary.
Jul 18, 2013 · Reviewing the literature requires the ability to juggle multiple tasks, from finding and evaluating relevant material to synthesising information from various sources, from critical thinking to paraphrasing, evaluating, and citation skills [7].
