Thursday, January 14, 2010
Literary Profile
I have many memories that pertain to literature, they exist from early childhood to my present memory. Some of the earliest memories I have of literature are from when I would read Dr Seuss books as a child; my parents tell me that I enjoyed reading very much along with a love for the interesting pictures. I also remember reading my picture bible with my mom and dad almost every night before I went to bed. As it can be seen, I have always had a love for reading things that interested me whether it is from a Sports Illustrated magazine or a book on Pentecostal theology, I still enjoy reading. More currently I have been reading all sorts of genres of literature including books that help me grow as a believer in Christ, non-fiction stories. My favorite book belongs to the series of Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis, the The Last Battle. I believe literature is a very important role to our culture today and has served a very important role all through out history. Literature among many things helps capture ideas and paint pictures for readers to understand in their own way what an author was intending.
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C. S. Lewis is a good story teller indeed.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear that you're such a reader. Excellent.
It's interesting to me that you imply a connection between literature and "interesting pictures." Even though you just hint at in incidentally and in passing, that idea sounds like something useful, though I'm not sure what. Maybe you can help unpack that connection.
Adam I chose Dr. Suess also. I think that he has wrote some of the best books that have ever been published.
ReplyDeleteAdam, I love C.S. Lewis. I think his writing is very accessible to children on their level as well as adults on their level in that we can read more into the symbolism and what not that Lewis hides under Aslan, for example. I'm actually in the process of reading Lewis' Screwtape Letters as well. :]
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