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Describe the meanings of literature to individuals, society, and oneself. Examine common approaches to critical reading and to literary analysis.

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A brief definition for why reading literature is important to understanding ourselves and others.

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In your description talk about how literature helps us understand our humanity toward each other.

Discuss how literature, its characters and environments helps us to experience other cultures and ways of thinking that our not our own.

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