How do you study literature?

Answer 1

Here are some good tips:

Read the entire work first, without doing anything more than just enjoying the story. Then go back over the work and ask yourself the following questions for each scene or chapter or for the entire book:

• What is going on in this book, or this chapter, or this scene?
• Who are the characters and what are they like?
• Why are the characters doing what they're doing?
• Where and when is the setting?
• What atmosphere is the author trying to portray?
• What is the overall theme or lesson of the work?

You can also get really analytical and ask questions like the following:

• How does the author accomplish their purpose with this work?
• What style of writing does the author use?
• What kind of voice does the author have?
• How does the author utilize grammar and sentence structure?
• How does the author portray different characters and give them individual voices?
• How does the author make use of humor?

Answer 2

Literature is defined as the work of an art, which brings about universal ideals and interst.

Answer 3

The more you read and study the more you know and appreciate literature.