Importance of Literature in Education

Through our whole lives, literature has always been involved in our schools and education, since its not only important for it, it is a part of it. Many may take it as a friend, other few don´t like it. There is a lot more to literature than books, it is defined as any written or spoken material; the art of written work.

Literature helps us in many ways, it makes us analyze things and lets us see the world through someone else's eyes. It develops our minds and makes them work efficiently. It is important to know and be informed of literature so we can figure out and understand the world we are living in.

Books and written documents, are the ones that provide all the information we need in school, every time we have to research something we can count on a book as a trustworthy source, since most of the information appearing there is verified and real. Without the existence of literature in our daily education, we wouldn't be able to read and write, which are both essential things, not just in our schools, in our daily life. Written expression is one of the main ways of communication now a days.

Many authors have the ability of changing our way of thinking, this is important in education since it is the way that literature will help us find and learn the things that are correct and the ones that aren't. Throughout all the things we read in school we create our own criteria and become the people we are. We get to know other cultures and learn how to accept different ways of thinking.

As wise man called C.S Lewis once said: “Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.”

Reference:
The Argumentative Old Git (2011) Why teach literature in schools?. [online] Available at: http://argumentativeoldgit.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/why-teach-literature-in-schools/ [Accessed: 29 Jan 2013].