"What is literature?"

What is literature? Why do we read it? Why is literature important?

My view:-

                             Literature is a term used to describe written or spoken material. Broadly speaking, "literature" is used to describe anything from creative writing to more technical or scientific works, but the term is most commonly used to refer to works of the creative imagination, including works of poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction. Written Texts, Marked by Careful Use of Language, in a Literary Genre the most basic characteristic of literature, it seems to me, is that a literary work is a verbal text. Further, a good example of a literary text will be written: although we can speak have oral 

Literature

Major forms

Novel · Poem · Drama Short story · Novella

Genres

Epic · Lyric · Drama Romance · Satire Tragedy · Comedy Tragicomedy

Media

Performance (play) · Book

Techniques

Prose · Verse

History and lists

Outline of literature Index of terms History · Modern history Books · Writers Literary awards · Poetry awards

Discussion

Criticism · Theory · Magazines

How far an institute should be rated as better or worse from the perspectives of its placement cell

Importance of placement.
Placement is all about educating, training and building the capacity of each and individual student to stand up to challenges later in their careers
Campus placement is one of them; Campus placement these days has become important for all the companies visiting the campus, the students and the institute. With the key focus of institute to help students get their dream jobs with their most preferred companies, the different campuses of institute have formed rigorous placement cells which help them get100% placement for its graduates. Given all these benefits and value additions institute provides,one can obviously say that institute blends in all that is vital to make a student a skilled employable workforce who will go places in their careers. The institute is focused on nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit among the leaders of the Future generation. The institute provides specially designed soft skill training program for the students in order to improve their employ ability skills and to prepare them to face the interview boards more effectively. Placement cell keeps in constant touch with the students’ alumni to promote placement activities. . Placement committee plans and formulates strategies for the placement activities .It provides necessary support and guidance to students for strengthening placement activities and conducts reviews periodically  these efforts help to  the institutes to achieve 100% excellent placement for its students. All campuses have separate accommodation for boys and girls.
                    Now a days institute gives imperative priority to placement of the students.They do extensive research on the recruiting processes of numerous companies to guide their student to their preferred  jobs and in their area of specialty.It has a dedicated career management cell that coordinates the placement activities of the institute and also acts as a liaison between the organization and the students.Personalized counseling, communication, training,resume building and mock interviews at the time of placement inculcate skills that help students bag the best jobs in the market. This help them to become familiar with how the corporate world functions and thus helps in getting final placements as well.