Topic 1: This week we're studying the different elements that work together to create a literary work. Has this helped you to understand and appreciate literature more or less? -Studying the elements that work together to create literary work has helped me to understand and appreciate literature more so than I did. The setting of a literature work provides the historical and cultural context. Knowing that authors use symbols, to represent further layers of meaning, compel me to dig deeper to grasp what the author is trying to convey. Studying the different elements used in literary works has made me appreciate the authors of these works more. So much work goes into producing a literary work than one might think at first. Themes, symbols, among other elements have to be thought out carefully to be fully comprehended.