Ebooks don't spell the end of literature
E-readers pose no threat to books — quite the opposite, they may
just re-kindle a generation's love for the written word
The other day I was on a train, reading a book. The young woman seated next to me was also reading a book. We were both enjoying classics of English literature — hers was a Charlotte Brontë novel. The only difference was that my book was made of paper, and hers of light on the screen of an e-reader.
Books are changing; but are the fundamentals of reading and writing? Seeing a reader gripped by digital Brontë made me aware that electronic books are giving literacy a new dimension. Many people like this new way of enjoying a book, and some may prefer it. Look at it this way: since the 1960s when transistor radios and — by the end of the decade — colour televisions transformed popular culture, every new technological advance has strengthened the appeal of the sort of media that rivals the book. Music and film, TV and video games: all have outshone books in technological glamour. Now, suddenly, here is a technological way to read a book. It's kind of cool.
I don't believe this technology will destroy the printed object; real books will never lose their charm. But people who see today's new ways of reading as a threat are fantasising. Literacy has been under attack for decades, from all directions. Reading suffered its worst assault, perhaps, from television. My grandmother used to read all the time — in fact she was the village librarian — but you wouldn't find many people in that same village today with the TV off, their heads in books. It is therefore surely arguable that e-readers are not the destroyers but the saviours of the book. A generation may return to the written word because of this technology.
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(UnB – GO) Based on the text, check the correct items.
( )The author believes the TV was harmless to reading.
( )The writer's grandmother worked in a bookstore.
( )If it weren't for the e-books, more people would be reading classic literature nowadays.
( )There were more similarities than differences between the author and the young woman on the train.
( )In the excerpt “Music and film, TV and video games: all have outshone books in technological glamour.”, the main verb contains a prefix.
( )Like the radio and television, e-readers will definitely contribute to reducing the importance of literature.
( )In a way, the advent of the e-books added technological glamour to the way people read books.
( )The author sees the new way of reading books as something interesting.
( )For the author, the problems literature faces are multiple and extend to a period before the advent of e-books.
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The writer's grandmother worked in a bookstore
There were more similarities than differences between the author and the young woman in the train
In the excerpt “Music and film, TV and video games: all have outshone books in technological glamour.”, the main verb contains a prefix.
For the author, the problems literature faces are multiple and extend to a period before the advent of e-books.
The author sees the new way of reading books as something interesting.
Resposta:
There were more similarities than differences between the author and the young woman in the train
In the excerpt “Music and film, TV and video games: all have outshone books in technological glamour.”, the main verb contains a prefix.
For the author, the problems literature faces are multiple and extend to a period before the advent of e-books.
The author sees the new way of reading books as something interesting.
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