Effect of literary discourse on academic writing skills: An overview of ESL classroom

This research paper aims to know the role of literary discourse in enhancing writing skills and changing thought patterns on literary learners of ESL. It does not only affect the writing of the learners but also makes them more thought-provoking, critical, and analytical. Literary discourse not only enriches the vocabulary but also affects sentence structure and expression at the macro and micro level while writing. Prosaic discourse makes learners argumentative and develops the elements of morality while poetry makes them more imaginative. Consciously or unconsciously, they use rhythmic and flowery language with deviations and alliteration. While on the other hand, dramatic discourse develops interpersonal communication, introduces deviations, and also introduces dramatic devices in academic writing, and fictional discourse develops techniques of storytelling and the use of colloquial language in learners. This research proclaims that these genres develop literary taste in language. It enhances the writing skills of the learners. This is purely qualitative research where data has been collected from the classroom utilizing the observation method. The researcher has played the role of the participant as well as the observer. The data has been collected from graduation level students of Literature class and creative writing class.