   didacticism is a philosophy that emphasizes instructional and informative qualities in literature and other types of art.whatâs wrong with didacticism? academia.edu, retrieved 30 oct 2013didactic literature or didacticism, university of houstonâclear lake, retrieved 30 oct 2013 the term has its origin in the ancient greek word Î´Î¹Î´Î±ÎºÏÎ¹ÎºÏÏ (didaktikos), "related to education and teaching", and signified learning in a fascinating and intriguing manner.religious awakening stories in late medieval japan: the dynamics of didacticism, retrieved 30 oct 2013 didactic art was meant both to entertain and to instruct. didactic plays, for instance, were intended to convey a moral theme or other rich truth to the audience.didacticism in morality plays, retrieved 30 oct 2013glossary of literary terms, the university of north carolina at pembroke, retrieved 30 oct 2013 an example of didactic writing is alexander pope's an essay on criticism (1711), which offers a range of advice about critics and criticism. an example of didactism in music is the chant ut queant laxis, which was used by guido of arezzo to teach solfege syllables. around the 19th century the term didactic came to also be used as a criticism for work that appears to be overly burdened with instructive, factual, or otherwise educational information, to the detriment of the enjoyment of the reader (a meaning that was quite foreign to greek thought). edgar allan poe even called didacticism the worst of "heresies" in his essay the poetic principle. ==examples==  some instances of didactic literature include: * works and days, by hesiod (c.&nbsp;700 bc) * on horsemanship, by xenophon (c.&nbsp;350 bc) * the panchatantra, by vishnu sarma (c. 300 bc) * georgics, by virgil (c.&nbsp;30 bc) * ars poetica by horace (c.&nbsp;18 bc) * ars amatoria, by ovid (1&nbsp;bc) * thirukkural, by thiruvalluvar (between 2nd century bc and 5th century ad) * remedia amoris, by ovid (ad&nbsp;1) * first thessalonians, by paul the apostle (ad&nbsp;52) * medicamina faciei femineae, by ovid (between 1&nbsp;bc and ad&nbsp;8) * epistulae morales ad lucilium, by seneca the younger, (c.&nbsp;65 ad) * the jataka tales (buddhist lite
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