The Importance of Paying Attention to the Ontological Position of Literature in Writing University Literature Textbooks

What needs to be considered in the development of academic textbooks is the selection of an appropriate approach to the educational objectives and the ontological position of the educational subject. In this regard, the study of literature textbooks at universities shows that the focus of these books on literary history has left the aesthetic nature of literature lagging behind. Taking into account the existing vacuum, the following questions are brought to light: How far is the current prevailing approach in literature textbooks away from the nature of literature? What features literature textbooks should have in order to create in audiences a reaction proportionate to the nature of the lesson? How can the meta-literary view serve to perceive literature as an art? In the present article which has been done by descriptive-analytical method, in order to answer the above questions, first the current approach to compiling literature books is studied. Then the literature and its important components are explained. Finally, we will study the role of focusing on the nature of literature to change students' attitudes toward this subject and to clarify the need to pay attention to the ontological attitude to literature in compiling textbooks.