Literature can be deemed as writings that have excellence of form or expression and express ideas of permanent or universal interest. Literature is a form of human expression but it is not everything expressed in words even when it is organized and written down, it is counted as literature. Those writings that are mainly informative, technical, scholarly, and journalistic will be excluded from the rank of literature (Rexroth, 2019). In addition, literary art and creativity as artistic are in a direct relationship when it comes to their roles in society as a means of expression. The notion of literature and art is a modern invention born out of the human necessity to find comfort in his or her surroundings. The means of expression vary greatly but also act as a means of self-discovery for those who experience creative flow. One does not have to be an artist in the traditional sense of the word to experience this action but only open to creativity as a valid behavior (Essay: 2018).
Literature is the expression of the life of an individual and the society around him. The thoughts of an individual are seen through language in the form of literature. Literature and life are connected in an intimate way which is dynamic. Literature becomes the vehicle of the thoughts and feelings of the common man and the working people only if it is free from its class limitations and then it tends to become popular and public. It is a well-known fact that literature reflects the society and it portrays the good values and the ills of the particular society. Literature plays the important part of correcting the society by mirroring its bad values. At the same time it also acts as a harbinger of good values through which the readers a can learn and follow. Literature is an imitation of human action and it often presents a picture of what people think, say, and do in the society. Literature portrays human life and action through some characters and those characters by their words and actions communicate certain messages for the purpose of the education, information, and entertainment. Literature cannot leave out the attitudes, morale, and values of the society, since no writer has been brought up completely ignorant of the happenings of the world around him. Writers carry the real-life events in their society into fiction and present them to the society as a mirror with which people can look at themselves and make amends wherever necessary. Literature is a reflection of the human experience because it allows people to look back on their memories and they can relieve the memory or experience through words. Literature also allows people to share human experiences through descriptions in their words and allows people to learn through people’s experiences (Schodhganga: n.d.).
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Rexroth, K. 2019. Literature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Accessed February 27, 2020 from https://www.britannica.com/art/literature.
Shodhganga. n.d. Introduction Literatutre is the Expression of the Life of an ... Accessed July 15, 2020 from https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/33847/1/chapter1.pdf
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