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Rabu, 05 Oktober 2016

Let's Talk about Literature : Definitions of Literature

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Alhamdulillah we can meet again in this post. So, this is my new corner. Since I am studying Literature in campus, let me share something that I got from it. Check it out !!


Have you heard about novel, poetry, prose, and drama ? They are the parts of Literature. What is Literature actually ? Let me tell you some definitions of Literature, here they are :


1.       Literature is composed of those books, and of those books only, which in the first, by reason of their subject matter and their mode of treating it, are of genial human interest; and in which in the second place, the element of form and the pleasure which focus give are to be regarded as essential (Budianta,et al, 2002:3-4).

2.       Literature is a vital record of what people have seen in life, what they have experienced, what they have thought and felt about. It is an expression of life through the medium of language.

3.   Literature would mean writing in which something distinctive and striking about the style lends it a quality which goes beyond the communication of information.

4.       Literature is unique human activity that produce the creative thinking in mind in contain of the human’s experience.

5.      Literature is writings that have beautiful word in every word and excellence which is based on the human life which contained in oral or written.

6.       Literature is written works (such as poems, plays, and novels) that are considered to be very good and to have lasting importance.

7.       Literature is writing in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays.

8.   Literature  is writing considered as an art form, or any single writing deemed to have artistic or intellectual value, often due to deploying language in ways that differ from ordinary usage. 

9.       Literature is a term used to describe written and sometimes spoken material.

10.     Literature is referred to as the entirety of written expression, with the restriction that not every written document can be categorized as literature in the more exact sense of the word (Klarer 2004:1).

11.     Literature is a creative writing by an author with aesthetic values which makes literature regarded as an art.

So, from all of the definitions above we can conclude that literature is a way and a medium for human to expressing their feeling through art of writing.

Well, that's all for today's post. Hope you like it and hope it can help you. If you have any comment or some critique feel free to write down in comment box below. Thankyou. Have a nice day !!!

References
Syam, Essy, 2010, Introduction to Literature, Pekanbaru : Alaf Riau
The Edinburgh Introduction to Studying English Literature (pdf)

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