WHAT S LITERATURE
The word “literature has been defined
by many and yet the final meaning is yet to be agreed on. I have now come with
this blog, to help you understand what really literature is.
According
to the oxford dictionary, literature is “the body of all written works”. Anything written down is literature, it then goes down to saying that it is “the collection of creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture”.
to the oxford dictionary, literature is “the body of all written works”. Anything written down is literature, it then goes down to saying that it is “the collection of creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture”.
Literature has now passed just the
meaning, it is now a subject being studied in schools all over the world so,
literature as a subject of study, is
the study of literary works (poetry, prose and drama), and the trial to apply
it in the world of today. It is the writing or study of a whole body of
literary composition (the genres of literature). Literature is any work of art
which uses language, plot, character, setting, tone, mood etc to picture what
really life looks like.
Literature is divided into three
genres as mentioned before, that is poetry, prose and drama. In prose, the
writer is free to use any sentences of various length, he is however not free
to use words as he likes. The diction is always simple and clear and more
direct.
In poetry, the words are more
technical and difficult to understand, the poet uses some literary devices to
achieve his aim or than in prose. However, poetry is shorter than prose. The
problem poetry has is to be able to assign more than one meaning to any work of
poetry. The nice part is that the poet is given license to use words as he likes
e.g in prose one can’t change the spelling of “woman ”to“ wuman, but that can
be done in poetry.
Finally, drama is another genre
entirely, this have to do with the use of acts and scenes, the use of dialogue,
chorus e.t.c. it is more technical also when compared to prose.