Understanding Literature

Literature is now widely used word for anythe new age. The spiritual change and
written material.it is true in lexical terms but notenhancement is possible only through literature. It
right in as regards the term literature. In strictis the guardian of culture and traditions. Literature
sense literature is the written material with somefamiliarizes us to new worlds of ideas and novel
specific characteristics. Each and every hackneyedinner experience. We acquaint ourselves with
word can not be called literature. It is always inbooks and literature of all ages and times and
some specific form with artistic values.enjoy the literary essence in these works. We
Universality, sincerity, life likeness andtake pleasure in comedies and achieve cathartic
suggestiveness are its important elements. Aeffect from tragedies. The poems take us to
brochure or a catalog is not literature in stricteternal world of art and the short stories refine
sense. It is the record of spiritual progress of aour thoughts. The prose has pedagogical effect
nation. It reveals the aspects of life that areand we feel elevated. We recognize our status in
hidden from the common people. It is thethis universe and work for the betterment of the
literature that leads a nation to the path ofhumanity. Any scientific invention can not lift our
progress and prosperity. It was the literaryheart and soul as do the literature. The literature
personality that sends the man on moon first inchanges our inner self without our knowledge.
his stories and afterward the scientists strive toWhatsoever critical pattern we use to converse
achieve the goal.and analyze literature, there is always a creative
Literature is quite different from science.quality in all literary works. Literature is vital to us
Scientists tell us what the thing is while literaturebecause it talks to us, it is cosmic, and it
tells us how things should be. Literature is the kindinfluences us. Even when it is unpleasant, it is
of writing charged with the human interests andstriking.
colored with the permanence of values,When we peep into annals of the literature we
imagination and artistic embellishments. It is theare really lost in it and some outer influence bring
voyage of the centuries or ages embedded withus out of the enchantment of literature. 'Divine
the ornaments of the experiences of humanity.comedy' of Dante still strikes us, the works of
Science is just like the foundry where every thingHomer and Sophocles are still alive in our lives and
is molded into same pattern while literature is thethoughts and we feel proud of these works.
garden where the variety of fragrance colors andA collection of few words in the form of a single
texture is in abundant. On this visor the visitorline of verse or prose often does the more than
sees according to his own abilities and wisdom.the hundreds of pedantic lectures and
The scientist invents while the literature creates.admonishments.
The literary personality is the seer; harbinger of