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Literature Review (What is Literature? and How literature Shaped me?

Literature Review: What is Literature? & How Literature Shaped Me?



What is Literature?


From my BA, I know about literature, but in BA I deeply never know about literature. We just know literature is it and that is. But how to connect with human and reflect us, now I understand.


Literature is like something is taught us and inspire us. In school time we listen to any simple story it is also part of our literature.

Literature, like any art form, engages the reader in a complex set of emotional, symbolic, moral, intellectual and social considerations. It uses the normal means of communication- language, images, symbols, statutes, stories.

Literature as a part of our growth and development. It gives us an insight into the deep meaning of literature, the interrelation between humanism and literature.


Then now, I completed an MA after just one month, I'm able to define what is Literature.


Literature is the life of the journey. In journey thoughts, happiness, pain, agony, success, failure, frustration, problems, solution, mistakes or so many parts of life. There are also parts of each human beings. But throughout the journey, I'm always being a learner. There are parts of our experience.


Literature is the expression of life in words of truth and beauty. All literature is the expression of feeling, of passion, of emotion, caused by a sensation of the interestingness of life.




How Literature Shaped Me?

Our MA journey starts with Shakespeare's Hamlet to ends with Julian Barnes's Sense of an Ending. In between, there are several texts which are learning a lot.

Shakespeare's tragedies are the most prominent. In Hamlet 'readiness is all' it is taught me that every situation and circumstances readiness for everything whatever kinds of the problem but I'm mentally ready then it is solved.


John Donne's Metaphysical poetry is delightful and it is direct and indirect teaching that birth and death are already decided it is not our hands, so love, death, pain, etc are all enjoyed throughout life.


Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlow taught me, don't be overly proud. because of pride is overloaded then we are falling down and destroy ourself.


The Purpose through I'm another way to think about religion and rituals, deconstruct the myth which is firmly established in our society. Whatever we see in society, but in a way is not actual, the reality is something different from we thought that.


From Feminine perspectives in Mary Shelley, Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf wrote great work and struggle, female as a writer it is not easily accepted in society. Male-dominated society now has a reversal. It is a big struggle against patriarchy and feminism is now honoured. Also in paradise lost character of Eve is against the power and condition of God. So she is able to raise the question and argue.


Our existence, in Waiting for Godot and The Birthday Party great theatre plays, it is a question over our existence and also God's existence, we much believe in God and our remembrance, therefore, we suffer a lot. From Vladimir character, he is happy than Estragon. In a lifetime we also suffered a lot but not blindly believer like Estragon that he is not doing anything excepting Waiting for Godot. In throughout life, we do our best and good karmas then will be automatically God has found. But every time goodness is not doing anything, sometimes we do bad things for ourself it is reality. Another side we are good but society and people are corrupt, we see in The White Tiger, Balram Halwai's character. By born we are poor and suffered a lot then becoming rich it is human nature, and rich people are more corrupt in society, so as Balram has whatever done it is good for all common people.



•~ In BA time there are not allowing in college mobile phones, therefore, I don't use the mobile phone in my BA. After I'm in MA in department digital skills and humanities also developed in my MA journey. It is also part of our literature. We know about such a use of smartphone and also important of the language lab.  Similarly, it is taught that with time literature is reflect on changing time. So this is the real use of sources and technologies. Time has changed now, digital library, self-learning assessment, online teaching source or course all are available in the digital era. Any time we will learn in the digital platform. Literature is a life long journey, leaning is never ended up here, but is a continuous journey to the learning process.



Literature is an ocean. In the ocean, there are several creatures, fish, shark, cocktail, water horses, etc. Ocean has only saltwater. Literature is like an ocean. Literature is widely spreading and it is the form of a huge worldwide feature. The surface of the earth is in the ocean, in front of the ocean has sky. Sometimes literature is liking saltwater, they produce the harsh, dark side and unsatisfied. But all creatures of the ocean is the good side of literature. Big fishes eat small fishes it is the example of real life, like as in the present time people are enemies of the other person. Ex. Competition. 

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