Literature and its importance

Literature, in whatever language it may be, is considered by all as a piece of art. However, people who really admire the beauty of a piece of literature, are people who enjoy reading and writing or, in some cases, acting.With a lot of personal experience and a college degree in literature, I find it the most interesting thing there is. Literature, to me, is giving life to ideas. The mind is a complex collection of ideas. The beauty of literature is that you have to extract the right ideas from that wide assortment and give words to it. All those who hold experience in writing would agree with me.Literature, in essence, refers to a piece of writing; be it in any form. People usually have the misconception that literature only refers to Shakespearean plays. Well, it does but it is not limited to that. In fact, plays form only a small portion of this gallery of art that we called literature. Poems, essays, prose all fall under the definition of literature.As a physicist might enjoy physics, people involved in literature enjoy both reading and writing of literary works. We find it both enjoyable and interesting. It is an extremely vast field and one can go on writing for ages and not stop.A lot of us, I am sure, have imagined playing a movie of their entire life. If you are a literary writer this might be possible. A lot of the literary works that exist today are based on their authors’ own life. Charles Dickens is a famous example. Mr. Dickens wrote a lot of novels on the upbringing of a child in rags – one that he was himself.Like songs, people find meaning in books and literary works they can relate to. This is what makes it enjoyable. Literature takes you to a different zone itself. It is almost magical sometimes. You get an opportunity to live in a different time, a different place, a different scenario and among different people.This can also be experienced in both theatres and movies. A lot of the famous literary works are still acted out and are the source to several successful movies and television shows. However, this is not what literature is limited to. Poetry and prose writing, with the proper use of profane words which give the right texture to it, are a long known of source of romancing. Poets and prose writers gave words to their feelings to both seduce and explain what their love means to them.Therefore, it can be concluded that reading and writing of quality literary works helps in the development of a person’s emotions and also in the development of the communication skills that are required to be successful in the modern age.www.standardedu.wordpress.com