Always wanting to study Literature, I never really asked myself waht it was. Discussing about it, I have realized that I do not have an explicit meaning; however, I am sure nobody really does. Literature is everything that makes you react. The following quote by Thodorov called my attention because it supports my definition:
“The texts that I was reading- personal narratives, memoirs, historical works, testimonies, reflections, letters, anonymous texts from folklore- did not have, like literary works, the status of fiction, because they directly described lived experience. However, like literary works, they let me discover unknown dimensions of the world, they moved me profoundly, and they made me think” (page 16 and 17)
Literature is everything that after reading and even hearing makes you react, feel, disagree, and many more. It causes an impact and that is the only reason of its existance. Literature only exists when you make it yours!
