By

Mubarak Abdessalami

The Definition of a Literary Work

A literary work can be defined as a branch of literature dealing with words as raw material to create a picture, an idea or a story in a meaningful pattern. Yet words, being the backbone of the pattern, are not really of great importance if they aren't carefully manipulated into good syntactically

structured sentences so as to convey the target idea in an artistic way. By this it is meant that the work is valued as work of art with a literary style which is, of course,

different from that we use in colloquy.

The

literary

work

is

two

types,

either

creative

writing or the study of what is written. Writing is a creative work that values man as a creator and raises his existence above the world of subsistence, but that work we call "study" is the way (by which) another literate person sees and

analyses the work in question. The literary work, as a work of art, can be and a so drama, on. a fiction, the essays, author biography deals with or an

journalism

Sometimes

imaginary world such as in drama, novels and poetry.

As far as the design and the language are concerned, the literary work is written into two different ways depending on the use of language, so it's either in prose or in poetry.

First,

prose

is

piece

of

creative

writing.

Its

language is not in verse form, but it has a similar value especially when words are well used in a highly levelled

technique. The literary work in prose is sometimes long as in novels, sometimes short as in essays and short stories. The prose writer, or the author, uses different kinds of sentences, long declarative sentences, short ones, questions, exclamatory sentences and so in on; frequently to supported the by a stream idea of or

consciousness

order

clarify

required

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displays the inner psychic of one of the characters in a novel, for instance, As through he long with winding void the of punctuation relies

utterances.

deals

fiction,

author

essentially on imagination to depict a society as he sees it or as it ought to be, or describes the sides which people don't usually know or care much about in a specific

society .Also to make the reader aware of what goes on in the society; thus reality is not absent after all. Moreover, prose writing can include the author's own experiences as in an autobiography or other's lives as in a biography.

Poetry,

on

the

other

hand,

is

piece

of

"prose"

writing in an elevated style. Its characteristic is that it is written in verse form to express deep feelings or noble

thought in beautiful language, composed with the desire to communicate an experience. Unlike prose, a poem is built in a rhythmic way so that it can penetrate far inside the conscious levels of thought and feelings, invigorating every word in order to use it to express a specific meaning rather than its usual or general one. The poet uses syllables, diverse kinds of feet and stanzas, as well as rhymes so that he reaches the level of those who incarnate the divine messages. In addition to that, poetry relies most on the power of words. And thanks to his well exploitation of powerful expressive words, the poet produces a beautiful tableau we eventually call a poem. The poet also writes stories, parables, and many other

literary genres because poetry is a huge recipient for all imaginative writings. Poetry, being in a sense the most

literary of all branches of literature, makes the greatest use of the raw material, notably words, simile, metaphor etc.

Thus be it in prose or in poetic style, the literary work provides us with enjoyments and intellectual delight. It gives opportunities to know much more about life. It tackles

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all facets of human concerns, emotions, behaviours, dreams and so on and so forth. All in all literary work is really

exciting to read but not always good to take for example. Choice is sometimes compulsory to avoid those writings about vices: killing, robbery to name only two. Well-read people on the other hand have a critical eye and they deal with literary works in terms of importance.

To put it short, a literary work is a relate part of human experiences, civilisations and evolution. And by reading or better analysing a masterpiece, one widens his scope and knowledge about people in terms of their thoughts, their way of looking at different issues, their experiences, and their beliefs in general!

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