English education majors 3rd Semester to fulfill the task of introduction to literature lecturer : Anisa Awaliyyah,S.S. M.Pd
Etymologically, The Latin Word Litterature si Derivered From littera (Letter),
Which is Smallest Element of alphabetical writing. The word Text is related to Textile and can be translated as Fabric : just as single threads from fabric, so words and sentences form a meaningful and coherent beside that literature is first and foremost humankinds entire body of writing; after that it is the body of writing belonging to given language or people, then its individual pieces of writing. But already it is necessary to qualify these statements. To use the word writing when describing literature is itself misleading, for one may speak of oral literature or the literature of preliterate peoples. The art of literature is not reducible to the words on the page; they are there solely because of the craft of writing. As an art, literature might be described as the organization of words to give pleasure. Yet through words literature elevates and transforms experience beyond mere pleasure. Literature also functions more broadly in society as a means of both criticizing and affirming cultural values. Whereas According as Salman Rushdie , Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale, of the imagination and of the heart." So the literarature from salman is a low and high place in man that there is only a truth of the story, imagination and heart. this refers to the virtual world that exist in the realm of human thought Other than that there are some experts who suggested about the literature 1. According to Oscar Wilde ,Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose 2. According to G. K. Chesterton ,Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity 3. According to Virginia Woolf , Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion of others. Of the three experts above, it can be concluded that the literature is a luxurious and valuable item, and created from original thinking that is able to anticipate life and shape it according to purpose. Reference
Klarer Mario ,An introduction of literary studies,Taylor and Francis e-Library, New York 2005 https://www.thoughtco.com https://www.britannica.com/art/literature