I think that the most interesting angle about the nature of literature is “literature as fiction” because it explores human conditions as a whole and it wants to understand the world around us. This part of fiction that talks about human nature is the most difficult. However, there are some other literary works that are fun. Sometimes literary fiction is a kind of entertainment, not all fictional literature considered as entertainment, but this kind of fiction gives the readers some enjoyment and advantages which helps them to forget their cares. Also, Fiction literature gives us the chance to interpret events according to our imaginations. One of the defining features of literary fiction is the ability to create characters, as Culler says “Literary works refer to imaginary rather than historical individuals.” Another feature of the fictional literary work is that it is not limited to the time at which a literary work is written, but rather, it depends on the time in the work that the story revolves within. As Culler says “ but to a time in the poem, in the fictional world of its action.” Variety and difference in a work of fiction makes it valid for all times, not just the time in which they were published. And that is what makes it interesting!

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  1. Qipu Li

    I agree with you. Whatever literacy works or fictions, the most important point is that readers can get lose in it, isn’t it? Only the readers really enjoy in it, they can feel more about author.

  2. Xu Ye

    Hi Hagar,
    I totally agree with what you have mentioned one of the defining features of literary fiction is the ability to create characters. That is absolutely true. As we read literary fictional works, we always create our own characters in our mind based on imagination.

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