- In the Literary Theory by Jonathan Culler, the most of important aspect of this section of the chapter is how it is difficult to give a definition of literature. According to the author, a child or some ordinary people can think it is easy to define literature but for the specialist in that field, to give a definition of literature we have to look many aspects. In some part of the chapter, the writer said for example the historians explain how an event happen but not why. Furthermore, the author gives some correlation between the weed that is a physical thing to the literature that is a collection of words in the sentences that explain a real or unreal fact. It is important to think about the definition of the literature as other subjects for example biology, chemistry, math etc. have their definitions, but according to the writer in this chapter it is difficult to provide a specific definition of literature for the specialists.
- As I read this chapter, I am wondering if the conclusion he gave in page 28 “literature, we might conclude, is a speech act or textual event that elicits certain kinds of attention.” Could be consensual for many specialists in literature?
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That’s right, the definition of literature is always a subjective question and doesn’t have a clear answer.