Below you will find two things to consider for this blog post. Let me know if they are unclear. Also, don’t forget to respond to at least one classmate’s post.
- In the first 10 pages of this chapter, Jonathan Culler outlines the question he asks in the chapter’s title: What is literature and does it matter? What, according to you, is the most important aspect of this section of the chapter? Why is it important for thinking about definitions of literature?
- Write one question that stayed with you as you read this chapter.
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According to “What is literature and does it matter” from chapter 2 written by Jonathan Culler, I have got a more profound insight into “what is literature”. I think that throughout the whole chapter, the most important aspect of this section of the chapter is the author using the distinctions between the literary works and other discourses to define what is literature. In other words, what the plain and simple discourses don’t possess are the features what literary works probably possess. I believe that, according to the chapter, there are two main determinants for literature identification. One is the word itself, the other is the person who is reading the word. The author wants to tell the readers that for the word which is simply straightly informing information without ornamental or rhyme or hiding information is mostly non-literary work and vice versa.
Persons who can understand what is shown in words straightly and simply only is working with the non-literature, and persons who can understand the information beyond and behind what is shown in words straightly and simply is working with the literature in mind. That’s why the author says that the same materials might be considered as literature or non-literature by different people.
It is important for thinking about the definition of literature because readers can consider the possibility of more thinking work needed to interpreter a material if they find it is a literary work. Furthermore, when a reader is thinking about the possibility of the literary aspect it is definitely needing more brain work and more reaped. It is good for the human brain to develop and evolve to a smarter level. Similarly, at the same time, people who can interpreter literary works are generally considered as having a higher education level than those who can not.
In a word, if we want to be elites of this society who have a smarter mind and wiser insight we should be able to define and interpret literary works!
According to “What is literature and does it matter” from chapter 2 written by Jonathan Culler, I have got a more profound insight into “what is literature”. I think that throughout the whole chapter, the most important aspect of this section of the chapter is the author using the distinctions between the literary works and other discourses to define what is literature. In other words, what the plain and simple discourses don’t possess are the features what literary works probably possess. I believe that, according to the chapter, there are two main determinants for literature identification. One is the word itself, the other is the person who is reading the word. The author wants to tell the readers that for the word which is simply straightly informing information without ornamental or rhyme or hiding information is mostly non-literary work and vice versa.
Persons who can understand what is shown in words straightly and simply only is working with the non-literature, and persons who can understand the information beyond and behind what is shown in words straightly and simply is working with the literature in mind. That’s why the author says that the same materials might be considered as literature or non-literature by different people.
It is important for thinking about the definition of literature because readers can consider the possibility of more thinking work needed to interpreter a material if they find it is a literary work. Furthermore, when a reader is thinking about the possibility of the literary aspect it is definitely needing more brain work and more reaped. It is good for the human brain to develop and evolve to a smarter level. Similarly, at the same time, people who can interpreter literary works are generally considered as having a higher education level than those who can not.
In a word, if we want to be elites of this society who have a smarter mind and wiser insight we should be able to define and interpret literary works!
My question is that should we deal with daily language in a literary way or non-literary way? Which one is better?