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What is Literature?

This really can be a much-debated topic. I have had literary critics tell me that it is anything that a person has a say in creating. Now, this is a rather radical approach in my opinion, but it holds up by means of definition. I believe that any written or oral creation, as long as it remains teleological and retains a relationship between the narrator and narratee, can be considered literature. There are some that hold much more restrictive beliefs, I feel, and it may be the case that my opinion changes the further I get into this field. However, as of the year of our Lord 2025, this is my held definition.

As I dig myself deeper, I will add more to this page!

My Personal Recommendations

I think that in order to understand literature from a fundamental standpoint, you have to go beyond the text itself and read what well-established critics have to say about any given piece (or about the notion of literature as a whole). The papers written by Dr. Warren Motte have laid out certain fundamentals with enough clarity for anyone to understand. Click here to read his paper "Experimental Reading, Experimental Writing" on the notion of experimental literature. His research is limited to French literature, but his work on theory itself can be applied anywhere.

In terms of English-language related sources, I don't have much currently. Soon I will either find English translations or translate these sources from French myself. If you are proficient in French, however, I recommend "L'interruption" by Maurice Blanchot as another interesting source to consult. I cannot find a proper access link yet, but will include it here when I do find one.