![]() ![]() ‘Plato’, the great Greek philosopher regarded poetry as a mere ‘imitation’ of life. The connection between literature and life is not so simple and discussed by many literary critics. Literature is writer’s experience of life. Life is the subject-matter of literature. The chapter 1 of the book related with the relation of literature to life. The writer must translate his experience in such symbolic equivalence of language, that the symbol may be translated back again by the readers imagination into similar experience. The author express his experience of life and literature communicates experience. ![]() In “pure literature”, art does not take us beyond the domain of art while, in “applied literature” an individual has to ignore the purpose of the writer in order to appreciate its literary value.Įxpression is the fundamental thing in literature. There are two types of literature “applied literature” and “pure literature”. Literature is meant to give aesthetic pleasure. ![]()
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