Literature Features

Literature is one of the fine arts where the written word is used as a means of expression. In literature, ideas and concepts of various topics are reflected, always in written form. We can understand as literature the various existing works, among which we will highlight genres such as:

• The drama
• The epic
• Comedy or
• The poetry.

Likewise, the works made in different periods of history are literature, works that we can classify according to their time in:

• Ancient literature
• Greek literature
• Roman literature
• Medieval literature
• Renaissance literature
• Baroque literature etc.

They differed in style, either by time or place.

Literature is also called the various written works, of a professional or formal nature:

• Treaties
• Volumes
• Manuals
• Laws
• Speeches
• essays

And others concerning a certain theme.

• Philosophical Literature
• Historical
• Religious
• Medical
• Military
• Judicial
• Scientific, etc.

Characteristics of literature:

One of the main characteristics of literature is that it is a written genre, which can be done in both prose and verse form. All genres are included in it, both those that are written in verses, such as poetry, and those written in prose, encompassing different genres which are called precisely by the name of literature, as seen in novels and stories.

Literature has been one of the ways in which man has been able to express his personal feelings, as well as those common to a group, or to express ideas, so it is also a tool for communication. Examples of this are poetry, where feelings are expressed, philosophical writings in which ideas are reflected, speeches in which they are exposed ideas for a community or group, or medical treatises in which research is made public, for the knowledge of doctors and for people in general.

In various literary genres, the aspect related to the use of a stylized language, different from language, is taken into account. commonly spoken language, through which linguistic norms are instituted and perpetuated, which would otherwise be lost in the language spoken.

In some literary works the author of the same can present a world of fiction, where everything can be possible, inventing places, characters and events, or transform places characters and events according to his own vision and translate them into the plot of his creation, either giving an impression of reality, for example in historical novels or changing things diametrically, as in stories, and anecdotes false.