THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE

  THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE

QUESTION (3)

 literature and language is inseparable. Discuss ?

1        Literature is one of the way in which language functions. One`s among of the function of literature is expressive or poetic function. In its expressive functions language reports the feelings or attitudes of the writer or of the subject.

2. Language is used to judge the uniqueness of the writer or the writer’s style. The writer can be distinguished with another writer due to the way he/she organizes language/ words in his work.

3.   In literature language is used as an expression of people’s culture.

Literature is the reflection of

4        The use of informal languages to convey a certain intention shows the relationship between literature and language. Example, Alex La Guma in a walk in the night used colloquial or informal language to show the language used by the disappointed people,

5        The use of barbarism or code mixing also reveals relation between literature and language.

6        Language distinguishes the forms of literature for instance poetry seems to have complex language or its language is more figurative as compared to other literature genre.