What Literature is for me

When I was asked to define Literature, what first came to my mind was the word “expression”. I think of Literature as a way to show different worlds in order to express what we feel, and at the same time give others the chance to understand an amount of realities. Literature also permits people to dream and be immersed in those dreams through the books’ letters. Therefore, it can not exist if there are not people who read, because a reader is who gives life to a story by living it as if it was real at the moment of being reading. As Art needs of its creator to be expressed and someone else to be interpreted, Literature needs to be interpreted by someone who is not the writer, and that interpretation is very subjective because it depends on the person’s culture.

Summarising the main idea on this reflection, Literature exists thanks to the reader, because literature is directed to someone, and the interpretation of this, varies according to each person's experiences, knowledge or culture.

Reflection made on quotations from slides 7 and 8.