Influence Of Literature In Our Society

Influence of literature in our society

Literature is a very important aspect for our lives and since it arose, it has become indispensable for us since it does not stop implementing information;There are different types of literature according to their geographical location and each of these has been forging its people according to their literary development, in addition, even today, it does not cease to surprise this leads us to ask ourselves the following question: 

How has literature influenced our society?

To talk about this issue we must first know what were the origins of literature as such, the first to put it into practice were the Greek philosophers, who began to name things, according to their most obvious characteristics, the rain, the wind, the windThe sun, death, life, happiness, sadness, etc. Literature gave them the ability to give definitions and concepts to the things that surrounded them in order to understand their environment and try to know their origin. In addition, literature is considered the art that helps to think, since literature itself is the one that helps us to express ourselves, to express our feelings, emotions, what we see, hear or perceive, even to be able to understand differentOpinions from different points of view.

Literature as a form of communication is very important, since information, feelings or beliefs to the public is being transmitted;The context in which the literary work develops is very important to be able to understand it, for example, if the author is describing a situation that is fictitious, anyway, it makes use of reality, even to deny it.

And we must understand this, either to fly our imagination or to exemplify it with our daily lives.

There are several aspects in which literature has contributed to our formation or knowledge, the most significant return to their origins in countries such as China, Japan, Israel, India, Babylon, Iran, Babylon, Egypt and Persian;where literature completely change the course of humanity to try to make a world full of people with values and well formed.

Within Indian literature, fable was created, which, always through its short stories, leaves a teaching which is called moral;With the help of the same, the fable helps to convey good behaviors to children, youth and adults. His stories are based on representing the strengths and weaknesses of the human being as such, along with his greatness and misery. This literary genre, uses animals or objects as characters by attributing human capacities and characteristics. This type of stories obviously shows us the good and the bad, helping us to differentiate it in our daily lives.

Indian literature also gives us the Vedas;which are a compilation of songs to divinity, mythological stories, hymns, spells which encourage religious sphere and knowledge of Indian civilization.

Buddhism was another fundamental part of this type of literature, since its preaching totally moved the strict structure of Indian society. Buddhism provided a different way of life for the inhabitants of this area. Some of his most important contributions were, to provide national unity, destroy the militant spirit, contact with the external world, simplification of religion, adoration of idols, art and the improvement of the moral standard.

Hebrew literature was one of the most contributed to the history of humanity, based quite on the Christian religion;since the biblical writings were developed within this kind of literature. Each book of the Bible has been written by forty different authors at different times, but with the same divine approach and wisdom, thus transmitting a culture and a way of life for people in these places, the oldest book is that of judges. It is said that all the books of the Bible were written approximately between the 18th century to.C and at the beginning of the second century. The majority of Old Testament’s books sought to express the continuity and improvement of the same people through the most recognized genres until then and were written in Hebrew with some fragments in Aramaic and Greek. It is considered that the Bible is a clear connection between God and humanity, teaching us who God is and how we can know him. The Bible has been the book that has most influenced history and obviously the best selling with more than five billion copies and translated into more than 2454 languages, so some people have the idea that as the Bible has translated so manySometimes, this wonderful book is distorted, but the truth is that this would happen if translations would be made from other translations;But in this case it is translated directly from the Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic for the language that is needed. This interesting book is read more as a story story of real events, places, people and dialogues and not as a fictional myth or story. Several historians and archaeologists have repeatedly confirmed their authenticity. The Bible speaks to us from our creation in the Genesis chapter until the last days in chapter and apocalypse, it also gives us a detail of the things that happen between this time and what will happen, explains the reason for many things and itsmeaning. In addition, this book tries to instill values in people such as respect, love, responsibility, hope and many more so that they can be developed correctly within society, differentiating the good of the bad.

In this way, as we can see, Indian and Hebrew cultures through literature have tried to implement new behaviors in their settlers, such as religion through the Bible or the differentiation between good and bad through fableto train people with values and responsibilities that can develop correctly within the society that surrounds them. The Christian religion implemented by the Bible, is currently one of those that predominates in the world and this could not have been possible without the use of literature.

Throughout the development of literature, different literary genres have been created, which make this more dynamic between the reader and the author. The epic has emerged, which tells stories which can be fictitious or real about heroic feats and events with gods. The narrative also emerged, which tells stories that can also be fictional or real, which always use real scenarios;They are stories outside the author’s situation. The lyric is in which the author can express their feelings and emotions that they have towards a person or object through their texts. The theater, which is normally represented dialogue, and has had a strong impact because these performing arts cover everything, from the locker room, to dialogue, production and stage. The story is one of the literary genres most welcomed by the public since these can be aimed at any age, from the smallest to the largest, as well as their extension can vary depending on the history that is being telling.

Comparing literature from its origins to current literature, we can obviously notice that it has had a remarkable change;For example, in the origins of literature there was a little more respect for the authors and for what they wrote. The classic novels, specifically are those that can demonstrate that, in these, the feelings were spoken in a more real, less complicated way;On the other hand, in current literature, this issue is usually touched as if it were anything without giving it the importance attributed to it above. In any case, currently literature is something that is part of our daily lives, making us get new knowledge, new ways to see the world, change our perspectives on certain situations, people or feelings and to develop our imagination everyEven more.

Personally, I believe that literature is something that began simply as a method to give meaning to the things that surround us but that has ended up attributing many benefits and being something indispensable in our life, to the point of being able to train a community withall its values and responsibilities through the same. I think we do not always value it as we should do, many times we prefer to see the movie instead of reading the book because it is the easiest, and I do not mean that to see the movie this evil, but it does not allow us to develop our imagination and immerse ourselvesIn the world that the author has created for us.

conclusion

We can say that the impact that literature has had on society has been very significant since it has not only focused on developing fictitious literature or only, describing the feelings of the author, but has also instilled values and aspects that are now veryImportant to our life, such as religion, implementing the Bible within Hebrew literature, which as already mentioned above, is one of the books that has caused a greater impact because its veracity has been confirmed by archaeologists and bywhat represents a close relationship between humanity and God and the methods to be able to connect with him;The surprising thing is that although each book was written by a different person and at different times, all agree in a single story and have the same objective, life is also explained from their origins to the last days that will come, this iswhich gives you even more credibility. In addition, other literary genres such as, narrative, lyric, fable, theater, the story and the epic have been implemented with the help of literature, which have also contributed so that literature can continue to develop and can havedifferent approaches from different perspectives and with a different objective. 

It should also be taken into account that literature has also been a means for authors to freely express their feelings and different points of view on a subject;And that many times we do not give the importance it merits. Definitely since literature originated, it has revolutionized many aspects of our life, giving us the opportunity to learn while we immerse ourselves in a world created for us by the reader, it gives us the opportunity to develop our imagination, our faith and our ability toto recognize the fiction of the real and the good of the bad. Literature tries to create conscious people of what they can become, their strengths and their weaknesses and in addition to knowing how to express ourselves so that other people can understand us or even to understand what other people try to express us. 

Literature is something very complex, but at the same time very simple, it covers many things that are important to us, but it addresses them in a very simple way so that we can understand them without any problem. Really the advance that literature has provided us has been very significant for society, and it is undoubtedly one of the things that its origins has had a long time ago and still standing, with some modifications, innovations and improvements that helpevery time covers more things and that improves little by little. While it is true, literature in its origins was purer without so many variations, but the current one is even more complete.