How Literature moulded me?
Literature is a deep ocean and an individual has to engulf
some drops of the oceans if he/she jumps into the field of literature. As R.J
Rees comments about literature that
“Literature is writing which
expresses and communicates thoughts, feelings and attitudes towards life”
Here, I am going
to convey my viewpoints about literature. When I selected literature at that
time I was not knowing anything about literature or I was not able to define
even literature or I was not aware about its limitlessness but I was only
knowing its spelling. When I was in the first year I was very much confused
that I was not able to understand what my Professors were telling or what they
were discussing as they were speaking in English. I tried to read All My
Sons the play by Arthur Miller but it was very difficult for me
to understand an American play as there was not a single text of Indian writing
in English which we had in our syllabus of the first year. During my graduation
Othello was my one of the favourite texts and I tried to read it
one to make the story clear but those very tough and heap of words were
hammering on my mind and the story of the play became clear after watching the
movie as it was available on line. Another novel The namesake of which
I made attempts to read but it was too
much lengthy and complex so I was not able to understand the summary of the
book but later on the story became clear in my mind when I saw the movie.
Moreover whichever stories or books I studied and I read because of getting
good marks or to get passed but I haven’t concentrated what R J Rees says in
his book that a person reads literature to make herself/himself cultivated, to
be better human beings or just for the sake of
getting an entertainment. But after having been there in the deep whirl of
the ocean of literature, I came to know that what R J Rees says about
literature proves absolutely right as I became cognizant and conscious about
various theories, concepts and different perspectives in my post-graduation.
When I studied Hamlet
I thought that it would be the same book as Othello but when
Barad sir taught the book in the classroom then i became aware that one play
contains so many angles or theories which a student is supposed to apply on a
single textbook. Various books of literature made me a person of different and
rational thinker as Hamlet taught me not to make delay while
making decision when thinking goes on. Dr. Faustus also taught me
how a person suffers if he is in wanting of excessive knowledge. The
purpose taught me to think about marginalization of the Character of
Eklavya in Mahabharata. One Night @ the call Center taught me to
be confident not to worry about miseries of life as everybody has. Frankenstein
taught me about horror scientific fiction. Hence, I became aware about
vastness of literature when I was having my post-graduation. Literature is not
just a word but it is like torch-bearer. Ultimately, it has made me better, utilitarian,
critical, rational, modest and free thinker.

















