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Originally Posted by Farrah Zafar
@Last Island Kindly judge it critically.Others' opinion would also be welcomed
Introduction
-Evolution of literature
-reflective of human life/co-relation between Literature and life
-Universal
-Mirror to human follies
-Examples;
1)Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
-criticism on marital issues
-on moral standards
2)Oedipus Rex
-Criticism on human nature
3)A tale of two cities
-Criticism on social conflict
4)Heart of Darkness
-criticism on exploitation of the week by powerful
"power corrupts man and absolute power corrupts absolutely"
5)Importance of being Earnest
-Criticism on upper class of society
6)Shakespeare's dramas
-Criticism on evils of man,society and fate
ETC
Conclusion
-Literature is a way to catharsis as it is representative of human life
-Life in literature and literature in life together produce betterment in humans.
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Very good attempt.but I think some more things are needed.literature as you know is not just confined to plays and novels.you can quote some poets too here.there are many poets whose poetry is a criticism of life.like Chaucer,pope,Dryden etc..
Poetry is at bottom a criticism of life that the greatness of a poet lies in his powerful and beautiful application of ideals of life.
You can quote this quotation as well here,
For the creation of a masterpiece of literature two powers must occur,the power of man and the power of the moment.and man is not enough without the moment..
Here moment means your current scenario..your immediate surroundings which affect your poetic genius to a great extent.
I think this quote ''Literature is the best criticism of life'' is of Mathew Arnold.so you can put his point of view there as to why he said this.
M.Arnold once said that...poetry is a criticism of life and this is true of poetry as it is true of art...
Reality criticized,given form become more than ever something to be for us,something to praise honestly..