Overall Comments Literary Politics in Contemporary Times-Review
Overall Comments: Literary Politics in Contemporary Times-Review
Literary Politics Literary Politics
identifies and debates opposing definitions of 'English Studies' as an academic
subject, celebrates the diversity of contemporary literary studies, and
exhibits how a range of literary texts can be understood as politically
involved, sometimes in unexpected ways.
Keeping in view the above one can easily understand the
relationship between literature and politics. If a writer deals with politics
in his writing and considers himself a political writer then it is explicit
that he or she is a political writer, on the contrary, if a person or writer
says he or she is not a political writer then this statement is a political
statement in itself. Every human being who lives in a society and deals with
others cannot avoid politics. The literary writer who writes by observing
society is a sensitive person, who cannot keep away himself away from politics.
Literature as literature, surprisingly, few political or social
commentators on literature have paid attention to literature's historicity.
However, classifying the art of writing under the notion of
"literature" is not old. We can trace it back to approximately the
beginning of the nineteenth century. But critics have not often deduced any
consequence from this. Some of them have tried desperately to connect
literature with politics conceived as a historical set of forces, events, and
issues. Others have tried to give specific content to the notion of literature.
Unfortunately, this was done on a very weak basis, by referring
to literature's modernity in the search for an intransitive language. On this
basis, the connection was initially damaged. Either there was no way of binding
together literary intransitivity and political action, with "art for art's
sake" opposed to political commitment, or one had to assume a quite
obscure relationship between literary intransitivity and the materialistic
rationality of revolutionary politics. Literature also is fire, it depends on
how to use it. It can create false consciousness as Marx added and at the same
time can be changed into a liberating force. It is quite inspiring. It is not
confined to the thinking arena as it is traditionally thought, but it goes with
action too.
Literature can always teach something else e.g. one of the
current tendencies in poetry is to mix its aesthetics with philosophy and Politics,
science, etc as in the social poetry from the 20th Century, but this is also
happening in the newest narrative, with novels crossing the boundaries between
the 'classic' concepts of fiction and essay. The readers can learn a lot from
classic novels such as "1984 about our current or recent society, History,
and politics, but also much more complex ideas. So, literature can certainly
develop the perception of politics in citizens. But, is that enough to improve
politics? Not directly, but better citizens more critical, more informed, and
more educated will demand better politicians and literature is a good way to
improve ourselves, of course, reading just plain political novels will make the
readers ask questions, and that should also improve the politics of a country.
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