humanities final essay 3
Final Essay – Humanities
Meaning is a symbolically-charged idea - it is an idea that is embodied and conveyed by a certain representation, a symbol, whether these symbols are objects or words. Meaning therefore gives sense and significance to ‘things’ that would otherwise be absurd of nature. This leads us to reflect on the power of meaning as a determinant that shapes our visions, beliefs, perceptions and so on. This is why we can speak of the power of literature when meaning is conveyed through words.
The power of literature really has no limits: it enables authors as well as readers to make significant revelations and, in turn, embarks us on a journey that leads certain meaning, often in the form of a powerful enlightenment because we are obliged to see the world from the author’s perspective and this leads to the reader’s questioning of meanings.
Whilst Calvino argues that literature is the ultimate form of communicating and gives us his perspective of love – and human interaction - in respect to meaning, Woolf explores the meaning of life itself with a particular focus on the role human beings have in society. However, what these authors have in common is that they create journeys that bring readers to inherently reflect upon their own lives.
By analyzing the main works of these authors, one is led to realize how literature serves both authors, by communicating a certain meaning to readers allowing them to be better understood, and readers, by presenting them with a perspective-altering journey, but ultimately has the aim of conveying meaning and this is mainly due to the fact that literature alters perspective in the same way that journeys do. Meaning is something that is conveyed or signified, it is to give sense or significance but meaning is also something that one wishes to convey, especially by language and therefore through literature. The power of literature has no limit and enables authors as well as readers to make great realizations (like
Meaning is a symbolically-charged idea - it is an idea that is embodied and conveyed by a certain representation, a symbol, whether these symbols are objects or words. Meaning therefore gives sense and significance to ‘things’ that would otherwise be absurd of nature. This leads us to reflect on the power of meaning as a determinant that shapes our visions, beliefs, perceptions and so on. This is why we can speak of the power of literature when meaning is conveyed through words.
The power of literature really has no limits: it enables authors as well as readers to make significant revelations and, in turn, embarks us on a journey that leads certain meaning, often in the form of a powerful enlightenment because we are obliged to see the world from the author’s perspective and this leads to the reader’s questioning of meanings.
Whilst Calvino argues that literature is the ultimate form of communicating and gives us his perspective of love – and human interaction - in respect to meaning, Woolf explores the meaning of life itself with a particular focus on the role human beings have in society. However, what these authors have in common is that they create journeys that bring readers to inherently reflect upon their own lives.
By analyzing the main works of these authors, one is led to realize how literature serves both authors, by communicating a certain meaning to readers allowing them to be better understood, and readers, by presenting them with a perspective-altering journey, but ultimately has the aim of conveying meaning and this is mainly due to the fact that literature alters perspective in the same way that journeys do. Meaning is something that is conveyed or signified, it is to give sense or significance but meaning is also something that one wishes to convey, especially by language and therefore through literature. The power of literature has no limit and enables authors as well as readers to make great realizations (like