Literature as a Field of Identity Construction

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10.2991/assehr.k.200804.061How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Literary texts, identity construction, collective ideas, humanitarian exploration

Abstract

Literary texts can also be a field of identity construction allowing the subjects involved in it - writers and audiences - to become inseparable because of their reciprocal relations. Such texts are the centre through which certain values and knowledge are ignited and becoming a source of pleasure for both parties. As manifestations of collective ideas that are culturally bound to the context of real life, the result can be literal, direct, and symbolic as well as imitative. Therefore, the emergent thematic ideas or literary projections may reflect the subject-oriented characters of human existence. In this way, literary texts become the embodiment of collective humanity that enables them to learn more than they do without these. Literary authors, readers and critics do not only learn about it per se but also about the culture and community in a broad sense. Thus, it becomes a field of humanitarian exploration and construction of identity.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Suminto A. Sayuti
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/05
TI  - Literature as a Field of Identity Construction
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Language, Literature, and Arts Education (ICLLAE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 310
EP  - 312
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200804.061
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200804.061
ID  - Sayuti2020
ER  -