LANGUAGE THROUGH LITERATURE

Language is a means of communication. It serves as a bridge connecting people, thus

ensuring and enhancing the process of socialisation. Such a powerful weapon called
Language can be taught through the medium Literature. Literature teaches the language of
human beings, the language of mind, and the language of the soul. This can be explained
with few examples.
Shakespeare is one of the greatest minds in Literature. His plays serve as a storehouse of
diction, vocabulary, humour to name a few. When one reads his plays he/she comes in
contact with the different patterns of using the English Language.
The Language of nature makes the human existence memorable. Learning language
through literature helps one to comprehend the hardships faced by humanity. For instance,
Streams like Black Feminism, Eco Feminism and Dalit Feminism helps one to understand
how women are marginalized at various levels of the society.
Man in this modern world invests huge amount of time in pursuit of wealth and societal
status. Inspite of achieving all these, he suffers from the clutches of isolation and alienation.
To overcome this, understanding real language through literature becomes inevitable and
essential. In light of the above, this paper attempts to examine how viewing language through
ample examples from literature will enable man to find his real identity in the modern world
where there is a rush for economic and social gains.