Elements of Literature: W. H. Hudson
What are the elements of
literature?
Hudson discusses the two major groups
of elements: (a) elements furnished by life, and, (b) elements furnished by the
author. As literature is the product of life, the raw material for any piece of
literature – poetry, novel, essay, drama – is always furnished by the life.
There are certain elements contributed by the author himself. These elements
turn such into form of literary art. These elements may roughly be tabulated
under the four heads:
1. Intellectual Element:
This is a noteworthy element which
gives logicality to the writer’s work. The intellectual aspect of the work
makes it more appealing to the readers. The intellectual element consists of
the thought which the writer brings to bear upon his subject and which he
expresses in his work.
2. Emotional Element:
Emotional element is the capacity of
arousing the feeling (of whatever kind) which subject arouses in him, and which
in turn the writer desires to stimulate in the readers. The emotional element
deals with feeling, sentiments, passion, and, excitement of human life. The
most of literary works are the result of the emotional aspects of the writers.
3. Element of Imagination:
Element of imagination also includes
the lighter form of it to which we call fancy. Imagination is the faculty of
strong and intense vision and by using this element the writer also quickens
the similar power of vision in the readers.
4.
Technical Element:
The above mentioned three elements
together furnish the substance and life of literature. However fresh and strong
the intellectual, emotional and imaginative faculty of writer may be, but
without the technical element his work remains incomplete. The substance of
literature has to be moulded and fashioned in accordance with the principles of
order, symmetry, beauty and effectiveness. And this element does this work to
make a piece of literature superbly aesthetic in quality.
Thus, there are four types of
elements that a writer furnishes to written work to make it a piece of
literature in real sense.
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