The
word ‘Literature’ is really hard to define. Many interpretations are made
about
the word. But all are incomplete. Some opine that literature is the mirror of
life, some
others say that it is the criticism of life. Whatever may be the controversy
about the
word, we may say that literature is that which reflects life. The branches of
literature are
poetry, drama, novel and short stories. Poetry is of two kinds, imaginative and realistic.
Drama is either a comedy or a tragedy. Novels are also of many kinds,
historical, psychological,
realistic, scientific and regional. Short story is that one which stands very
close to life inspite of a little scope.
