Question

short answer of class 7th ​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The function of literature is to act as the dominant note of the period in which it is born. Good literature is that treasure, which despite travelling the passage of time, not only remains relevant but also acquaints the reader with the past — with the way of the world as it was as well as with problems and the prevailing mood of the society. In his essay "On Literature Today", Van Wyk Brooks wrote, “The public has a right to expect from its poets and thinkers some light on the causes of our problems and the way to a better future.” Thus, it seems plausible to call great literature the “soul” of the society (at least for the reading one it is).

One of the key functions of literature is to enlighten the human mind. Good literature is essential food for the development of the mind and has remained a parameter to judge the richness of a country's literary supremacy. It opens the locked doors of human conscience and feeds the inner recesses of a person's soul.

In an essay titled "Science in Liberal Education", Bertrand Russell wrote: “From the point of view of training the mind, of giving that well-informed, impersonal outlook which constitutes culture in the good sense of this much-misused word, it seems to be generally held indisputable that a literary education is superior to one based on science.” Coming from a man of science, this is indeed surprising but truth it is.