there is no agreed upon definition of literature,how and why ?with rationale and justification
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Answer:
Your question isn’t clear. Rather, it’s not clear what you are seeking help with. Are you doing a study in literature or the humanities? Are you writing a literature review? Are you doing a study in which you need to provide the rationale/justification? Or are you a doing a views piece?
As the intention isn’t clear, we’ll reply in short to each of the above points/questions.
Yes, works and studies in literature and the humanities are often open to interpretation, but that’s a given in the field. That’s why studies and papers in these fields are often critiques or analyses, presenting one’s learned perspective on a subject. (Alternatively, they involve more of qualitative research.) Speaking of which, there are also papers in the ‘hard sciences’ that can be about presenting one’s perspective. In both areas though, you need to back your perspective with data of some sort.
If you are doing a literature review or some sort of secondary research, you may refer to this all-inclusive piece talking about the various kinds of secondary research you could pursue: Secondary research – the basics of narrative reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-analysis
The rationale or justification of a study is the reason why you are conducting the study. This is not so much your personal motivation, but the kind of knowledge you wish to add toward the topic. You may learn more about rationale/justification here: How to write the rationale for research?
Explanation:
The literal meaning of literature is that it is a collection of written scripts or books.
However, the scope of literature is so much that it is difficult to define in one specific way. Literature can be related to any subject, regarding any time of history, could be of any region or culture. Hence due to the limitless scope that literature can cover, we can say that there is no agreed upon definition of literature