Literature as a Field of Identity Construction

Literary texts can also be a field of identity construction allowing the subjects involved in it writers and audiences to become inseparable because of their reciprocal relations. Such texts are the centre through which certain values and knowledge are ignited and becoming a source of pleasure for both parties. As manifestations of collective ideas that are culturally bound to the context of real life, the result can be literal, direct, and symbolic as well as imitative. Therefore, the emergent thematic ideas or literary projections may reflect the subject-oriented characters of human existence. In this way, literary texts become the embodiment of collective humanity that enables them to learn more than they do without these. Literary authors, readers and critics do not only learn about it per se but also about the culture and community in a broad sense. Thus, it becomes a field of humanitarian exploration and construction of identity. KeywordsLiterary texts, identity construction, collective ideas, humanitarian exploration