Literature as an Art

Art can be conceived in many different ways along time. Every century and every decade gives birth to a new generation of art that tries to portray the current world and the human condition. Literature has never being outside this circle since the very beginning of the civilization putting a mark of history and legacy.

What does it make an art of Literature? While art is a very complex word to define by itself and it contains so many items that lingers through the ages, list some of them would turn into something incomplete. However, what art is and who is the one who creates it is the first approach so we can have a measurement of art and therefore, of literature.