The relationship between Language and Literature
Language is a medium of communication. We use it for all kinds of human communication, including gossip, commercial transactions, political persuasion, scientific reports in advertisements, and ‘literature’ etc. Language is central to all human activity, and all literature is also manifested in and through language. All our individual and social activities are possible through language because language functions as a powerful tool and symbol of/for the representation of reality. In literature, the writers create an imaginary world, where all human activities do the same as in real life, by using language. Therefore, literature manifests through language. There is no literature without language.
Literary language and ordinary language
The ‘non-literary’ or the ‘ordinary’ or ‘practical’ language can be said to be used in carrying out the activities of everyday life. Literary language, on the other hand, it does not use in ‘real’ day-to-day situations. The literary language also may be like or similar to ordinary language, as in novels or dramas, but it does not represent any actual happenings in real life like meeting, praising, giving a loan, making a transaction, teaching a class, etc.
literary language can be seen as different from the ordinary language in terms of structures or grammar. On many occasions, literary language deviates from rules and regulations for the sake of aesthetic pleasure. Because ordinary language cannot meet the requirements of the writers, therefore they have to distort the language forms/structure for aesthetic purposes. By aesthetics, we mean the pleasure that one derives from the observation of an object by itself. Hence the language used by the writers is known as a literary language.