What is Literature?

What is Literature? challenges anyone who writes as if literature could be extricated from history or society. But Sartre does more than indict. He offers a definitive statement about the phenomenology of reading, and he goes on to provide a dashing example of how to write a history of literature that takes ideology and institutions into account. Jean Paul Sartre was a renowned philosopher, playwright, novelist, and literary critic. In his essay "What is Literature?" Sartre explores the meaning and purpose of literature. Sartre argues that literature is a unique form of expression because it is not limited to the communication of ideas or information. Instead, literature is a form of art that seeks to capture the essence of human experience and convey it through the use of language. According to Sartre, literature is a means of creating a new reality, one that transcends the limitations of our everyday lives. Sartre also argues that literature has a social and political dimension