There are, however, problems with t

There are, however, problems with this way of denning literature too.For
one thing, it would probably have come as a surprise to George Orwell to
hear that his essays were to be read as though the topics he discussed were
less important than the way he discussed them. In much that is classified as
literature, the truth value and practical relevance of what is said is considered important to the overall effect. But even if treating discourse' non pragmatically' is part of what is meant by 'literature' ,then it follows from
this' definition' that literature can not infact be 'objectively' defined. It
leavest he definition of literature up to how somebody decide storead,not to
then ature of what is written. There are certain kinds of writing poems,
plays, novels which are fairly obviously intended to be 'non pragmatic' in
this sense, but this does not guarantee that they will actually be read in this
way.