Comments on: truth paste http://blogs.holstgroup.co.uk/greenhat_thinking/2008/10/01/truth-paste/ Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:37:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Jhankar Dev http://blogs.holstgroup.co.uk/greenhat_thinking/2008/10/01/truth-paste/comment-page-1/#comment-912 Jhankar Dev Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:50:19 +0000 http://blogs.holstgroup.co.uk/greenhat_thinking/?p=305#comment-912 In every paper that deals with research or a newspaper article or such in such papers/ essays/articles it is very essential to give references. But in a work of fiction or a half fiction or in an autobiography it would no be good to show footnotes or references, because the very nature of literature is subjectivity. If the author does not provide direct opinions of hers or if she does not create a situation of opinions through the characters then it is not literature.Giving only "facts, and only facts" reminds one of "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens. Benthamite utilitarianism needs only to mention facts and no opinion at all !! Are we to write in the manner that makes the literature without any emotion, transformatory devices of its characters, or the interpretation of facts? Certainly not. Therefor subjectivity counts a lot; and it ought to be there in every literary piece. In every paper that deals with research or a newspaper article or such in such papers/ essays/articles it is very essential to give references. But in a work of fiction or a half fiction or in an autobiography it would no be good to show footnotes or references, because the very nature of literature is subjectivity. If the author does not provide direct opinions of hers or if she does not create a situation of opinions through the characters then it is not literature.Giving only “facts, and only facts” reminds one of “Hard Times” by Charles Dickens. Benthamite utilitarianism needs only to mention facts and no opinion at all !!
Are we to write in the manner that makes the literature without any emotion, transformatory devices of its characters, or the interpretation of facts? Certainly not. Therefor subjectivity counts a lot; and it ought to be there in every literary piece.

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