For this post I would like you to continue thinking through “What is Literature and Does It Matter?,” Literary  Theory: a Very Short Introduction by Jonathan Culler.

Consider the part of the section of this chapter titled “The nature of literature.” In this part of the chapter Culler defines “literature” from several angles: “literature as the foregrounding of language,” “literature as the integration of language,” “literature as fiction,” “literature as aesthetic object,” or “literature as intertextual or self-reflexive construct.”  Choose the angle you find most interesting and summarize it. Then, state why you find this angle interesting.