Defining literature is not an easy task; different people approach it in their own ways. There are some definitions made by a group of teachers from all over the world. These definitions are introduced by Lazar, 1993:
 Literature is ‘feelings’ and ‘thoughts’ in black and white.
 Literature is the use of language to evoke a personal response in the reader or listener.
 Literature is the world of fantasy, horror, feelings, visions put into words
 Literature means to meet a lot of people, to know other different points of view, ideas, thoughts, minds to know ourselves better.
These definitions seem not scientific enough so the following is three of many definitions defined scientifically by researchers:
“Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotion”- Iris Murdoch, 1978.
“Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree” – Ezra Pound, 1981.
“Literature is a special use of language which achieves its distinctness by deviating from and distorting ‘practical language’”- Selden, 1989.