Literature and Society

Literature is intimately related to society. It reflects an entire culture of a people. Literature reflects the society its vices and virtues.It is an integral part of the entire culture entire culture, tied by a tissue of connections with every element in the culture.The range of social influences on Literature is a broad as the entire range of dynamic social forces; the prevailing system of social organization including the class structure, the political organization, and the dominant ideas; the characteristics emotional tone; the nostalgia and the pattern of contemporary realities.The literature discusses all the field of life.literature  throws light on social values or norms.We see morality materialism and utilitarianism in the writings of literature. When we study the novels of George Eliot, we find her as a moralizer. She finds the social vices and wanted to reform it. She established the moral laws as the basis of human society.

Morality is the most important aspect of literature that is closely related society.Because society with moral vices cannot be succeeded. William Make Peace Thackeray is also a moralist.The beauty of a virtue and ugliness of vice in his character is obvious.He presents virtues and vices of society for the purposes reformation.
When we study Victorian era, we find humanitarianism in the writings of Charles Dickens.He was also the greatest reformer of his age.
The relation between Literature and society in highly complex.We cannot afford to isolate a single element in society whether economic or ideological and assign it to a casual role in the final determination of  Literature.