World literature is used to refer to the total of the world's national literature and the circulation of works into the wider world beyond their country of origin In the past, it primarily referred to the masterpieces of Western European literature; however, world literature today is increasingly seen in an international context. Now, readers have access to a wide range of global works in various translations.
Johann Wolfgang Goethe used the concept of world literature in several of his essays in the early decades of the nineteenth century to describe the international circulation and reception of literary works in Europe,
Allama Iqbal poetry said
Tu ShaheeN Hai Parwaaz Hai Kaam Tera Tere Saamne Aasman Aur Bhee
Hain
by Allama Iqbal
Diving deep into literature has its own glee and joy. Taking out an imaginary magnifying glass and pouring through the pages and the words of a text is a lot like looking for treasure!
Literature is a conversation. All art is. All art is merely translations. One mind to another. When writers write a story, poem, play, essay, or anything, they are putting down something that is to be translated. We may speak the same languages, some of us, but these languages are just tools, shapes, and faceless jigsaw pieces that don’t have intrinsic meaning until bestowed upon them. Only until we have sorted through them with our own mind can meaning and expression be fulfilled.
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