The Relationship Between Language and Literature in Dildar's View

Abstract

Literature is language itself; writers draw an aesthetic and effective portrait by playing on the meaning and the canonical grammatical structure, and depending on their literary artistry, they reconceptualise and rearrange the picture. This study is mainly concerned with Dildar’s viewpoint about the relation between language and literature to this end, three articles have been chosen as the data for analysis, namely ‘Kurdish language and literature', 'misconceptions of Literature' and 'Kurdish writing’, all of which were published in ‘Daldar: the Kurdish revolutionary poet’ by Abdulkhaliq Alaaddin, and available in ‘100-116 pp.’ The study consists of three parts. In the first part, literature, language, and the linguistic definition of literature are presented. Then, the role of language in literature is discussed inasmuch as literature adds an aesthetic role to the major functions of language. Next, based on Dildar's perspective, the role language plays in literature is given an account. In the second part, the functions and the components of language from Dildar's perspective are dealt with. In particular the psychological and the emotive functions of language, ‘tewzîf’ in literature, and Dildar's view on the role that language plays in literary innovations are highlighted. The third part covers his views regarding writing style and the writer's duty in Kurdish language development. It is mainly concluded that Dildar's approach to language and its functions is purely scientific. In addition, Dildar tackles style, the background, and the enterprise of the author from a linguistic perspective.