Fusion of Horizons: Between Language and Literature

Mastering a foreign language is a difficult task, but studying foreign literature requires more hardship. Literature, as the core culture of the language, usually deals with how people live and think through the masterful use of the language. Matthew Arnold once expressed, the best poetry embodies the “truth and seriousness” of life. Appreciating and achieving literary works basically demand effective communication of the language and understanding the culture of those who speak the language. Th