The Dark Night Of The Soul: A Literary Analysis

Literature is simply defined as written works that are considered to be exceptional, expressive and important. (Merriam-Webster). We now live in a world where everything can be accessed in an instant on the Internet. Therefore, it seems as though the appreciation of literature is dwindling and only prominent in educational settings. However, the classical definition of literature is changing. The written works deemed important can now be found in news articles, personal blog posts, or poetic comments on websites. Literature is a setting where writers can express their creativity, readers can challenge their perspectives and talkers can discuss their opinions. In Richard Miller’s text “The Dark Night of the Soul,” he asked the question “what

If the writing that comes out of such minds are still understood and the broad ideas behind it all is still passed on, then all the literature art is still conserved because the audience is still sharing the message they interpreted from what their brain is digesting and absorbing. It is this process of observation, thought, and response that has been the practice of all literate arts. One idea, feeling, thought, or dream that is conveyed through a certain medium, no matter what the form is, it still elicits some type of response that can turn into something bigger for all to read or write for pleasure. With the Internet sculpting the classic definition of literature, the basis of it all is the pure art of writing on a subject with creativity. In The Edge of the Precipice: Why Read Literature in the Digital Age?, it is discussed that “…literature remains as a fundamental means to mediate human life and the way it deals with the world in which it operates. The technique and language necessarily change, but the essential work of literature, its projection of human issues and concerns onto the external landscape, remains” (Socken 6). Paul Socken dismisses Miller’s ideas by saying that with the digital age expanding the work of literature is only evolving . The sole purpose of it is to exchange opinions and ideas in a way of art and with the Internet it is allowing more to come into realization of how important and sacred writing really is. It also allows for exchange in information and teaches everyday skills that helps in major events in our life. Miller sees reading and writing as taken over by technology in today’s society, and believes that the value of experiencing different points of view in cultures and learning will soon be vanished in the educational world. However on the contrary,