can someone help me interpret this quote? "literature is the question minus the answer""?

Answer 1

i think it is saying that literature tells a story but it is up to your imagination to bring it to life in your head and to interpret the story's meaning.

Answer 2

I think that is supposed to mean that some literature tries to put real meanings of things under the words that the author describes it in, so stories can mean many different things depended on how you read between the lines. I hope that made sense.

Answer 3

It was written by Roland Barthes and it means simply that literature is something that we must delve into and discover the answers for ourselves.
Great authors don't answer life's complex questions; they pose them for the reader, present characters, settings and plots, and let the readers arrive at their own inferences/conclusions.
Great authors know that it's the questions that are important - they are the same for everyone.
But the answers must be arrived at by each individual reader - and the answers can differ considerably.

Answer 4

i think it's saying that literature is like a question with no right or wrong answers. literature is just to broaden the mind, not to specifically find an answer, because there isn't one.

Answer 5

It is the format fixed by the group of people involved in describing the reality of the people of a particular area without leaving any room for arguments.

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