Abstract:Evolution consists of preserving and passing on information. Beyond genetics, thinking evolved a way to understand the environment to survive in it. On its constant path to higher levels of abstraction, the psyche generated language as a tool to transmit and store information. Thus, language follows the rules of the psyche which is constantly active in constructing an image of the world. As a part of this constructive process, art and literature evolved. Literature is created by an individual psyche based on i… Show more
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