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LITERATURE AND MORALITY

rof. G. C. Nayak, . G. C. Nayak, Bhubaneswar
rof. G. C. Nayak, Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar
rof. G. C. Nayak, Bhubaneswar
P P P P Profrof. G. C. Nayak, Bhubaneswar
ranslated by
. S. K. Mohanty Puri
ranslated by- Late Dr. S. K. Mohanty. S. K. Mohanty, PuriPuri
ranslated by- L- Late Drate Dr. S. K. Mohanty, , Puri
T T T T Translated byranslated by- L- Late Drate Dr. S. K. Mohanty, , Puri
I do not think that there is any philosophy and new forces to steer
direct relation between
their actions, any by emitting new
literature and morality. But from this, information, knowledge and wisdom, it
one need not infer that I plead for the is evident not even by being inimical to
literature to be corrupt (or) and the traditional religious and moral
patronise corruption. It would be quite values rich literature of a very high
revealing when we look into the standard can be produced.
different trends and classes of As old dresses, worn out & outmoded
literature, ancient to ultra-modern, that as they are, are thrown off and new
the creator of literature is generally ones replace the same, a new order
above the moral-immoral distinction, at in the human society comes to triumph
least he exists outside the scope of over the old. The human society at
moral consideration. Literature has not different epochs of time has given up
spared the so called morality from its the old patterns, styles and designs in
sharpness of attack and sometimes religion, ethics and other aspects of
given death blow to some such moral culture and substituted them by new
sanctions. But it should not be ones-new religious orders and new
surmised that it aims at anyway ethical standards have been
sheltering corruption and immorality. promulgated. On many occasions, the
While breaking down the so-called age- creator of literature has held the banner
old moral standards, it has in its turn, of such cultural change-over and
provided substitutes in a more novel proved itself the torchbearer of the
design and from novel point of view. future cultural upheaval.
While literature has attempted to Literary creator can neither be
pulverise that castle of traditional branded as corrupt from the traditional
principles, laws and cannons, into dust point of view nor can he be revered as
it has got new light to usher new era, a prophet or a fore-teller of the ultimate
new culture and new tastes and in principles only because such principles
consequence it has been are favourable to our choices and
misunderstood and misinterpreted whims. Literature is not directly a forum
before the society to be revolutionary, for religious and ethical propaganda.
reactionary, anti-social, anti- Of course, the case of commercial
governmental, anti-national and non- and publicity literature is different.
conventional etc. The creator of new Literature, as such, does not, however,
literature has appeared to be enemy include such commercial literature.
of religion and morality in the eyes of Now-a-days, literature is being
the conservatives. But if the aim of interested in wider sense to include
literature is to disseminate new colour commercial literature too within its
to give delight to the minds of the frame work. But it would suffice here
people by providing new ideas, new to point out this much that for the

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