A great
literature presupposes an advanced and well-integrated society, a mature body and a self-conscious soul. The stirring records of explorers and pioneers, the cumulative chronicle provided in the journals of discoverers, in the memoirs of master-builders and in the pages of political and constitutional history, show clearly enough how the physical outline shaped the
literary attributes and identity of a
certain country, state or
community. Literary works may not only about the product which is beautifully made but a representation of the habits, values, beliefs and traditions of that certain community which it originated. It may speak of nationalism which is contextually a form of emotion which seeks adequate expression, and its most common and natural outlet is literature. A
national literature, therefore, is one of the proudest and most potent symbols of separate national existence and ambition.