Q&A #2: Question One

My first question in response to whether literature was denfinable, was to try and create a few conditions that seem to fit into most conceptions of the term. I will borrow Nicole's definition of the term aritfact in that litertaure is something made by human intentionality. I believe that all literature regardless of genre, uses words and word phrases as its basic material (obviously there is no universal language which all texts are written in, i.e the words do not have to be in English). The skill of using such material is the final condition I arrived at, meaning that speeches, sermons, and other oratory instances could be considered literature. The reason being is that they have the capacity to meet the two previously stated conditions, and often does. I am certain there are more conditions I could come up with, but I concede that I agree with several of Stecker's conditions for litrature and will not retype them here as they are available for reference in our textbook. Questions, critiques, and comments always welcome.