Language is an "instinct" that cognitive scientists have called a "mental organ", a
"faculty", or a "module". It is a complex specialized skill which develops in the child
spontaneously without conscious effort or formal instruction, is deployed without
awareness of its underlying logic, is qualitatively the same in every individual, and is
distinct from more general abilities to process information or behave intelligently.
Since prehistoric times, literature has been serving two complementary functions: to
expand the disciplinary studies (cognitive, emotive, and volitional) horizons of human
consciousness and to integrate our beliefs, feelings, and desires within the fluid
mentality required for survival in the complex social environments of human
organisms...