ABSTRACT
Raw materials for literature may be everything on the earth and under the sky, but works of literature and art concentrate on humans, their thoughts, characters, behaviors and emotions, interpersonal relations and relationship between man and nature. As a discipline, humanology can be said to include several sub-disciplines, such as anthropology, sociology, psychology, physiology and medical anatomy. The attitude toward man is just one aspect of the question that needs to be answered by humanology. The other aspect includes how to know people. The human evolution from the stage of savagery in the ancient times to the stage of civilization at present can be attributed to creation of human civilizations, including edification of literature and art. Historically, literature has been an important factor to propel men's evolution from the stage of barbarism to the stage of civilization. The functions of literature are designed to transform, refine and beautify people apart from depicting them only.
