Literature is work written or even sometimes spoken by people to discuss a particular subject at great lengths. The word literature is derived from the Latin word "litaritura," which means writing in letters. Some of the most influential people in the literature world include Charles Darwin, Mark Twain, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, George Orwell, Jane Austen, and Rene Descartes. There are four types of literature, namely, imaginative, drama, non-fiction, and poetry. Imaginative literature is a type of literature that is based upon an imaginary world, and the imaginary world has imaginary beings and objects. The fictional beings can perform imaginary actions; most of the work in the imaginary world has no relation to the real world since the imaginary world has no limits. Every impossible action in the real world is possible in the imaginary world. Imaginative literature comprises five genres that include fantasy, fairy-tale, myth, legend, and fable. Some examples of imaginative literature include The Lord of the Rings, Robinson Crusoe, Hansel and Gretel, The Farthest shore, The Animal Farm, and The Grasshopper and the Ant. Imaginative literature has many characteristics: it has a beginning, a middle, and the end, it is emotionally charged, has meaning and connection, uses deep language, and has a lot of clarity. Terry Eagleton's essay “What is literature” argues that imaginative literature should not be a genre of literature because it is hard to differentiate between fiction and non-fiction literature, novels have been used to describe fiction and non-fiction events, articles in newspapers are no longer factual, by imaginative literature being creative it means that philosophy and history are not creative and unimaginative and, with reference from the fable “ The Grasshopper and the Ant” evidence will be presented to prove that imaginative literature is a genre of literature.

Imaginative literature is the fictitious part of literature. Terry Eagleton argues that imaginative literature makes it hard to differentiate between the fictional and non-fictional aspects of literature, yet this is not entirely true. The difference between the two categories is crystal clear. In fiction literature, the characters can perform actions deemed impossible in the real world like resurrection, animals talking, and human beings flying since it is all based on imagination and there are no limits in imagination. Non-fictional work is entirely authentic and is based on events that are based on real-world which happened at a particular time. The non-fiction writer must ensure that the events described are genuine are not made up at all.

This difference is crystal clear in the fable "The Grasshopper and the Ant," as the fiction is revealed when the ant and the grasshopper hold a conversation. The conversation is about the grasshopper trying to convince the ant to stop collecting food and come and rest with him; the ant gently declines, claiming that he is storing food in preparation for the winter season. Both the grasshopper and the ant have been given the human attribute of holding conversations which is impossible in the non-fiction world. This fable proves that there is a huge difference between the fiction part and non-part of literature.

Novels are a type of literature expressed in a narrative form and normally about a series of events that happened at a particular time, or it can be a fictional story. Terry Eagleton argues that since the word "novel" has been used in both fictional and non-fictional literature, there is no need for imaginative literature to be a genre. Very many novels in the world are indeed fictitious narratives. Unlike many rules, this one has an exception as we have seen novels like "Sapiens "by Yuval Noah, "Hiroshima" by John Hersey, and also "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote, which all account for events that happened in the real world.

The newspaper consists of many publications that mostly include advertisements, articles, gossip, news, and correspondence. Terry Eagleton argues that newspapers should either be fictional or factual; This is not entirely true because a newspaper contains gossip pages full of lies and fictional articles. It is in fictional columns where fables like "The Grasshopper and the Ant" are featured, while non-fictional work is featured in the news columns.

Imaginative literature is the creative genre that enables writers to go beyond their wildest imaginations, making it entertaining. In contrast, literature like history, science, and philosophy have limitations in creativity and imagination. Terry argues that by fiction literature being creative and imaginative, it deems philosophy, history, and science uncreative and unimaginable. This argument is absurd because science, philosophy, and history cannot be creative and imaginative since the writers of these categories cannot alter future events. In contrast, writers in fictional literature can alter the events of the future hence making it interesting. The creative and imaginative part of non-fiction literature is seen in "The Ant and the Grasshopper," when the two different species communicate.

Conclusion.

Despite the argument by Terry Eagleton about fictional literature, imaginative literature should be a genre of literature because it has the element of creativity and imagination; hence it is not bound to any limitations making it fun and interesting to read and write.