2025年1月9日 · Literature is a a body of written works. The name has traditionally been applied to those imaginative works of poetry and prose distinguished by the intentions of their authors and the perceived aesthetic excellence of their execution.

The term ‘English literature’ refers to the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles from the 7th century to the present, ranging from drama, poetry, and fiction to autobiography and historical writing.

2025年1月9日 · Literature - Reading, Writing, Appreciation: In preliterate societies oral literature was widely shared; it saturated the society and was as much a part of living as food, clothing, shelter, or religion. Many tribal societies remained primarily oral cultures until the 19th century.

2025年1月9日 · Literature - Creative Writing, Genres, Forms: If the early Egyptians or Sumerians had critical theories about the writing of literature, these have not survived.

Modern literature often focuses on fiction and poetry. But many works of nonfiction have also been considered great works of literature. Literature is also written for different audiences. Some is written specifically for children while other works are more for adults.

2025年1月9日 · Literature - Criticism, Analysis, History: Research by scholars into the literary past began almost as soon as literature itself—as soon as the documents accumulated—and for many centuries it represents almost all the scholarship that has survived.

2024年12月17日 · American literature, the body of written works produced in the English language in the United States. Like other national literatures, American literature was shaped by the history of the country that produced it.

2025年1月17日 · A literary work can transport us into a fictional, fantastic new world, describe a fleeting feeling, or simply give us a picture of the past through novels, poems, tragedies, epic works, and other genres. Through literature, communication becomes an art, and it can bridge and bond people and cultures of different languages and backgrounds.

Is it a novel with beautiful, captivating figurative language? Or one with gritty realism? A novel that has had an immense social impact? Or one that has more subtly affected the world? Here is a list of 12 novels that, for various reasons, have been considered some of the greatest works of literature ever written.

2024年12月10日 · African literature, the body of traditional oral and written literatures in Afro-Asiatic and African languages together with works written by Africans in European languages.