Was (wer) ist literature - definition

literature

POLYSEMOUS TERM REFERRING TO A WRITTEN ART FORM, AND THE SET OF LITERARY WORK

LiteraryArt; LiteraTure; Literary Art; Literary; Literatures; Literary work; Literary arts; Literary works; Ltierature; Literature by region; Prose fiction; Litterature; Literary art; Literary aesthetics; The literature

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Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

Novels, plays, and poetry are referred to as literature, especially when they are considered to be good or important.

...classic works of literature.

...a Professor of English Literature...

It may not be great literature but it certainly had me riveted!...

The book explores the connection between American ethnic and regional literatures.

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The literature on a particular subject of study is all the books and articles that have been published about it.

The literature on immigration policy is almost unrelievedly critical of the state...

This work is documented in the scientific literature.

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Literature is written information produced by people who want to sell you something or give you advice.

I am sending you literature from two other companies that provide a similar service...

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Literature

POLYSEMOUS TERM REFERRING TO A WRITTEN ART FORM, AND THE SET OF LITERARY WORK

·noun Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.

II. Literature ·noun The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work.

III. Literature ·noun The class of writings distinguished for beauty of style or expression, as poetry, essays, or history, in distinction from scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge; belles-lettres.

IV. Literature ·noun The collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry.

literature

POLYSEMOUS TERM REFERRING TO A WRITTEN ART FORM, AND THE SET OF LITERARY WORK

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1. written works, especially those regarded as having artistic merit.

2. books and writings on a particular subject.

3. promotional or advisory leaflets and other material.

Origin

ME (in the sense 'knowledge of books'): via Fr. from L. litteratura, from littera (see letter).

Wikipedia

Literature

Literature broadly is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include oral literature, much of which has been transcribed.

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Aussprachebeispiele für literature

1. literature.

Jean Kwok _ Girl In Translation _ Talks at Google

2. literature.

The Perfect Meal _ Professor Charles Spence _ Talks at Google

3. literature.

Highlights - Forbidden Archaeology _ Michael Cremo _ Talks at Google

4. literature--

Tenth of December _ George Saunders _ Talks at Google

5. literature.

All In Nutrition _ Jason Phillips _ Talks at Google

Beispiele aus Textkorpus für literature

1. English–language and literature teachers, postsecondary –– Teach classes in English language and literature, including linguistics and comparative literature.

2. Palhae literature opened a high plane in the development of Korean literature in the middle ages.

3. I don‘t buy that nonsense about black literature or feminist literature.

4. Phelan Award in Literature for best nonfiction and the Southwest Literature award for a historical work.

5. You can teach great literature in a dumb way or you can teach more humdrum literature in a great way.