Literature (IPA: /ˈɫɪtɝətʃɝ/)
| Literature (n.) |
Learning; acquaintance with letters or books. |
| Literature (n.) |
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 (n.) |
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. |
| Literature (n.) |
The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work. |
| Literature |
Written art form |
| Literature |
Card game for 4 to 12 players |
| Literature |
Scholarly article |
| Literature |
Print in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 93223) |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Any journalist worth his salt, should have to study literature to some extent." - D. V. Gundappa |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Children's literature is a key educational source in creating an inclusive culture." - Children's literature |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " How long, Lord, O how long will it be before I can f--k someone like the girl sitting at the SDS literature table?" - Mark Satin |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "I think there really is a place for science in literature and I think that may be increasing" - Richard Dawkins |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble." - Jean-Paul Sartre |
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