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Literature is a subclass of art and literary work, and is part of language arts. It has the characteristic of literary genre and mode. The subject is studied by literary criticism, literary studies, sociology of literature, and humanities. It has parts of the class literary work and is metaclass for literary work.

The topic has a main Wikimedia portal at Portal:Literature and a Commons category named "Literature". It is described by sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Gujin Tushu Jicheng, and The Nuttall Encyclopædia. Literature is referenced by 5,322 other encyclopedia articles.

Social media followers for the topic number 2130784. It appears on focus lists for Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have and Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4. PubMed lists a count of 1417133 for the query literature.

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Research

1,417,133 papers

Using literature and the arts to teach nursing.ReviewInternational journal of nursing education scholarship · 2007Freeman LH, Bays CDOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1377
Current world literature.ReviewCurrent opinion in neurology · 2011DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e3283499d51
Using literature in health care: reflections on "the yellow wallpaper".ReviewThe Annals of pharmacotherapy · 1998Frye CBDOI: 10.1345/aph.17363
Literature and medicine.Journal of medical ethics · 1991Downie RSDOI: 10.1136/jme.17.2.93
Literature and medicine. Preface.Literature and medicine · 2012Charon RDOI: 10.1353/lm.2012.0020
Literature and medicine: would Uncle Vanya have approved?ReviewLancet (London, England) · 1997Horton RDOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(97)90046-5
Medicine and literature.Glasgow medical journal · 1949CARTER HS
Literature and medical ethics.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 1988Sheriff DSDOI: 10.1177/014107688808101203

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Definitions
History
Oral literature
Oratory
Writing
Early written literature
Publishing
University discipline
In England
America
Women and literature
Children's literature
Study and criticism
Literary theory
Literary fiction
The value of imaginative literature
Aesthetic value
The influence of religious texts
Types
Poetry
Prose
Novel
Novella
Short story
Graphic novel
Electronic literature
Non-fiction
Drama
Law
Law and literature
Copyright
United Kingdom
United States
European Union
Copyright in communist countries
Copyright in Japan
Censorship
Awards
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
Further reading
External links

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Literature is any collection of written work. The term is also used more narrowly for writings considered an art form, especially novels, plays, and poems. It includes both print and digital writing. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include oral literature, much of which has been transcribed. Literature is a method of recording, preserving, and transmitting knowledge and entertainment. It can also have a social, psychological, spiritual, or political role.

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