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Outline of literature

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to literature:

Literature prose, written or oral, including fiction and non-fiction, drama, and poetry.

See also the Outline of poetry.

What type of thing is literature?

Literature can be described as all of the following:

  • Communication activity of conveying information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast distances in time and space.
    • Written communication (writing) representation of language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols (known as a writing system).[1]
  • Subdivision of culture shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution, organization, or group.
    • One of the arts imaginative, creative, or nonscientific branch of knowledge, especially as studied academically.[2]
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Essence of literature

Forms of literature

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Oral literary genres

Oral literature

Written literary genres

Non-fiction

Non-fiction

Fiction genres

Fiction

Inspirational fiction (religious literature)
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Literature by region and country

Asia

Europe

Middle East and North Africa

North and South America

Oceania

Sub-Saharan Africa

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History of literature

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History of literature

Literature by written language

Literature by century

Literature by year

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General literature concepts

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Literary awards

Persons influential in the field of literature

Literature creation

Literature distribution

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References

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