English-Estonian translations for literature

• kirjandus
  See on meie Euroopa kirjanduse, meie kultuuri ja meie identiteedi küsimus. It is a question of our European literature, our culture, and our identity.
  Me teeme meie maailmajao filmide, muusika ja kirjanduse levitamise kaudu paremini mõistetavaks. We will provide a better understanding of our continent by means of distributing films, music and literature.
  Kolledžis kasutasin võimalust, et läbida mitu kursust nende ajaloo ja kirjanduse kohta rabi käe all. In college, I took the opportunity to study several courses of their history and literature under a rabbi.
• literatuur

Definition of literature

• The body of all written works
• All the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject
• Written fiction of a high standard

Examples

• However, even “literary” science fiction rarely qualifies as literature, because it treats characters as sets of traits rather than as fully realized human beings with unique life stories. —Adam Cadre, 2008

Related words

• antiliterature
• paraliterature
• literature review
• literature search
• literature prize
• literature scholar
• epic literature
• comparative literature
• nonfictional literature nonfiction