English-French translations for literature

• littérature
  C'est tout à fait clair, il suffit de lire la littérature à ce sujet. This is quite clear, just from reading the relevant literature.
  C'est une question qui concerne notre littérature, notre culture et notre identité européennes. It is a question of our European literature, our culture, and our identity.
  La Journée de la littérature galicienne se tiendra mercredi, pendant cette période de session. Galician Literature Day will be held on Wednesday, during this part-session.

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