English-German translations for literature

• Literatur die
  Es geht um unsere europäische Literatur, unsere Kultur und Identität. It is a question of our European literature, our culture, and our identity.
  Es ist ja insgesamt sehr schwierig, gute Literatur zu produzieren. It is after all very difficult to produce good literature.
  Dies ist ganz eindeutig, man muß nur die einschlägige Literatur lesen. This is quite clear, just from reading the relevant literature.

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