English-Greek translations for literature

• λογοτεχνία
  Το θέμα αφορά την ευρωπαϊκή μας λογοτεχνία, τον πολιτισμό μας και την ταυτότητά μας. It is a question of our European literature, our culture, and our identity.
  Πιστεύω ακράδαντα ότι κάθε εθνοτική μειονότητα έχει το δικαίωμα να διατηρεί τη δική της γλώσσα και λογοτεχνία. I firmly believe that every ethnic minority has the right to retain its own language and literature.
  Η πολιτική χωρίς συγκεκριμένους ποσοτικούς στόχους και μέσα, είναι απλή λογοτεχνία". Policy without specific quantitative targets and means is simply literature.'
• βιβλιογραφία

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