Literature

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Literature English Skills Rhetorical Analysis

See also Literary devices


Literature definition[edit | edit source]

  • by definition, anything in writing
  • more particularly, literature refers to writing of artistic merit or value



Types of literature[edit | edit source]

inscriptions[edit | edit source]

pamphlets[edit | edit source]

poetry[edit | edit source]

prose[edit | edit source]

Ancient texts[edit | edit source]

Biblical[edit | edit source]

Chinese[edit | edit source]

Greek[edit | edit source]

English literature[edit | edit source]

Old English[edit | edit source]

Middle English[edit | edit source]

American literature[edit | edit source]

  • "Moby Dick” by Melville
  • "Huck Finn” by Twain
  • Great Gatsby” by Fitzgerald

American high school literature[edit | edit source]

General works taught in American high schools:

  • Hamlet / Julius Caesar
  • Animal Farm or 1984
  • Gatsby
  • Lord of the Flies
  • F451
  • Things Fall Apart
  • To Kill a Mockingbird
  • A Raisin in the Sun
  • The Crucible
  • Beloved
  • House on Mango Street


Modern literature[edit | edit source]

Magical Realism[edit | edit source]

International literature (modern periods)[edit | edit source]

French[edit | edit source]

Spanish[edit | edit source]

Russian[edit | edit source]