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  2. World literature - Wikipedia

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    For example, David Damrosch states, "A work enters into world literature by a double process: first, by being read as literature; second, by circulating out into a broader world beyond its linguistic and cultural point of origin". [1]

  3. List of world folk-epics - Wikipedia

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    Shahnameh, the national epic of Greater Iran and world's longest epic poetry written by one poet; Mem and Zin, a Kurdish folk and love epic; Sirat Bani Hilal, an Arabic epic recounting the journeys and conquests of the Bani Hilal tribe; One Thousand and One Nights, also known as "the Arabian Nights", is a collection of Middle Eastern folktales

  4. List of epic poems - Wikipedia

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    The New World by Frederick Turner (1985) Empire of Dreams by Giannina Braschi (1988) [14] Omeros by Derek Walcott (1990) Genesis by Frederick Turner (1990) Arundhati by Jagadguru Rambhadracharya (1994) Mastorava by A. M. Sharonov (1994) Astronautilía Hvězdoplavba by Jan Křesadlo (1995) The Descent of Alette by Alice Notley (1996) The Alamo ...

  5. List of European literatures - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of European literatures.. The literatures of Europe are compiled in many languages; among the most important of the modern written works are those in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Czech, Russian, Macedonian, the Scandinavian languages, Gaelic and Turkish.

  6. Western literature - Wikipedia

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    Different literary periods held great influence on the literature of Western and European countries, with movements and political changes impacting the prose and poetry of the period. The 16th Century is known for the creation of Renaissance literature, [2] while the 17th century was influenced by both Baroque and Jacobean forms. [3]

  7. List of writing genres - Wikipedia

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    Realist: works that are set in a time and place that are true to life (i.e. that could actually happen in the real world), abiding by real-world laws of nature. They depict real people, places, and stories to be as truthful as possible. [1] Hysterical; Religious or inspirational. Christian; Islamic

  8. List of literary works by number of translations - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the most translated literary works (including novels, plays, series, collections of poems or short stories, and essays and other forms of literary non-fiction) sorted by the number of languages into which they have been translated.

  9. Literature - Wikipedia

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    Common literary examples of non-fiction include, the essay; ... Nowadays it is a central literary text in English literature courses, throughout the world. [156]