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"A Fundamental Study of the History of World Literature". USSR Academy of Sciences: Social Sciences Vol. XVI, No. 1, 1985 pp. 84–93. Vipper, Yuri B. "National Literary History in History of World Literature: Theoretical Principles of Treatment". New Literary History Vol. 16, No. 3, On Writing Histories of Literature (Spring 1985), pp. 545–558.
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.
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 .
Literary movements are a way to divide literature into categories of similar philosophical, topical, or aesthetic features, as opposed to divisions by genre or period. Like other categorizations, literary movements provide language for comparing and discussing literary works.
European literature of the 18th century refers to literature (poetry, drama, satire, essays, and novels) produced in Europe during this period. The 18th century saw the development of the modern novel as literary genre, in fact many candidates for the first novel in English date from this period, of which Daniel Defoe's 1719 Robinson Crusoe is probably the best known.
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]
This is a list of literature pages categorized by country, language, or cultural group. Sometimes these literatures will be called national literatures because they help define a national identity or provide a common reference point for that country's culture.
The history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry that attempt to provide entertainment or education to the reader, as well as the development of the literary techniques used in the communication of these pieces.