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" Literature (from
Latin
litterae
(plural);
letter)
is the
art
of
written works,
and is not bound to published sources (although,
under circumstances unpublished sources can be
exempt). Literally translated, the word
literature
means "acquaintance with letters" (as in the "arts
and letters"). The two major classification of
literature are poetry and prose.
"Literature" is sometimes differentiated from
popular and ephemeral classes of writing. Terms such
as "literary
fiction" and "literary
merit" are used to
distinguish individual works as art-literature
rather than vernacular writing, and some critics
exclude works from being "literary", for example, on
grounds of weak or faulty style, use of
slang,
poor
characterization
and shallow or
contrived
construction.
Others exclude all
genres
such as
romance,
crime and mystery,
science fiction,
horror
and
fantasy.
Pop lyrics, which are not technically a written
medium at all, have also been drawn into this
controversy." Source:
Wikipedia
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