Literature

//ˈlɪt.ɚ.ə.t͡ʃɚ//

"Literature" in a Sentence (19 examples)

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or a picture or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.

We need some formal instruction in literature.

The professor is familiar with contemporary literature.

And they will continue to influence the world through the excitement of their literature, movies and music.

Mr Smith gave a lecture on literature.

John is professor of French literature at Oxford and his wife is French.

Let us consider in this connection the influence of Western ideologies on Korean literature.

It is worthwhile reading classical works of literature.

The lecturer spoke generally about American literature and specifically about Faulkner.

Once divorced from key questions of national culture and identity, comparative literature loses its way.

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He’s studying English literature at university.

There’s a vast body of scientific literature on the subject.

classical literature

scientific literature

world literature

The obvious question to ask at this point is: ‘Why posit the existence of a set of Thematic Relations (THEME, AGENT, INSTRUMENT, etc.) distinct from constituent structure relations?ʼ The answer given in the relevant literature is that a variety of linguistic phenomena can be accounted for in a more principled way in terms of Thematic Functions than in terms of constituent structure relations.

In fact, information on when each of the terms first appeared in English, and if obsolete, how long they persisted, is entirely absent from the literature.

2008, Adam Cadre 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.

They all assumed to be mighty rakish and knowing, they were not very tidy in their private dresses, they were not at all orderly in their domestic arrangements, and the combined literature of the whole company would have produced but a poor letter on any subject.

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