Q:what's the difference between the two of them?
Q:how do you feel about literature?interesting, exciting etc.?
2006-07-02 04:26:04 · 5 answers · asked by bossy 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
lit·er·a·ture is:
1-The body of written works of a language, period, or culture.
2-Imaginative or creative writing, especially of recognized artistic value: “Literature must be an analysis of experience and a synthesis of the findings into a unity” (Rebecca West).
3-The art or occupation of a literary writer.
4-The body of written work produced by scholars or researchers in a given field: medical literature.
5-Printed material: collected all the available literature on the subject.
6-Music. All the compositions of a certain kind or for a specific instrument or ensemble: the symphonic literature.
Literature can be in any Language.
English is a Language.
2006-07-02 04:35:23 · answer #1 · answered by LEO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In school, English class includes grammar and may also include literature (unless there is a separate Reading class).
In university or college, the English department usually offers Literature and Linguistic courses. Linguistics examines the structure and meaning of the language and includes grammar. Literature examines written works and their meanings.
So Literature is usually part of English.
I love literature. I took 7 years of it in university.
It requires you to learn about: linguistics, psychology, philosophy, religions, history, and many more subjects.
2006-07-02 11:33:29 · answer #2 · answered by Victoria 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English is a language, with words and grammar, etc.
Literature is something that goes on in English as well as in other languages.
Yes, literature is truly exciting. My I direct your attention to Finnegans Wake by James Joyce?
I'm reading from page 183. But the whole book is really cool. I found many things in it. I have attempted to read parts of it aloud, but that's just me.
2006-07-02 11:35:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, how about the fact that English is a LANGUAGE, and literature is something you DO with language. That's like asking what is the difference between words and a song. Your question is meaningless.
2006-07-02 11:29:58 · answer #4 · answered by sopraniste 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English is a language, Lit. is a part of English, encompassing literary works like poems, prose, plays etc.
2006-07-03 00:06:09 · answer #5 · answered by absinth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋