what is literature? how old is literature?how many kinds of luterature pieses are there?

Answer 1

People try to make literature be only certain classical or "great" works of fiction but in reality literature is just writings of any type. Even a pamphlet at a doctor's office could be considered "medical literature." www.dictionary.com def:

lit·er·a·ture ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ltr--chr, -chr)
n.
The body of written works of a language, period, or culture.
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).
The art or occupation of a literary writer.
The body of written work produced by scholars or researchers in a given field: medical literature.
Printed material: collected all the available literature on the subject.
Music. All the compositions of a certain kind or for a specific instrument or ensemble: the symphonic literature.


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[Middle English, book learning, from Old French litterature, from Latin littertra, from littertus, lettered. See literate.]

literature

n 1: creative writing of recognized artistic value 2: the humanistic study of a body of literature; "he took a course in Russian lit" [syn: lit] 3: published writings in a particular style on a particular subject; "the technical literature"; "one aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature" 4: the profession or art of a writer; "her place in literature is secure"


literature

The literature. Computer-science journals and other
publications, vaguely gestured at to answer a question that
the speaker believes is trivial. Thus, one might answer an
annoying question by saying "It's in the literature." Oppose
Knuth, which has no connotation of triviality.

Answer 2

Are you serious?