Question

Define literature and type of literature

Answer 1

Literature(from the LatinLitterameaning 'letters’ andreferring to an acquaintancewith the written word) is the written work of a specific culture, sub-culture,religion,philosophyor the study of such written work which may appear in poetry or in prose. Literature, in the west, originated in the southernMesopotamiaregion ofSumer (c. 3200) in thecityofUruk and flourished inEgypt, later inGreece(the writtenword having been imported there from thePhoenicians) and from there, toRome.Writingseems to have originated independently inChinafrom divination practices and also independently in Mesoamerica and elsewhere.

Answer 2

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The four main literary genres are poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama, with each varying in style, structure, subject matter, and the use of figurative language. The genre raises certain expectations in what the reader anticipates will happen within that work