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Literary language. Literary language is the form (register) of a language used when writing in a formal, academic, or particularly polite tone; when speaking or writing in such a tone, it can also be known as formal language. It may be the standardized variety of a language.
Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose, fiction, drama, poetry, and including both print and digital writing.
English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world. The English language has developed over the course of more than 1,400 years. The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon invaders in the fifth century, are called Old English.
This glossary of literary terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in the discussion, classification, analysis, and criticism of all types of literature, such as poetry, novels, and picture books, as well as of grammar, syntax, and language techniques.
A classical language is any language with an independent literary tradition and a large body of ancient written literature. [1] Classical studies. In the context of traditional European classical studies, the "classical languages" refer to Greek and Latin, which were the literary languages of the Mediterranean world in classical antiquity .
This category has the following 128 subcategories, out of 128 total. Writers by language (172 C) Literary awards by language (39 C, 33 P) Bible translations by language (18 C, 117 P) Books by language (55 C) Literary critics by language (9 C) Earliest known manuscripts by language (37 P) Indian literature by language ...
Literature. Oral literature. Folklore. Fable. Fairy tale. Folk play. Folksong. Heroic epic. Legend. Myth. Proverb. Oration. Performance. Audiobook. Spoken word. Saying. Major written forms. Drama. Closet drama. Poetry. Lyric. Narrative. Prose. Nonsense. Verse. Ergodic. Electronic. Long prose fiction. Anthology. Serial. Novel / romance.