literature

Definition

  • noun: written works (such as poems, plays, and novels) that are considered to be very good and to have lasting importance
  • noun: 'literary' culture
  • synonyms: erudition, learning, belles-lettres

Examples

  • To be knowledgeable about the latest technology, you've got to keep abreast of the (relevant) 'literature'.

  • Her education gave her an appreciation for great 'literature'.

  • Can you send me some 'literature' about your product?

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I'm gonna find your mother. Have I said something wrong? Your daughter doesn't go to school in the States? No, no. Cambridge. Majoring in French literature, though I wasn't aware there was such a thing. And they have Facebook at Cambridge? And apparently Oxford and the London School of Economics. (..)
    2010 The Social Network