Literature


Literature is taken in a very broad sense on this site. The major divisions include Oral tradition, Literary forms, Literary types and genres, and Works of literature.	Sapience Home Site Map About Sapience Culture Conceptual Culture Oral traditions Literary forms Literary types and genres Works

Literature is taken in a very broad sense on this site. The major divisions include Oral tradition, Literary forms, Literary types and genres, and Works of literature.

Oral Tradition

c 800 BC. Homer credited with composing the Illiad and the Odyssey.

Forms

This topic has to do with the length and authorship of works, including works of single authors and works of multiple authors such as compilations, serial and periodical literature.

Types and Genres

This includes categories such as poetry and prose, with prose subdivided into nonfiction and imaginative literature.

Works

This includes specific works and bodies of literature.


Science is only indirectly connected to literature, although Earth science is among the more useful areas. Physical geography including terrestrial geography will be useful. Biology will also be useful. Personal studies are more useful. The human body has indirect connections. Psychology including behavioral elements, mind, behavior patterns, developmental psychology, disorders, personality, and social psychology is more directly useful. Biography, including authorship, is highly important in literature Prominent authors or subjects of writing include: Jesus
Anthropology including social foundations, demography, physical anthropology, human ecology, human geography, and particular groups will be singificant in the study of literature. Literature is closely connected to parts of material culture, not so much foodstuffs or clothing and dress, but some on buildings, not a great deal on trensportation, but heavily on communication technology, a little on industrial technology, and little on other artifacts. It depends heavily on language including linguistics, writing, and languages of the world. It may include graphics. It does not depend heavily on mathematics, applied science, or philosophy, although these may be applied to it. Literature is also connected to behavioral culture, including customs, occupations, sports and recreation, performing arts, and events. It is also influenced by institutions. Families, education, economics and government have various influence on literature. Religion, including religious beliefs, religious practice, religious organzations, and particular religious traditions, has various influences on literature. The sociology of literature includes the effect of social structure and change including social structure, social types, and social change. It is also connected to particular communities, which will be examined as these subjects are better developed. Particular peoples also have literatures. Literatures of particular nations including China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Russia are not yet discussed in much detail. Western civilization including the United States is the best developed. Anglic, Latin, Germanic, Northeast European, Balkan, and Scandinavian peoples all have extensive literatures. Literatures of Western Civilization are followed by those of Asiatic peoples. Middle Eastern, Oriental, Indian, and Southeast Asian peoples all have literatures, but there is fairly little from Central Asian peoples. African peoples have fairly little accessible literature. American Indian peoples including those of the United States have a little literature. The history of literature can only be surveyed in broad, general terms. There is none from prehistory, and not a great deal has survived from antiquity. There is none from the 5th millennium BC, but a few texts may relate to the 4th millennium BC. There is more in the 3rd millennium BC, and by the 2nd millennium BC and early 1st millennium BC, a fair amount of literature has surived. Classical and medieval history including early classical, late classical, early medieval, and late medieval history has more. There has been a great proliferation in modern history. The 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries lack specific detail. During the 19th century, more people began to be literate, and literature continued to flourish. During the early 19th century, the early-mid 19th century, the mid-19th century, the late-mid 19th century and the late 19th century, the number of books, publications, and writers continued to increase. In the 20th century it proliferated with the industrialization of printing and publishing. In the early 20th century and early-mid 20th century, trends are difficult to summarize here. In the mid-20th century, a great deal of magazine and journal literature thrived. In the late-mid 20th century, All forms of literature continued to flourish, but trends are difficult to detect at this scale. In the late 20th century, electronic and computer publishing began to develop, though it did not replace written literature. Its future is undetermined.

Science is only indirectly connected to literature, although Earth science is among the more useful areas. Physical geography including terrestrial geography will be useful. Biology will also be useful.

Personal studies are more useful. The human body has indirect connections. Psychology including behavioral elements, mind, behavior patterns, developmental psychology, disorders, personality, and social psychology is more directly useful. Biography, including authorship, is highly important in literature Prominent authors or subjects of writing include:

Jesus

Anthropology including social foundations, demography, physical anthropology, human ecology, human geography, and particular groups will be singificant in the study of literature.

Literature is closely connected to parts of material culture, not so much foodstuffs or clothing and dress, but some on buildings, not a great deal on trensportation, but heavily on communication technology, a little on industrial technology, and little on other artifacts.

It depends heavily on language including linguistics, writing, and languages of the world. It may include graphics. It does not depend heavily on mathematics, applied science, or philosophy, although these may be applied to it.

Literature is also connected to behavioral culture, including customs, occupations, sports and recreation, performing arts, and events.

It is also influenced by institutions. Families, education, economics and government have various influence on literature. Religion, including religious beliefs, religious practice, religious organzations, and particular religious traditions, has various influences on literature.

The sociology of literature includes the effect of social structure and change including social structure, social types, and social change. It is also connected to particular communities, which will be examined as these subjects are better developed. Particular peoples also have literatures. Literatures of particular nations including China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Russia are not yet discussed in much detail. Western civilization including the United States is the best developed. Anglic, Latin, Germanic, Northeast European, Balkan, and Scandinavian peoples all have extensive literatures. Literatures of Western Civilization are followed by those of Asiatic peoples. Middle Eastern, Oriental, Indian, and Southeast Asian peoples all have literatures, but there is fairly little from Central Asian peoples. African peoples have fairly little accessible literature. American Indian peoples including those of the United States have a little literature.

The history of literature can only be surveyed in broad, general terms. There is none from prehistory, and not a great deal has survived from antiquity. There is none from the 5th millennium BC, but a few texts may relate to the 4th millennium BC. There is more in the 3rd millennium BC, and by the 2nd millennium BC and early 1st millennium BC, a fair amount of literature has surived. Classical and medieval history including early classical, late classical, early medieval, and late medieval history has more.

There has been a great proliferation in modern history. The 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries lack specific detail. During the 19th century, more people began to be literate, and literature continued to flourish. During the early 19th century, the early-mid 19th century, the mid-19th century, the late-mid 19th century and the late 19th century, the number of books, publications, and writers continued to increase.

In the 20th century it proliferated with the industrialization of printing and publishing. In the early 20th century and early-mid 20th century, trends are difficult to summarize here. In the mid-20th century, a great deal of magazine and journal literature thrived. In the late-mid 20th century, All forms of literature continued to flourish, but trends are difficult to detect at this scale. In the late 20th century, electronic and computer publishing began to develop, though it did not replace written literature. Its future is undetermined.