scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
department (faculty) of literature
pure literature; belles-lettres
literary history; history of literature
the literary world; literary circles
young literary enthusiast
English(-language) literature; British literature
Bachelor of Arts; BA; B.A.
literary criticism or theory
contemporary literature; modern literature
Chinese classical literature; Chinese classics
literature written in diary form
school of popular writing
British and American literature
women's writing; literature written by women
love story; erotic literature
early-modern literature; Edo-period literature (1600-1867)
kana literature; works written in kana in the Heian period
legendary literature; narrative literature
the pleasures of literature
erotic or pornographic literature (Edo period)
oral literature; folk literature
oral literature; folk literature
pornographic literature; sensual literature; erotic literature
literary revolution (of China; post-1917 emphasis on vernacular forms)
autobiography; autobiographical literature
ideological literature (esp. left-wing)
humorous erotic literature
bizarre literature; literature of the bizarre