A. Poetry
B. prose
C. novels
D. myth
Literature is a way and means to express the objective world and subjective knowledge by oral or written language. When writing is not only used for recording (history books, news reports, scientific papers, etc.). ), but is endowed with other thoughts and feelings, with artistic beauty, which can be called literature and art and belongs to language art.
Poetry, prose, novel, dramatic novel, script, fable and fairy tale are all important literary forms. Literature expresses inner feelings in different forms, that is, genres, and reproduces social life in a certain period and region.
As a discipline, it includes China language and literature, foreign language and literature and journalism and communication. Literature belongs to one of the humanities, and keeps pace with philosophy, religion, law and politics at the top of the social structure.
It originated from human thinking activities. Oral literature first appeared, usually combined with music to form lyric poems that can be sung. The earliest written documents are China's The Book of Songs, Indian Ramayana and ancient Greek Ilion Ji.
China's works written in words in the pre-Qin period were collectively referred to as literature, and literary works were listed separately only after Wei and Jin Dynasties. The classification of European traditional literature theory divides literature into three categories: poetry, prose and drama. Modern literature is usually divided into four categories: poetry, novels, essays and plays.
Literature is the art of language, an important embodiment of social culture and beauty. Literary works are works that writers express their unique spiritual world with unique language art.
Without these two unique features, there would be no real literary works. An outstanding writer is a hero in the spiritual world of a nation. Literature represents the art and wisdom of a nation.
The earliest known western literary work is the Epic of Gilgamesh written by Sumerians in 2700 BC, which describes heroism, friendship, loss and the pursuit of eternal life.
Western literature with its own characteristics in different historical periods. Early works often have religious or teaching purposes. The normative literature of preaching was born. The abnormal characteristics of romantic articles blossomed in the Middle Ages.