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Unlike scholars in certain fields of learning, such as [[biology]], where the boundaries are fairly well defined, those in the field of '''[[literature]]''' still debate exactly what the term means. | Unlike scholars in certain fields of learning, such as [[biology]], where the boundaries are fairly well defined, those in the field of '''[[literature]]''' still debate exactly what the term means. | ||
When the celebrated 1911 ''[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]]'' defined literature as “the best expression of the best thought reduced to writing,” few dared question it. Now, though, a century of such questioning has broadened the definition so that it can include nearly any [[text]] in any human [[language]], even works in other media. Practically speaking, literature’s present-day definition is shaped by the perspective from which one regards it: scholars of a theoretical bent see it as embedded in questions of race, class, and gender, and highly variable over historical time, while those more aesthetically inclined tend to emphasize its continuity within traditions of [[arts]] and [[humane letters]]. One perspective typically mistrusts the other. | When the celebrated 1911 ''[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]]'' defined literature as “the best expression of the best thought reduced to writing,” few dared question it. Now, though, a century of such questioning has broadened the definition so that it can include nearly any [[text]] in any human [[language]], even works in other media. Practically speaking, literature’s present-day definition is shaped by the perspective from which one regards it: scholars of a theoretical bent see it as embedded in questions of race, class, and gender, and highly variable over historical time, while those more aesthetically inclined tend to emphasize its continuity within traditions of [[arts]] and [[humane letters]]. One perspective typically mistrusts the other. | ||
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Approved articles [ about ] Article of the Week [ about ] Unlike scholars in certain fields of learning, such as biology, where the boundaries are fairly well defined, those in the field of literature still debate exactly what the term means. When the celebrated 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica defined literature as “the best expression of the best thought reduced to writing,” few dared question it. Now, though, a century of such questioning has broadened the definition so that it can include nearly any text in any human language, even works in other media. Practically speaking, literature’s present-day definition is shaped by the perspective from which one regards it: scholars of a theoretical bent see it as embedded in questions of race, class, and gender, and highly variable over historical time, while those more aesthetically inclined tend to emphasize its continuity within traditions of arts and humane letters. One perspective typically mistrusts the other.
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