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literature

[lit-er-uh-cher, -choor, li-truh-] / ˈlɪt ər ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, ˈlɪ trə- /


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The six-page hand-written short story, Pryce's Buoy, has been transcribed in full for the first time and studied by Sarah Dillon, professor of literature at the University of Cambridge.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

She’s also noticed that declining emphasis on the Western canon of literature has brought on a new, bookish tribalism.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2026

Low Flight, inspired by the everyday challenges delivery riders face, has bagged the Lu Xun Literary Prize - named after a writer who has been referred to as the father of modern Chinese literature.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

In the discussions of these artworks, anthropology, literature and philosophy are in play.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

And unless for some reason you had started a discussion with her about literature or mathematics, you would never have known the extent of her brain-power.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl

Mr. Morson, a professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Northwestern University, is the author of “Wonder Confronts Certainty: Russian Writers on the Timeless Questions and Why Their Answers Matter.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 15, 2025

He has a doctorate in Hispanic languages and literatures from UC Berkeley and a master of fine arts in poetry from UC Davis, where he is a professor in the department of Chicana/Chicano studies.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 9, 2022

Another reason is easier reader access to Spanish-language literatures and their translations via ebooks and online platforms.

From New York Times Mar. 4, 2022

Many early pages chronicle the poet’s youthful Wanderjahre in Europe, but almost nothing is said about his 25 years as a Harvard professor of European languages and literatures.

From Washington Post Jun. 2, 2020

Every inch of visible surface of the board had been decorated, with four somewhat gorgeous-looking columns of quotations from a variety of the world’s literatures.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger




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