European literature
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European literature refers to the literature of Europe.
European literature includes literature in many languages; among the most important of the modern written works are those in English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Czech and Russian and works by the Scandinavians and Irish.
Important classical and medieval traditions are those in Latin, Ancient Greek, Old Bulgarian, Old Norse, Medieval French and the Italian Tuscan dialect of the renaissance.
In colloquial speech, European literature often is used as a synonym for Western literature.[citation needed]
European literature is a part of world literature.
European literature in the Classical period [edit]
Ancient Greek literature [edit]
Main article: Ancient Greek literature
Latin Literature [edit]
Main article: Latin literature
European literature in the Romance languages [edit]
Catalan literature [edit]
Main article: Catalan literature
French literature [edit]
Main article: French Literature
Main article: Belgian_literature#Belgian_literature_in_French
Main article: Swiss_literature#French_branch
Italian literature [edit]
Main article: Italian literature
Portuguese literature [edit]
Main article: Portuguese literature
Romanian literature [edit]
Main article: Romanian literature
Spanish literature [edit]
Main article: Spanish literature
Literature in other Romance languages [edit]
Main article: Aragonese literature
Main article: Arpitan_language#Literature
Main article: Galician-language literature
Main article: Western Lombard literature
Main article: Occitan literature
Main article: Anglo-Norman literature
Main article: Jèrriais literature
Main article: Walloon_language#Literature
European literature in the Germanic languages [edit]
Anglic literature [edit]
Main article: English literature
Main article: Scots literature
Dutch literature [edit]
Main article: Dutch literature
Main article: Flemish literature
Germanic literature [edit]
Main article: German literature
Main article: Austrian literature
Main article: Swiss literature
Main article: Literature of Luxembourg
North Germanic literature [edit]
Main article: Danish literature
Main article: Faroese literature
Main article: Icelandic literature
Main article: Norwegian literature
Main article: Old Norse literature
Main article: Swedish literature
Literature in other Germanic languages [edit]
Main article: Frisian literature
European literature in the Slavic languages [edit]
Belarusian literature [edit]
Main article: Belarusian literature
Czech and Slovak literatures [edit]
Main article: Czech literature
Main article: Slovak literature
Polish literature [edit]
Main article: Polish literature
Russian literature [edit]
Main article: Russian literature
Ukrainian literature [edit]
Main article: Ukrainian literature
Literature in the South Slavic languages [edit]
Western [edit]
Main article: Bosnian literature
Main article: Croatian literature
Main article: Montenegrin language
Main article: Serbian literature
Main article: Slovene literature
Eastern [edit]
Main article: Bulgarian literature
Main article: Macedonian literature
European literature in the Celtic languages [edit]
Main article: Breton literature
Main article: Cornish literature
Main article: Gaelic literature
Main article: Welsh-language literature
European literature in the Finno-Ugric languages [edit]
Main article: Estonian literature
Main article: Finnish literature
Main article: Hungarian literature
European literature in other languages [edit]
Main article: Abkhaz literature
Main article: Albanian literature
Main article: Basque literature
Main article: Esperanto literature
Main article: Greek literature
Main article: Latvian literature
Main article: Lithuanian literature
Main article: Maltese literature
Main article: Yiddish literature
See also [edit]
- Western literature
- Medieval literature
- Renaissance literature
- Modern literature
- Old English literature
- British literature
- Welsh literature in English
- Scottish literature
- Irish literature
- Francophone literature
- Cypriot literature
- Nordic literature
- Galician-Portuguese lyric
- Ottoman poetry
- Arabic literature in Al-Andalus
- MLN: Modern Language Notes
- African literature
- Asian literature
- Oceanic literature
- Latin American literature
