Library / English Dictionary

LITERARY STUDY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The humanistic study of literature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("literary study" is a kind of...):

arts; humanistic discipline; humanities; liberal arts (studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "literary study"):

lit; literature (the humanistic study of a body of literature)

comparative literature (study of literary works from different cultures (often in translation))

lit crit; literary criticism (the informed analysis and evaluation of literature)

poetics (study of poetic works)

classics (study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome)

rhetoric (study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking))

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