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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
Ancient Greek literature
Latin Literature
European literature in the Romance languages
Catalan literature
French literature
Galician literature
Italian literature
Portuguese literature
Romanian literature
Spanish literature
Literature in other Romance languages
European literature in the Germanic languages
Anglic literature
Dutch literature
Germanic literature
North Germanic literature
Literature in other Germanic languages
European literature in the Slavic languages
Belarusian literature
Czech and Slovak literatures
Polish literature
Russian literature
Ukrainian literature
Literature in the South Slavic languages
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Eastern
European literature in the Celtic languages
European literature in the Finno-Ugric languages
European literature in other languages
See also
- 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