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Editors have been struggling with this article for many years and I believe that much of the difficulty lies in a failure to obtain a proper consensus on the scope the article. After reading through previous discussion threads and external sources on the topic, I think the topic of literature is definitely within the metaphor of the story ofthe blind men and the elephant -- everybody approaches it from their own perspective. Thus this article has been dragged back and forth by various editors pulling the definition and scope one way another.
There are many sub-articles under the purview of literature including the broad categories (poetry and prose), as well the majorgenres, plus perhaps several other sections such as history, technique, law, awards, and certainly a section discussing the various definitions of the term "literature." Nearly all of those sections already have sub-articles of their own.
There are no WP firm guidelines on determining the scope of an article that I could find. There is a useful essay,WP:Out of scope, in which some thought has been given to the subject. Also, there is some useful information inWP:Article size andWP:Summary style. Of particular note is a quote fromOut of scope that I think may apply here, "Artificially or unnecessarily restricting the scope of an article to select a particular POV on a subject area is frowned upon, even if it is the most popular POV."
For these reasons, I believe the scope of the article should be broad and this overview article on literature should include sections that briefly summarize each subtopic along with a "Main article" link to the sub-articles.
There was a disam hatnote added to the article years ago that suggested a more restricted scope and I don't think the edit was noticed and didn't obtain proper consensus, so I'm going to tweak that and maybe make a few other low-hanging-fruit tweaks that touch on scope and definition, but we really need to develop an actual consensus on this. This is a significant article in WP so I think more effort should go into getting it right. There isn't a lot of editor traffic on this talk page so I think this consensus-building process needs to develop over time to allow as many folks as possible to participate. (I've increased auto-archive aging to 90 days so threads don't get swept away.) Thoughts?Sparkie82 (Sparkie82|c)06:31, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
A couple more WP guide/essays that might be useful:WP:General overview article andWP:Broad-concept article. Also, it might be useful see what editors have done in other overview-type articles. I was readingAnimals, which is certain a broad topic. It parallels some of the challenges editors face here. For example, the definition may refer to all animals including humans, or it may refer to only non-animals. Also, it is a categorization topic, with multiple levels and dimensions of sub-categorization. They had quite a few discussions there on these topics which may inform our discussion here. The WP guides I mentioned above also include some example broad-topic articles.Sparkie82 (t•c)23:26, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The final sentence of the opening of this article says that literature is classified according to whether it is poetry, prose or drama, according to historical period and according to genre. Should it also say that it is classified according to nationality?YTKJ (talk)18:01, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
There is a discussion atWikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 December 23#Literary canon which editors watching this article may wish to join. --John Maynard Friedman (talk)10:58, 26 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Literature broadly is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowlyfor writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama,and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include oral literature,much of which has been transcribed. Literature is a method of recording, preserving,and transmitting knowledge and entertainment, and can also have a social,psychological, spiritual, or political role. Literature, as an art form, can also includeworks in various non-fiction genres, such as biography, diaries, memoir, letters, andthe essay. Within its broad definition, literature includes non-fictional books, articlesor other printed information on a particular subject. Etymologically, the term derivesfrom Latin literatura/litteratura "learning, a writing, grammar," originally "writingformed with letters," from litera/littera "letter". In spite of this, the term has also beenapplied to spoken or sung texts. Developments in print technology have allowed anever-growing distribution and proliferation of written works, which now includeselectronic literature. Literature is classified according to whether it is poetry, prose ordrama, and such works are categorized according to historical periods, or theiradherence to certain aesthetic features, or genre. There are a lot of great writers, likeAlisher Navoi; William Shakespeare; Abdulla Kodiri; Geoffrey Chaucer and etc.Alisher Navoi is a great poet, statesman and the founder of Uzbek literature. His realname is Nizomiddin Mir Alisher. He wrote his poems under the pen-names of Navoiand Foni. Navoi is a great Uzbek poet, a representative of the Uzbek literature which iscalled Chigatoy leterature in the West.85.202.193.233 (talk)07:34, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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