Reportage vs. Literature
Reportagenoun
The reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness.
Literaturenoun
The body of all written works.
Reportagenoun
News or information of general interest that has been reported; media coverage of a topic or event.
Literaturenoun
The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group, or culture.
Reportagenoun
SAme as Report.
Literaturenoun
All the papers, treatises, etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject.
Reportagenoun
the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television;
‘they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations’;
Literaturenoun
Written fiction of a high standard.
‘However, even “literary” science fiction rarely qualifies as literature, because it treats characters as sets of traits rather than as fully realized human beings with unique life stories. —Adam Cadre, 2008’;
Literaturenoun
Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.
Literaturenoun
The collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry.
Literaturenoun
The class of writings distinguished for beauty of style or expression, as poetry, essays, or history, in distinction from scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge; belles-lettres.
Literaturenoun
The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work.
‘The origin of all positive science and philosophy, as well as of all literature and art, in the forms in which they exist in civilized Europe, must be traced to the Greeks.’; ‘Learning thy talent is, but mine is sense.’; ‘Some gentlemen, abounding in their university erudition, fill their sermons with philosophical terms.’;
Literaturenoun
creative writing of recognized artistic value
Literaturenoun
the humanistic study of a body of literature;
‘he took a course in Russian lit’;
Literaturenoun
published writings in a particular style on a particular subject;
‘the technical literature’; ‘one aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature’;
Literaturenoun
the profession or art of a writer;
‘her place in literature is secure’;
Literaturenoun
written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit
‘a great work of literature’;
Literaturenoun
books and writings published on a particular subject
‘the literature on environmental epidemiology’;
Literaturenoun
leaflets and other printed matter used to advertise products or give advice
‘advertising and promotional literature’;
Literature
Literature broadly is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for 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.
