literature

/ˈlɪ.tə.ɹɪ.tʃə(ɹ)/noun

Written works as a whole, especially those valued for their artistic quality.

Example sentence

“She studied French literature at university.”

Also means the published material on a topic: 'the scientific literature', or even sales brochures ('product literature').

Related words

historyEverything that happened in the past, considered as a whole.geographyThe subject that studies the earth's surface, its features, and how people interact with them.physicsThe science that studies matter, energy, space, and time, and how they interact.chemistryThe science that studies what substances are made of and how they change when their molecules are rearranged.biologyThe science that examines living things and how they function.geometryThe area of mathematics concerned with shapes, sizes, and the relationships between points, lines, and surfaces.