history of literature
Let an agent explain literary history, relay approaches, periods, national and regional traditions and debates from literary studies sources with positions attributed, describe the named histories and flag the related encyclopedia alias, and distinguish literary history from literary criticism, book history, history of language and comparative literature.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain literary history, relay approaches, periods, national and regional traditions and debates from literary studies sources with positions attributed, describe the named histories and flag the related encyclopedia alias, and distinguish literary history from literary criticism, book history, history of language and comparative literature.
The study and narrative of the development of literature over time, covering oral traditions and storytelling, written literatures from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt to modern global literatures, periods, movements, genres and canons, including national and regional histories such as the history of Hindi, Taiwanese, Italian and Australian literature; the registry alias history of encyclopedias names a related field of reference works and book history. Literary historians debate canon formation, periodisation and whose works are included, with positions attributed.
What it is for: Understanding how literature developed.
It can be explain approaches and periods; relay national and regional traditions; describe named histories; present canon debates with attribution.
Distinguishing features
Chronological scope
Periods and movements
National and global frames
Canon debates
What it looks like
Not a physical object; studied through texts, anthologies and scholarly histories.
Physical character
Epic of Gilgamesh: about 2100-1200 BC note - versions
Weltliteratur concept: Goethe, 1827 note
registry parents: literary studies, cultural history note
How it is recognised
Study of literature s development over time
History of encyclopedias, history of Hindi literature, history of Taiwanese literature, history of storytelling, history of literature in Italy, history of Australian literature
Criticism evaluates works; book history studies production; language history studies change; comparative literature crosses traditions
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
includes -
is contrasted with -
is contrasted with - related alias
In practice
Families and kinds
oral literature and storytelling
ancient literatures
national literary histories
world literature
histories of genres
Standards and regulation
No regulation
Failure modes and hazards
Eurocentric framing
Presenting one canon as universal
Partisan national narratives
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What literary history is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is the history of literature, and how does it differ from criticism, book history, language history and comparative literature? definition
- Is the question about a period, a national literature or methods? boundary
Histories
Named histories.
Histories
Histories.
- What do the histories of Hindi, Taiwanese, Italian and Australian literature and of storytelling cover, and why is encyclopedias history different? definition
- Which entry fits the specific history? action
Periods Periods.
Sources.
Ancient
Ancient literatures.
Ancient
Ancient.
- What are the earliest known literary works? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Modern
Modern movements.
Modern
Modern.
- How are movements such as Romanticism and Modernism defined? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Debates Debates.
Attribution.
Canon
Canon formation.
Canon
Canon.
- What do scholars argue about the literary canon and inclusion, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
World literature
World literature.
World literature
World literature.
- How have ideas of world literature evolved since Goethe? provenance
- Which entry fits world literature? action
Context Traditions.
Context.
Oral traditions
Oral traditions.
Oral traditions
Oral traditions.
- How do literary histories include oral storytelling traditions? provenance
- Which entry fits oral literature? action
Taiwan
Taiwanese literature.
Taiwan
Taiwan.
- How is Taiwanese literary history periodised, with debates attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits Taiwanese literature? action
What the second pass must settle
- The registry alias history of encyclopedias should be moved to book history entries
- Should each national literature history be a separate entry?
- How should canon debates be presented?