LITERATURE in Swedish - Cambridge Dictionary

Translation of literature – English–Swedish dictionary

literature

 
noun
  /ˈlitrətʃə/
poems, novels, plays etc in verse or prose, especially if of fine quality
litteratur
modern literature

(Translation of literature from the PASSWORD English–Swedish Dictionary © 2023 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of literature

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There is also a strong, if brief, defence of the function of the canon in studying ethnic literatures.
Operative metaphors in these literatures include "agenda-setting" in political science and "problem definition" in sociology.
The waning notion of literature's self-sufficiency is simultaneously threatened and salvaged.
To what extent have any of these literatures focused on social policy or the welfare state?
Concerning theory, the results suggest that earlier literatures were in fact correct to see regime type as having important economic effects.
Such language once again reflects the literature's colonial and post-colonial focus, with its assumption of an interventionist state.
Several literatures suggest that observed or experienced conflict or aggression has a greater impact on males relative to females.
The extent to which social policy and the welfare state are theorised in their own right in any of these literatures is questionable though.
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