European literature

History of literature
Bronze Age literature
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Classical literatures
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Early Medieval literature
Matter of Rome Matter of France Matter of Britain Byzantine literature Kannada literature Persian literature Turkish
Medieval literature
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Early Modern literature
Renaissance literature Baroque literature
Modern literature
18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century

European literature refers to the literature of Europe.

European literature includes literature in many languages; among the most important of the modern written works are those in English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Polish, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Czech and Russian and works by the Scandinavians and Irish.

Important classical and medieval traditions are those in Latin, Ancient Greek, Old Norse, Medieval French and the Italian Tuscan dialect of the renaissance.

In colloquial speech, European literature often is used as a synonym for Western literature.

European literature is a part of world literature.

European literature in the Classical period

Ancient Greek literature

Main article: Ancient Greek literature

Latin Literature

Main article: Latin literature

European literature in the Romance languages

Catalan literature

Main article: Catalan literature

French literature

Main article: French Literature

Main article: Belgian_literature#Belgian_literature_in_French

Main article: Swiss_literature#French_branch

Italian literature

Main article: Italian literature

Portuguese literature

Main article: Portuguese literature

Romanian literature

Main article: Romanian literature

Spanish literature

Main article: Spanish literature

Literature in other Romance languages

Main article: Aragonese literature

Main article: Arpitan_language#Literature

Main article: Galician-language literature

Main article: Western Lombard literature

Main article: Occitan literature

Main article: Anglo-Norman literature

Main article: Jèrriais literature

Main article: Walloon_language#Literature

European literature in the Germanic languages

Anglic literature

Main article: English literature

Main article: Scots literature

Dutch literature

Main article: Dutch literature

Main article: Flemish literature

Germanic literature

Main article: German literature

Main article: Austrian literature

Main article: Swiss literature

Main article: Literature of Luxembourg

North Germanic literature

Main article: Danish literature

Main article: Faroese literature

Main article: Icelandic literature

Main article: Norwegian literature

Main article: Old Norse literature

Main article: Swedish literature

Literature in other Germanic languages

Main article: Frisian literature

European literature in the Slavic languages

Belarusian literature

Main article: Belarusian literature

Czech and Slovak literatures

Main article: Czech literature

Main article: Slovak literature

Polish literature

Main article: Polish literature

Russian literature

Main article: Russian literature

Ukrainian literature

Main article: Ukrainian literature

Literature in the South Slavic languages

Western

Main article: Bosnian literature

Main article: Croatian literature

Main article: Montenegrin language

Main article: Serbian literature

Main article: Slovene literature

Eastern

Main article: Bulgarian literature

Main article: Macedonian literature

European literature in the Celtic languages

Main article: Breton literature

Main article: Cornish literature

Main article: Gaelic literature

Main article: Welsh-language literature

European literature in the Finno-Ugric languages

Main article: Estonian literature

Main article: Finnish literature

Main article: Hungarian literature

European literature in other languages

Main article: Abkhaz literature

Main article: Albanian literature

Main article: Basque literature

Main article: Esperanto literature

Main article: Greek literature

Main article: Latvian literature

Main article: Lithuanian literature

Main article: Maltese literature

Main article: Yiddish literature

See also

• Western literature
• Medieval literature
• Renaissance literature
• Modern literature
• Old English literature
• British literature
• Welsh literature in English
• Scottish literature
• Irish literature
• Francophone literature
• Cypriot literature
• Nordic literature
• Galician-Portuguese lyric
• Ottoman poetry
• Arabic literature in Al-Andalus
• MLN: Modern Language Notes