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Arts, literature, history of.  ---  .This section is about the history of literature .  Topics include:   ---  1/24/2006


Arts, literature, history of.  ---  (1) School, movement, period.  (2) Author: bio data.  (3) Works: major and minor.  (4) Elements types used most often.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, literature, history of.  ---  (1) The battlefield of ideas.  (2) The marketplace of ideas.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, literature, history of.  ---  Art-writing (literature as fine art): the great artists and their works.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, literature, history of.  ---  Author.  Bio data: birth, death.  (2) Type of writing they did.  (3) Major works, when written, analyze by elements.  (4) How new and how far ahead were they?  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, literature, history of.  ---  By subject, genre, area, language, writing system, time period.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, literature, history of.  ---  Development of a literature tradition: new subjects, new themes, new forms.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, literature, history of.  ---  Everything ever written.  What's best and why?  Why and how they did it?  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, literature, history of.  ---  First in the world.  First in a culture.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, literature, history of.  ---  History.  (1) History of a language.  (2) History of literature (broadest definition).  (3) History of art literature.  (4) History of literary criticism.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, literature, history of.  ---  Intellectual cutting edge vs. popularizers.  Can popularization be done without reduction?  Yes, broadly.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, literature, history of.  ---  Know everything ever written, how good was it and why.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, literature, history of.  ---  Stolen vs. invented.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, literature, history of.  ---  Strong literature tradition means having many, diverse, high quality works, over a long time period.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, literature, history of.  ---  What is it?  How old is it?  Who wrote it?  When?  Where?  Why?  How?  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, literature, history of.  ---  Who develops a style vs. who perfects a style.  Same for subjects, and all other elements.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, literature, history of.  ---  Worlds most important works on all subjects and why.  ---  12/30/1992




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