List of European literatures
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This is a list of European literatures.
The literatures of Europe are compiled in many languages; among the most important of the modern written works are those in English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Czech, Russian, the Scandinavian languages, Gaelic and Turkish.
Important classical and medieval European literary traditions are those in Latin, Ancient Greek, Old Bulgarian, Old Norse, Medieval French and the Italian Tuscan dialect of the renaissance.
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
Galician literature
Main article: Galician-language literature
Italian literature
Main article: Italian literature
Portuguese literature
Main article: Portuguese literature
Romanian literature
Main article: Romanian literature
Spanish literature
Main article: Spanish literature
Main article: Latin American literature
Literature in other Romance languages
Main article: Aragonese literature
Main article: Western Lombard literature
Main article: Arpitan_language § 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
Main article: Yiddish literature
European literature in the Balto-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 other Balto-Slavic languages
Main article: Bosnian literature
Main article: Bulgarian literature
Main article: Croatian literature
Main article: Latvian literature
Main article: Lithuanian literature
Main article: Macedonian literature
Main article: Montenegrin language
Main article: Serbian literature
Main article: Slovene 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 the Turkic languages
Main article: Azerbaijani literature
Main article: Turkish literature
European literature in other languages
Main article: Abkhaz literature
Main article: Albanian literature
Main article: Basque literature
Main article: Esperanto literature
Main article: Georgian_literature § Literary_and_other_written_works
Main article: Greek literature
Main article: Maltese 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
- African literature
- Asian literature
- Oceanic literature
- Latin American literature
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