文学|ぶんがくbungaku[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounliterature
   彼女かのじょはフランス文学ぶんがくを専攻せんこうしている。↗

   She majors in French literature.

• Synonym文芸ぶんげいWrittenArt expressed through language, as in 「文芸部」 or 「文芸誌」; often interchangeable with 「文学」. Written/formal prose.
• Related読み物よみものNeutralLight reading matter — books and articles for casual enjoyment, as in 「軽い読み物」. 「文学」 stresses artistic value.
• RelatedリテラチャーWrittenA loanword meaning literature; rare in everyday speech, found mainly in academic writing or book titles.
• RelatedエクリチュールFormalA French loanword for writing and style; formal, used mainly in literary theory, not in daily speech.
• Related詞章ししょうFormalPoetry and prose; also the sung texts of genres like 「浄瑠璃」. Formal, used mainly for traditional performing arts.

Default to 「文学」. Use 「文芸」 for literary club activities and magazines, 「読み物」 for light, entertaining reading, and 「詞章」 for texts of traditional performing arts. 「リテラチャー」 and 「エクリチュール」 appear mostly in academic writing or titles.

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1. 詩し、小説しょうせつ、戯曲ぎきょくなど、感情かんじょうや思想しそうを言葉ことばであらわした芸術げいじゅつ。
2. 1を研究けんきゅうする学問がくもん。
3. (大学だいがくの学問がくもん領域りょういきの区分くぶんにおいて) 人文じんぶん科学かがく。
4. 独特どくとくの言い回いいまわし。修辞法しゅうじほう。