literature's

Belonging to fiction

Literature's is the possessive form of literature, indicating something belonging to or associated with literature.

It typically modifies abstract qualities or components: literature's power to move us, literature's greatest works, literature's role in shaping culture.

The form appears more often in formal or academic writing than in casual speech.

genre

fiction

Imagined narrative work

  • poetryMetrical literary composition
  • dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
  • proseUnversified language

novel · short story · epic · lyric · tragedy · comedy · essay · memoir · biography · folktale

cultural

heritage

Inherited cultural legacy

oral · indigenous · diaspora · vernacular · folk · storytelling · mythology · epic · griot · bardic

academic

scholarship

Educational funding or erudition

interpretation · studies · research · dissertation · thesis · peer review · publication · journal · bibliography · citation

canon

classics

Works of lasting value

writings · tradition · heritage · Shakespeare · Tolstoy · Austen · Dickens · Homer · Cervantes · Tagore

possessive

author's

Of the creator

legacy · impact · contribution · merit · value · significance · importance · relevance · power · beauty

Opposites
mode of transmission

literature'sspeech's

Belonging to verbal address

song's · conversation's

verbal vs. non-verbal art

literature'smusic's

Belonging to organized sound

painting's · cinema's · architecture's · theater's

artistic vs. functional discourse

literature'sbureaucracy's

Administrative system's possessive

Phrases
Family

literature, literatures

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G