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world literature

Summary

world literature ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (947 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • world literature is a type of literature[2].
  • world literature's topic's main category is recorded as Category:World literature[3].
  • world literature's facet of is recorded as Western canon[4].
  • world literature's facet of is recorded as literary canon[5].

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Definition and Type

world literature is a type of literature[2].

Why It Matters

world literature ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (947 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001656-svetova-literatura
    Facet of → Western canon, literary canon
    Library of congress authority id → sh85077519
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0001656-svetova-literatura, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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