# Literature

Literature is the writing a community keeps and rereads. Which writing is kept, in which languages, and by whom decided, is an old question and the center of the idea of a canon.

Connects to:
- [Translation](https://mapideas.org/i/la_translation)
- [Who decides what is literature?](https://mapideas.org/i/q_x_canon)

Sources:
- [Wikipedia: Literature](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literature)
- [Wikipedia: Literary canon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_canon)

Source: https://mapideas.org/i/st_literature · open on the map: https://mapideas.org/#st_literature