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vijay raj

vijay raj

India

September 12, 2010

English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was born in Poland, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad, Vladimir Nabokov was Russian. In other words, English literature is as diverse as the varieties and dialects of English spoken around the world. In academia, the term often labels departments and programmes practising English studies in secondary and tertiary educational systems. Despite the variety of authors of English literature, the works of William Shakespeare remain paramount throughout the English-speaking world.

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05:41 AM Sep 12 2010

yassar2010

yassar2010
Syrian Arab Republic

emm....

thanx vijay 4 this details .this first time i know that the english literature not related to english writters....

always i thout the english literature is restrictive to english authors like shakespear or jeorge bermard shaw( irish)

thanx