UNESCO Thesaurus: hierarchical list

3.40 Literature

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Authors

Used For

UF Scriptwriters

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NT1 Women authors

NT1 Writers

NT2 Playwrights

NT2 Poets

Literary forms and genres

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NT1 Contemporary literature

NT1 Drama

UF Comedy, Plays, Tragedy

NT1 Fiction

NT2 Science fiction

NT1 Folk literature

UF Fairy tales

NT2 Legends

NT2 Proverbs

NT1 Humour (literary)

NT1 Modern literature

NT1 Poetry

UF Allegory, Verse

NT2 Epic poetry

NT1 Popular literature

UF Bestsellers

NT2 Comics

NT1 Prose

NT2 Biographies

NT2 Essays

NT2 Novels

NT2 Short stories

NT1 Speeches

Literature

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NT1 Literary analysis

UF Literary research, Philology

NT1 Literary criticism

NT2 Book reviews

NT1 Literary history

NT1 Literary prizes

NT1 Literary style

NT1 Representative literary works

UF Classical literary works

National literatures

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NT1 African literature

NT1 Arab literature

NT1 Asian literature

NT1 Caribbean literature

NT1 European literature

UF Western literature

NT2 Scandinavian literature

NT2 Slav literature

NT1 Latin American literature

NT1 North American literature

NT1 Oceanic literature

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