We don't use "literatures". "Literature" is an uncountable mass noun.What's the difference between the singular and the olural? When do we use each of them?
We don't use "literatures". "Literature" is an uncountable mass noun.
What's the difference between the singular and the plural? When do we use each of them?
*** NOT A TEACHER ***
(1) I most respectfully and gently submit that here in the United States, the plural is used.
(2) Among the many examples I googled:
(a) We study and teach the languages, literatures, and cultures of the Russian and
other Slavic peoples. (University of California at Berkeley)
(b) The only journal in the United States that focuses exclusively on American
Indian literatures. [My note: There are many Native-American tribes, each with its own
particular literature.]
(c) The Department of East Asian Languages and literatures at the University of
Hawaii. [My note: Chinese literature, Japanese literature, Korean literature, etc.]
When I say "Ukrainian Literature" I'd be conveying generic meaning. If I choose to use "Ukrainian Literatures" I'd be refering to either different authors or different times when they were written?
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