Spanish Word for Literature

The Spanish word "literature" means literature in English.

The term "Spanish literature" refers to literature that is written in the Spanish language, including literature that has been composed by Spanish, other European, and Latin American writers. Such literature may include Spanish poetry, prose, and novels.

Spanish literature is the name given to any literary works that have been written in Spain throughout time, and those by Spanish authors worldwide. Due to historic, geographic, and generational diversity, Spanish literature has known a great number of influences and it is very diverse.

The Cantar de Mio Cid, which is the oldest preserved Spanish cantar de gesta is highlighted. It is written in medieval Spanish, which is the ancestor of modern Spanish.

Don Quixote was published by Miguel de Cervantes in two volumes a decade apart, and it is the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish Golden Age and possibly the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature, it regularly appears at, or near the top of lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published.