Comment by mkl
> That depends what you mean by "literature". If you want it to be written down
That is what literature means: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/literature#Noun
> That depends what you mean by "literature". If you want it to be written down
That is what literature means: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/literature#Noun
No, the argument is even dumber than that. The person who writes a poem hasn't created any literature.
The person who hears that poem in circulation and records it in his notes has created literature; an anthology is literature but an original work isn't.
Well, then poetry is not literature.