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What is English literature?

A lot of people starting to learn English literature often ask how extensive English literature is. It is not something not useful to ask about it because there have been various answers as well as different opinions about it.  We have to admit that most of common people knowing nothing about literature believe that English literature is literature written and/or published in the UK and US. Meanwhile, many other people consider it as any literary work written in English language. It makes sense but is not a totally accurate perception.  First off, English literature MUST BE WRITTEN in English language. The language is a key to defining English literature. It means it is not an English literary work if not originally written in English language. It also means that any literary work translated into English cannot be seen as an example of English literary works. Automatically, it also becomes an answer to the question "is English literature only limited to liter...