literature
n.文学(作品)，文艺，著作
Literature must be an analysis of experience and a synthesis of the findings into a unit.
文学是对经验的分析和整体结果的综合。
genre
n.类型，流派
His six String Quartets were regarded as the most important works in the genre since Beethoven's.
他的六首《弦乐四重奏》被认为是贝多芬之后的最重要作品。
satire
n.讽刺文学
The political satire was censored by the government.
政治讽刺作品受到政府的审查。
fable
n.寓言；传说(allegory fiction, legend)
Many fables were first told by an old Greek story teller named Aesop.
许多寓言故事最初是由一位名叫伊索的古希腊说书人讲的。
byword
n.格言，谚语
The general's name had become a byword for cruelty in war.
这位将军的名字已成为战争中残酷的代名词。
comedy
n.喜剧
The candidate's campaign turned out to be a political comedy of errors.
候选人的竞选结果证明是错误的政治喜剧。
tragedy
n.悲剧
masterpiece
n.杰作,名著
author
n.作家，创造者
profound
adj.深刻的，意义深远的，渊博的，造诣深的(deep)
We had a profound lesson in ideological education yesterday.
昨天我们在思想教育上得到了深刻的教训。
contemporary
adj.当前的；现代(派)的(contemporaneous)
The composer Salieri had the misfortune of being contemporary with Mozart.
与莫扎特同时代是作曲家萨列里的不幸。
classic
n.杰作,名著
Her daughter particularly likes reading the classics of English literature.
她的女儿特别喜欢阅读英国文学名著。