Noun explanation: Modern literature/contemporary literature, classical literature/popular literature

Literature is an art form that uses words to express the author's thoughts, emotions, and opinions. It includes novels, poems, essays, plays, movies, music, and many other types. The main purpose of literature was to entertain, educate, inspire, and publicize. At the same time, it could also express the author's thoughts and feelings about society, life, nature, and so on. The process of literary creation included conception, writing, revision, and many other aspects. The author needed to have a rich imagination, creativity, emotional expression, language skills, and many other abilities. The works of literature could transcend time and space and be widely welcomed and evaluated by readers. They had profound historical and cultural value. Literature is a comprehensive art form that not only focuses on the beauty and artistry of the work itself, but also on the value and significance of the work to society, life, and nature.

Literature reappearance was an activity where the content, style, form, characters, and plots of past literary works were brought back to the screen, stage, and oral forms to present to the public through artistic expression. This kind of reappearance was not only the restoration of the literary work itself, but also the reflection and inheritance of history, culture, society and other aspects. Literature reappearance is one of the important forms of literary creation and also one of the important methods of literary research.

The genre of literary works referred to the artistic forms and structures used in literary works. It usually included novels, poems, essays, plays, movies, television dramas, biographies, and recollections. Different genre has different characteristics and forms of expression, but they all aim to express the author's feelings and thoughts through words. For example, novels usually convey the theme through the plot and characters, while poems express emotions through rhythm and artistic conception.

Enemies literature refers to a literary genre or literary work that has been invaded, occupied, or influenced by war, political turmoil, natural disasters, and so on. These works were often created by writers who had been destroyed in war or political turmoil, lost their homes, loved ones, and lost their freedom. They used literature to express their pain, sadness, anger, fear, and other emotions in their hearts, expressing their pursuit and yearning for freedom, peace, human rights, and other values. The literature of the fall of Japan usually had a strong humane care and humanist spirit, reflecting people's cherish of life, yearning for freedom and pursuit of equality. It was the defense and embodiment of human dignity and value.

Local literature refers to literary works that mainly describe the life and fate of China's rural areas, usually focusing on farmers, land, family, friendship and other topics, emphasizing local and folk customs, which is one of the important components of Chinese literature. Local literature gradually rose in the second half of the 20th century. Under the influence of literary masters such as Lu Xun and Lao She, many classic works such as "Dream of the Red Chamber" and "Water Margins" emerged. In recent years, local literature has also received more and more attention. It is regarded as an important school of Chinese literature and has broad social significance.

The literary values refer to the values embodied in literary works, including moral values, social values, life values, aesthetic values, and so on. These values had an important influence on the readers 'understanding of the works and their feelings for the contents of the works. There were many types of literary values, including traditional moral concepts such as Confucianism and Taoism, as well as modern new moral concepts such as human rights, equality, freedom, and so on. In addition, literary values may also involve social and political issues such as class struggle, ethnic contradictions, historical traditions, etc. In literary works, the expression of literary values included the image of characters, the arrangement of plots, the style of language, and so on. And convey these values through language. When reading literary works, readers could understand through understanding the plot and analyzing the characters.

Scar literature (also known as "battlefield literature" or "war literature") is a genre of literature that reflects the wars, conflicts, and turmoil of the historical period after World War II. It focuses on the suffering and pain experienced by the people in the war and the impact of war on human society and culture. Scar literature was usually written in the first or third person. It described the protagonist's experiences in the war and reflected the cruelty of war and the suffering of mankind. The main feature of scar literature is to emphasize the pain and predicament faced by people in war and the impact of war on society and mankind. This type of literature usually presented a criticism of society and a reflection on war. At the same time, it also expressed a discussion of human nature, love, friendship, family, and other values. In scar literature, there were often descriptions of war itself, explorations of the causes of war, and reflections and criticisms of war. Scar literature began to develop into an important part of Chinese literature in the 1950s, which had a profound impact on the development of modern Chinese literature and thought.

Zhengshi literature refers to a genre of literature in Chinese classical literature. It usually refers to the first large-scale systematic literary creation in the history of Chinese literature after the Qin Dynasty unified the six countries. The rise of Zhengshi literature was closely related to the social politics and historical background at that time. Its main characteristics were emphasizing values such as patriotism, loyalty, integrity, courage, etc. At the same time, it also reflected the reality of the society at that time. In Zhengshi literature, poetry, prose, novels and other literary forms were widely developed and used. His representative works included The Book of Songs, The Songs of Chu, Records of the Historian, and so on.

Literature criticism refers to the evaluation, analysis, and criticism of literary works. It mainly studies and analyses the language, structure, content, style, and other aspects of literary works to reveal their inherent artistic charm and existing problems, so as to promote the development and progress of literature. The basic task of literary criticism is to evaluate the value and significance of literary works, explore their creative background, significance of the times, cultural implications, artistic achievements and influence, and give their own evaluation and opinions. At the same time, literary criticism should also pay attention to the critical analysis of literary works, reveal its existing problems and defects, and point out its shortcomings in order to provide useful reference and guidance for the development of literature. The study of literary criticism includes the analysis of the language, structure, plot, characters, and theme of literary works. It also includes critical thinking about literary phenomena such as literary schools, cultural trends, literary movements, and literary history.