The history of literature is the historical development
of writing
in either prose or poetry which attempts to provide entertainment, enlightenment,
to the reader/hearer/observer, as well as the development of the literary techniques used in the communication
of these pieces.
Literature and writing, though obviously connected, are
not synonymous. The very first writings from ancient Sumer by any reasonable
definition do not constitute literature the same is true of some of the early Egyptian hieroglyphics or the thousands of logs
from ancient Chinese
regimes. Scholars have always disagreed concerning when written record-keeping
became more like "literature" than anything else; the definition is
largely subjective.
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