Literature is a written work of any material like , plays , poems, dramas , stories and history . The word literature derived from littera , a letter of the alphabet . literature is a part of country and culture and it is a way of conveying information , knowledge and past events. There are two types of literature fiction and non-fiction . fiction deals with unreal and non-fiction is based on realistic .literature is a basic tool to convey culture and inventions . It conveys person thoughts , ideas , feeling , and sometimes poems related to nature and divine . It gives lot of information , to know about past experiences . literature has many forms such as , oral , artistic and written . oral literature that deals with craft writing . Imaginative and artistic literature both are based on facts and unfacts .The main purpose of literature is to deliver expressions , feelings and experiences . Different people and languages have their own literature .