Definitions of literature have varied over time; it is a "culturally relative definition". In Western Europe prior to the eighteenth century, literature as a term indicated all books and writing. A more restricted sense of the term emerged during the Romantic period, in which it began to demarcate "imaginative" literature. Contemporary debates over what constitutes literature can be seen as returning to the older, more inclusive notion of what constitutes literature. Cultural studies, for instance, takes as its subject of analysis both popular and minority genres, in addition to canonical works. COUNT 4
QSN1 The changing nature of the meaning of the term "literature" can be described as what? ANS1 a "culturally relative definition" QSN2 In Western Europe until the 1700s, literature was a term used to describe what? ANS2 all books and writing QSN3 During what literary movement did the definition of literature begin to narrow? ANS3 the Romantic period QSN4 During that 18th century period, literature began to be applied how? ANS4 it began to demarcate "imaginative" literature