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belles-lettres {n} (literary works valued for their aesthetic qualities) citation {n} (the act of citing a passage from a book) literature {n} (body of all written works)

I am interested in american literature .	Ich interessiere mich für amerikanische Literatur.
He went to america for the purpose of studying american literature .	Er ging nach Amerika, um amerikanische Literatur zu studieren.