Literature

noun

1. The body of all written works.
2. The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture.
3. (usually preceded by the) All the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject.
4. Written fiction of a high standard.

   "However, even “literary” science fiction rarely qualifies as literature, because it treats characters as sets of traits rather than as fully realized human beings with unique life stories. —Adam Cadre, 2008"