Scottish literature

E147232

national literature

Scottish literature is the body of written works associated with Scotland, encompassing poetry, prose, and drama in Scots, Gaelic, and English that reflect the nation’s history, culture, and identity.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Scottish literature canonical	7
Scottish makars	2
Lowland Scots literature	1
Middle Scots literature	1
Scottish poetry	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national literature ⓘ
associatedMovement	Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ Scottish Renaissance ⓘ Scottish Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Scottish literary revival
country	Scotland ⓘ
hasPart	Scottish drama ⓘ Scottish literature self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Scottish poetry Scottish prose ⓘ
includesGenre	Gothic literature ⓘ surface form: Scottish Gothic Scottish Renaissance poetry ⓘ Tartan Noir ⓘ historical novel ⓘ kailyard school fiction ⓘ
influencedBy	Celtic tradition ⓘ Highland culture ⓘ Lowland culture ⓘ Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Presbyterianism
language	English ⓘ Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
notableAuthor	Alasdair Gray ⓘ Ali Smith ⓘ Edwin Morgan ⓘ Hugh MacDiarmid ⓘ Iain M. Banks ⓘ surface form: Iain Banks Irvine Welsh ⓘ Jackie Kay ⓘ James Hogg ⓘ James Kelman ⓘ John Buchan ⓘ Lewis Grassic Gibbon ⓘ Liz Lochhead ⓘ Muriel Spark ⓘ Nan Shepherd ⓘ Neil M. Gunn ⓘ Norman MacCaig ⓘ Robert Burns ⓘ Robert Louis Stevenson ⓘ Sorley MacLean ⓘ Sir Walter Scott ⓘ surface form: Walter Scott
period	Enlightenment Scottish literature ⓘ Renaissance Scottish literature ⓘ Romantic Scottish literature ⓘ Victorian Scottish literature ⓘ contemporary Scottish literature ⓘ medieval Scottish literature ⓘ modern Scottish literature ⓘ
reflects	Scottish culture ⓘ Scottish history ⓘ Scottish identity ⓘ
relatedField	Celtic studies ⓘ Scottish studies ⓘ
studiedAs	academic discipline ⓘ
tradition	oral tradition ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Loch Lomond → hasCulturalReference → Scottish literature ⓘ

The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy → literaryTradition → Scottish literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish makars

Lowlands → culturalFeature → Scottish literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowland Scots literature

Scottish literature → hasPart → Scottish literature self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish poetry

Jean Armour → associatedWith → Scottish literature ⓘ

The Lament → culturalContext → Scottish literature ⓘ

The Thrissil and the Rois → literaryTradition → Scottish literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish makars

The Tretis of the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo → literaryTradition → Scottish literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle Scots literature

The Mearns → featuredIn → Scottish literature ⓘ

To a Louse → literaryMovement → Scottish literature ⓘ

A Collection of Scots Proverbs → associatedWith → Scottish literature ⓘ

Gaelic Scotland → influenced → Scottish literature ⓘ