Scottish literature

E147232

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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Scottish literature canonical 14
Scottish makars 2
Lowland Scots literature 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national literature ⓘ
associatedMovement Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
Scottish Renaissance ⓘ
Scottish literary revival ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
hasPart Scottish drama ⓘ
Scottish poetry ⓘ
linked to: Scottish literature

Scottish prose ⓘ
includesGenre Scottish Gothic ⓘ
linked to: Gothic literature

Scottish Renaissance poetry ⓘ
Tartan Noir ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ
kailyard school fiction ⓘ
influencedBy Celtic tradition ⓘ
Highland culture ⓘ
Lowland culture ⓘ
Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian
language English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
notableAuthor Alasdair Gray ⓘ
Ali Smith ⓘ
Edwin Morgan ⓘ
Hugh MacDiarmid ⓘ
Iain Banks ⓘ
linked to: Iain M. 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 ⓘ
Walter Scott ⓘ
linked to: Sir 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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

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 makars ⓘ
linked to: Scottish literature
Lowlands → culturalFeature → Lowland Scots literature ⓘ
linked to: Scottish literature
Scottish literature → hasPart → Scottish poetry ⓘ
linked to: Scottish literature
Jean Armour → associatedWith → Scottish literature ⓘ
The Lament → culturalContext → Scottish literature ⓘ
The Thrissil and the Rois → literaryTradition → Scottish makars ⓘ
linked to: Scottish literature
The Tretis of the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo → literaryTradition → Middle Scots literature ⓘ
linked to: Scottish 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 ⓘ
George Bannatyne → fieldOfWork → Scottish literature ⓘ
Ballochmyle → hasCulturalSignificance → Scottish literature ⓘ
Souter Johnnie → partOf → Scottish literature ⓘ
Temora → associatedWith → Scottish literature ⓘ
Robert Cadell → associatedWith → Scottish literature ⓘ
Agnes Maclehose → associatedWith → Scottish literature ⓘ
subject linked to: Mrs. Maclehose
Nanse Tinnock’s → hasGenreOfSignificance → Scottish literature ⓘ