travel literature
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- noun
- /ˈtrævəl ˈlɪtərətʃər/
- Literature
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literatura de viajes
- Ethnographic and travel literature permits a somewhat more focused look at Morocco.
Examples
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The paucity of good travel literature perhaps best exemplifies the failure of these students as cultural mediators in their own country.
Academic text (1991) -
A word of caution is in order with respect to Western travel literature.
Academic text (1990) -
Using travel literature, newspapers, and magazines as sources for pictures, students created scrapbooks of United States landmarks, both natural and made by people.
Academic text (1993) -
Countless travelers opt to use resources like books, brochures, and other forms of travel literature to plan their sightseeing adventures.
Blog text (7) -
Although best known today for his costumbrista essays on life in Madrid, Mesonero was also the author of various works of travel literature detailing his journeys to other European cultural centers.
Academic text (1993) -
Many people enjoy reading travel literature to learn about different cultures and places.
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Her collection of travel literature includes stories about her adventures in Asia and Africa.
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Writing travel literature allows authors to share their unique experiences and insights from around the world.
Synonyms
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A film, talk, or book that shows someone's experiences while traveling
A story about a person's trip or adventure
How Literary
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'literature about journeys' is directly and compositionally derived from 'travel' (journeying) modifying 'literature' (written works); the first noun specifies the topic of the second. This noun–noun modifier pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Travel literature comes from the simple idea of people writing down their trips and what they saw on the road. Travel is the journey and literature is the writing, so the phrase means 'writing about journeys, places, and people'.