In the modern narrow sense, it is a label for literary works that do not fall into the major categories such as fiction, poetry, or drama. The phrase is sometimes used pejoratively for writing that focuses on the aesthetic qualities of language rather than its practical application.
A writer of belles-lettres is a belletrist. Literally, belles-lettres is a French phrase meaning "beautiful" or "fine" writing. In this sense, therefore, it includes all literary works—especially fiction , poetry , drama , or essays —valued for their aesthetic qualities and originality of style and tone.
The term thus can be used to refer to literature generally. However, for many modern purposes, belles lettres is used in a narrower sense to identify literary works that do not fall into other major categories, such as fiction, poetry or drama. Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! Do you feel lucky?
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After considering the predecessors of science fiction in Ukrainian belles lettres , it focuses on specific authors and the particular themes they explored in their work, putting them in the context of a wider political history of USSR and independent Ukraine. Ukrainian science fiction; historical and thematic perspectives.
Les Belles Lettres is a French publisher specialising in the publication of ancient texts such as the Collection Budé. The publishing house, originally named. Belles-lettres or belles lettres is a category of writing, originally meaning beautiful or fine writing. In the modern narrow sense, it is a label for literary works that do.
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