Noun
ぶんがく
文学をよむいみとは何だろうか。
What’s the significance of reading literature?
わたしは大学で、イギリス文学をせんこうしていました。
I was majoring in English literature in university.
村上春樹の作品は、純文学のふりをした大衆文学だと思います。
I think Haruki Murakami's work is pop literature pretending to be pure literature.
If you study writing it's called literature. You'll get to study lots of things other people wrote before you!
This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.