Can you explain what "literature" means in this context?
"The goals that students pursue in evaluative settings have been widely studied in the achievement motivation literature."

It's from a thesis about academic performance model.
I can see that "literature" doesn't mean books here.
I want to know what it means in the context or what other words can replace "literature".
Can you help me with this?
Thank you very much in advance!

Question

Can you explain what "literature" means in this context?
"The goals that students pursue in evaluative settings have been widely studied in the achievement motivation literature."

It's from a thesis about academic performance model.
I can see that "literature" doesn't mean books here.
I want to know what it means in the context or what other words can replace "literature".
Can you help me with this?
Thank you very much in advance!

Answer

"Literature" is sometimes used to generically refer to the "collective body of research studies and papers" that are available as a source of reference on any given topic.

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Literature can refer to anything scholarly that is written, so it could be talking about books, articles, other theses, etc.

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the "literature" is  "literature" in the world.

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No word can be replaced literature

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