文ぶん芸げい

noun

literature; literary arts

Refers to written creative works, especially novels, poetry, and drama, as an artistic field.

• 彼かれは大だい学がくで文ぶん芸げいを専せん攻こうした。

  He majored in literature at university.

• この雑ざっ誌しは文ぶん芸げい作さく品ひんを中ちゅう心しんに掲けい載さいしている。

  This magazine mainly publishes literary works.

noun

the arts; art and literature; liberal arts

Broader sense encompassing literature, fine arts, and sometimes humanities; often used in compound terms like 文芸復興 (Renaissance) or 文芸批評 (literary/art criticism).

• 文ぶん芸げいの振しん興こうは文ぶん化か政せい策さくの重じゅう要ような柱はしらだ。

  Promotion of the arts is an important pillar of cultural policy.

• 彼かれは文ぶん芸げい全ぜん般ぱんに造ぞう詣けいが深ふかい。

  He is well-versed in the arts in general.