Swiss literatureとは 意味・読み方・使い方

There is no such thing as a Swiss national vernacular literature, as there is no dominant national language. The four main languages of French, Italian, German and Romansch form the four branches which make up a literature of Switzerland. As the original Swiss Confederation, from its foundation in 1291 till 1798 comprised only a few French-speaking districts in Fibourg, and so the German language dominated. During that period the Swiss vernacular literature is in German, though in the 18th century French became the fashionable language in Bern and elsewhere. Geneva and Lausanne in the 18th century, with their respective brilliant societies, weren't yet Swiss, with Geneva an ally and Vaud a subject land. The older German branch is by far the more significant, while the French branch does not really begin as Swiss writing until after 1815, when the French-speaking regions took full rank as Swiss cantons. The Italian and Romansch-Ladin branches are less significant.