What is the difference between history and literature?

towel 42: What is the difference between history and literature?
I have a portfolio assessment to do for English, and the question is:
– Recognize connections between texts and social, historical, cultural and political concepts.
– Consider this past academic year and write a substantial paragraph that explains the difference between history and literature.

Answers and Views:

Answer by itsmyitch
You had better get out of YA and start writing.

Answer by xeroxliz
History is a retelling of facts about events that happened. Literature is something that you can read. It doesn’t have to be based in the time period it is written, but when it is it provides important insights to how people lived, thought, and their culture. Literature is often fiction, where history is supposed to be absolutely factual.

Answer by Jack P
Isn’t it a matter of fact and fiction?