English literature Vs the english literature

Hi, Mohamed Ibrahim, and welcome to the Grammar Exchange,

@Mohamed Ibrahim posted:

please, i'm confused about using "the" with english literature or not.

Generally speaking, 'literature' is an uncountable noun and should be preceded by zero article.

- I like reading books about literature / English literature. (Zero article)

However, you can correctly say, "I like reading books about the English literature of the 18th century."