What determines conclusively that a book is literature? A lot of you seem to think that it's objective...

What determines conclusively that a book is literature? A lot of you seem to think that it's objective. Is Call of the Wild literature?

if the protagonist isn't male, it's not literature

a book can't be literature

biblio
literature
novel
fiction
book
rag

in that order

Literature is defined by its form, structure, and content; how it expresses its ideas, themes, and characters.
There can be grey areas in the literary merit of a work, but that doesn't make it a subjective concept.

In contrast, genre fiction is driven by the its genre's tropes, it's plot, and offers very little outside of the book's scope in terms of philosophical themes, humanity, artistic merit(prose, structure, etc.), or reflection of the world.

Of course there is some overlap, they share a medium.

good examples of literature would be Dostoyevsky and Woolf.

good examples of genre fiction would be GRRM and Harry Potter Lady

So, is Call of the Wild literature?

If it makes a lasting contribution to the landscape of high literature.

It's really not that difficult of a concept to grasp.

I read it when I was in the 4th grade I don't remember

On the everyday level it means "books that make me look smart"

You just merely state that it isn't a subjective concept, but you make no case for that assertion.

You realize those aren't definitions right? Just Literature Good, Genre Bad.

Also, "Literary Fiction" is a genre. Especially in the modern sense.