Ancient Egyptian literary compositions were generally written on papyrus paper, but much of it has not survived the elements over time. Only nine literary works survived from the Middle Kingdom, and only seven from the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period combined. However, these surviving works, along with fragments of others, demonstrate the genius of Ancient Egyptian literature. Many works written in the later Demotic phase of Egyptian are still being edited for publication today.

1. Ancient Egyptian Literature
Ancient Egyptian literary compositions were generally copied on
papyrus paper, and this has generally not survived the damp and fire
of history (survival). The scale of destruction is revealed starkly by
the numbers of intact tales, teachings and reflective sayings - only
nine from the Middle Kingdom (about 2025-1700 BC), only seven
from the New Kingdom (about 1550-1069 BC) and Third Intermediate
Period (about 1069-664 BC) together. Nevertheless, these survivors,
with the more numerous compositions known only from fragments,
are enough to demonstrate the genius of the Ancient Egyptian art of
words.
 Definition of literature
 List of surviving literary compositions in Middle Egyptian see
the Teaching of Amenemhat I for most detailed treatment
 List of surviving literary compositions in Late Egyptian
Many later literary works written in the demotic phase of the Egyptian
language are still being edited for publication: demotic literature
includes cycles of tales and teachings (for a summary see Tait 1996).
The extent of foreign influence in demotic literature remains a subject
of intense debate. There are fragments of demotic tales among the
papyri extracted from cartonnage found at Rifeh, now preserved in
the Petrie Museum.
Other topics to consider:

2.  literary writing within the scope of writing in each period
 circulation of literary manuscripts to readers
 how many people could read and write in each period? the
history of literacy
 the history of the book and of writing materials
 groups of books: the history of the library
 problems with using the words 'text' and 'author'
Further reading:
 Loprieno 1996 (The most comprehensive recent guide to the
material and topics of current debate in Egyptology, with an
introduction by Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht)
Among the translations from the Egyptian language into the English
language, note:
 Lichtheim 1973 / Lichtheim 1976 / Lichtheim 1980
 Foster 2001
 Simpson/Faulkner/Wente1972
 Parkinson 1997