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Asian Literature
Refers to the literature that was written over a period of thousands of years in a variety of countries in Asia
Four Divisions of Asian Literature
West, East, Central, and Southeast Asian
Arabic Literature is under?
West Asian (adab)
This literature began to be known with the collection
of the Koran, the sacred book of Islam with the widespread of the
Islamic faith in Asia, Africa and Europe, the Arabian language.
Arabic Literature
Lebanese american philosophical essayist novelist poet and artist.
Alienation disruption in the lost rural beauty and security in the modernizing world.
His simple and direct style was a revelation and an inspiration.
Khalil Gibran (1883-1931)
Khalil Gibran (1883-19931), Literary Pieces
Names of the valley (1930)
Experience Rebellion (1920)
Indian Literature is under?
Central Asian
Chinese and Japanese Literature are under?
East Asian
Most of their literature focuses on everyday events, such as prevalent agricultural society. It also reflects the political and social history of China.
Chinese Literature
Book of Songs
The oldest collection of Chinese poetry and was written during Chou Dynasty (1600 B.C.).
Known as China’s greatest modern writer of the 20th century
His sharp and unique essays created more than 600 articles.
His works deal with themes of social concern, problems of the poor, women, and intellectuals. He was the head of the Chinese Left-Wing Writers League in Shanghai in the 1930s.
Lu Xun/Lu Hsun (1881-1936)
"Diary of a Madman"
The opening story in Lu Xun's first collection, and has often been referred to as "China's first modern short story".
Japanese Literature
Early Japan borrowed much from Chinese culture but evolved its own character over time
poems that consist of alternate five and seven syllables with additional seven-syllable lines at the end, 5-7-5
Choka
poem that consists of 5 lines of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables. This is the most prevalent verse form in Japanese literature.
Tanka
Pem that consists of 3 lines of 5-7-5 syllables. Most of the Haikus consist of Kigo or seasonal words like snow or cherry blossoms.
Haiku
Greatest haiku poets of Japan
Matsuo Basho
Yosa Buson
Kobayashi Issa
This includes Noh, the earliest form of Japanese drama and Kabuki which is performed with the accompaniment of the orchestra.
Drama
Performed with “Skills or Talent“
Noh
Performed with orchestra
Kabuki
Mainly a poet, but his literary works included essays, short stories, travelogues, dramas, and thousands of songs.
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1940)
Gitanjali
“song offerings“
Gora
“fair-skinned“ or “white person“
Ghare-baire
“the Home and the World“
Thai literature is under?
South East Asian
Thai Literature
Traditionally heavily influenced by Indian Culture
Prose writing was reserved for historical records, chronicles, and legal documents.
Most of the imaginative literary works before the 19th century were composed in poetry.
Thailand’s national epic is a version of the Ramayana
Ramakien
