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Asian Literature
body of literature created in Asia
Chinese Literature
body of work written in China
Du Fu and Li Bai
two greatest poets in Chinese Literature
Li Ch’ing-chao
China’s greatest woman poet
Wen Chang
God of Literature
Wen Chang
she is also known as Wendi, Wen Ti
Fu Genre
Chinese literary form combining elements of poetry and prose
Qu Yuan
one of the greatest poets of ancient China and the earliest known by name
Qu Yuan
highly original and imaginative verse had an enormous influence over early Chinese poetry.
Tian Wen (Asking Questions of Heaven), Jiu Ge (Nine Songs), and Huai Sha (Embracing the Sand)
literary works of Qu Yuan
Yuan Dynasty
first foreign ruled dynasty in Chinese History
Tang Dynasty
considered as the Golden Age of Poetry
Luo Ben
better known by his courtesy name Guanzhong
Luo Guanzhong
Chinese writer who lived during the Ming dynasty
Luo Ben
He is also known by his pseudonym Huhai Sanren
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese Literature
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
work of Luo Ben-Luo Guanzhong
“The Journey to the West” or Xi You Ji
a book that belongs to the “four most wondrous classical novels” of China
The Journey to the West
written by Wu Cheng’en
Lushi
a literary work that has eight lines, which has five or seven syllables following a strict pattern
Li Sao
an allegorical poem
Li Sao
the first work of the large Chinese tradition of landscape and travel literature
Japanese Literature
body of written work made in Japan
Classical Period
golden age of Japanese Literature
Haiku
5-7-5 syllables
Sedoka
5-7-7
Tanka
5/7/5/7/7
Haiku, Tanka, Sedoka
major forms of literary works in Japan
The Tale of Genji
considered the first novel in history
The Tale of Heike
one of the great classics of Medieval Japanese literature
Matsuo Basho
most famous poet in Edo period
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
most famous haiku collection in Japan
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
collection of travel essays by the great Japanese poet Matsuo Basho
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
considered one of the major texts of Japanese literature of the Edo period
Kakinomoto Hitomaro
Japan's first literary figure, known for his tanka and choka
Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves
oldest extant collection of poems, compiled from the latter half of the seventh century to the latter half of the eighth century
Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves
first and largest of Japan’s anthologies of native poetry
Indian Literature
refers to the literature produced on the Indian subcontinent until 1947 and in the Republic of India thereafter
Indian Literature
one of the oldest and richest literature in the world
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India’s no. of officially recognized language
Vedic Period
The Vedas were composed in this period and this gives this age the name
Vedas
earliest Indian texts composed orally in archaic Sanskrit during the late Bronze and early Iron Ages (c. 1400–400 BCE)
Vedas
consist of religious poetry and ritual formulas, followed by text layers of explanatory prose, early philosophy, and, finally, voluminous ritual manuals
Vedas
considered a sacred texts in Hinduism
Upanishads
late Vedic Sanskrit texts that supplied the basis of later Hindu philosophy
Upanishads
the oldest scriptures of Hinduism
Mahabharata and Ramayana
two Sanskrit epic poems of Ancient India
Mahabharata
the struggle for sovereignty between two groups of cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas
Ramayana
ancient Sanskrit epic which follows Prince Rama's quest to rescue his beloved wife Sita from the clutches of Ravana with the help of an army of monkeys
Panchatantra
ancient Indian collection of interrelated animal fables in Sanskrit verse and prose, arranged within a frame story
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