21ST CENTURY LITERATURE REVIEWER

Which is of the following is known for "Land of Prayer" and Sanskrit literature.

India

Who among the following is regarded as the first post-independence African

writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986?

Wole Soyinka

In what literary periods of African Literature is known for an oral literature or

orature in prose and verse?

Pre colonial

These are collection of stories told by a diverse group from different social class

of pilgrims traveling to the Shrine of Saints Thomas Becket.

The Canterbury Tales.

What is the theme in Latin America literature that depicts their dark and

depressing lives?

Social realism

Which of the following was said to be the first official Japanese history book?

Nihongi

Which of the following best describe Hagiography?

the writing of the lives of saints.

What is the Korean writing that comprises a poems or indigenous songs about

love, loss, and Buddhist devotion written during the Silla Dynasty?

Hyangga

It is one of the examples of literary masterpieces during Middle English literature.

Canterbury Tales

-The three founding countries of Asian Literature -

China, India, Japan

-Books that talks about principle of yin and yang.

Books of Changes

-It is the oldest surviving literary work of ancient Mesopotamia (Iraq and eastern

Syria) that is composed nearly 4,000 years ago.

Epic of Gilgamesh

-Great philosopher, one of the great men China has produced.

Confucious

-Literature of India, means cultivated or perfected.

Sankrit

-It is called as the blue dragon country or "The land of blue dragon" because it is

close to the ocean, with rich aquatic product and beautiful scenery.

Vietnam

-A period of unceasing disturbance and violent storms. The great question of the

century, which confronted serious writer from John Donne t John Dryden, was

Michel de Montaigne's What do I know?

17th century

-The GPLA is defined as bilingual English-and French literary prizes, an award

giving bodies for the proposals of associations, especially in the Research and

Belles-Lettres categories. GPLA means?

Grand Prix of Literary Associations

-It is authored by Chinua Achebe in 21st century canon of Africa Literature

articulates how African countries produces of biased and racist narratives of

African life from western Authors.

Things fall apart

-It is a local version of the epic "Ramanaya", proof of an early Indian influence in

the Philippines.

Maharadia Lawana

-It is an epic originated from Ilocos region, Philippines.

Biag ni Lam-ang

-Which Russian author wrote "War and Peace," a sprawling epic novel that

explores themes of war, love and society.

Leo Tolstoy

-Novelists that's perhaps the most prominent author to emerge from Latin america in the 20th century

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

-1986 Nobel Prize Awardee.

Wole Soyinka

-Father of modern African literature -

Chinua Achebe

-It is a compilation of historical documents, speeches, and writing covering early

Chinese history.

Book of history

-It is the world's oldest epic.

The Epic of Gilgamesh

-Which period in Latin America introduced a significant portion of its literature to a

global audience

The boom

-Which of the following periods in European Literature known as the most vital

and most interesting of all and where Romanticism, Symbolism, and Realism are

developed

The 19th century

-Which of the following period of Latin American marked by the oral traditions of

Mesoamerican civilization such the Olmecs, Mayans, and Aztecs

Pre-Colombian period

What is the "great question" of the Enlightenment Period which confronted

serious writers

"What do I know?"

-Author of the grain of wheat.

Ngügi wa Thiong'o

-Old-English Period: Beowulf,____: The Canterbury Tales.

Medieval Period

-It is a small unbound booklet that is used to advertise or provide information on a

single subject. They are mainly used informing rather than direct selling.

Pamphlet

-It has been recognized as the 21st century literary canon of Latin America.

Post Boom

-It is a literary movement that emphasized individualism and emotion. It is also

the response to the Age of Enlightenment the world Literature.

Romantic Period

-Gulliver's Travel was written by

Jonathan Swift

-Which of the following periods is known as the golden age of literature and

famous for drama and theatre.

Renaissance

-Which is not included in the Five Classics written in Classical Language.

Mencis

-Which of the following Period is known for the rise of gothic novels?

Romantic Period.

-Which of the following is the name of England that derived from Englaland or

Angloland?

Land of Angels.

-Which is the term utilized to described a technique that combines fantasy with

realism, used by many latin American writers

magic realism

-Who is the Nigerian writer who popularized the novel, "Things fall Apart"?

Chinua Achebe's

-Who among the following invented the movable type printing press during the

Renaissance?

Johann Gutenberg's

-Which of the following prominent writers, is a Mexican writer and poet that won

the Nobel prize for literature in 1990.

Octavio Paz

-which of the following is considered as the oldest compilation of Japanese

poetry?

Manyo Shu

-It tells a story of Scandinavian hero, who gains fame as a young man by

vanquishing the monster Grendel and Grendel's mother.

Beowulf

-The Grand Pris of literary Association (GPLA) were launched in 2013 from which

country in Africa?

Cameroon

-The dark ages in Europe were ushered in by the___.

The fall of the Rome

-The predominant literary themes that evolved around aspect of slavery,

oppression...

AFRICAN

-Which of the following periods in Anglo-American literature features admiration

for America as the land of Eden, shows optimism and the importance of the

individual?

The Modernism

-First Black President of South Africa.

Nelson Mandela

-First Modernist Poet of Anglophone Africa.

Gabriel Okara

-Author of Don Quixote.

Miguel De Cervantes

-This period in European literature is marked by new emphasis on logic and

intellectualism.

Enlightenment Period

-An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.

John Locke

-Les Misérables.

Victor Hugo

-Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Roald Dahl

-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Mark Twain

-Author of Ficciones, El Aleph.

Jorge Luis Borges