21st Century Lit 2nd Quarter FINAL

North America

a mainland or continent totally inside the Northern Hemisphere and practically all inside the Western Hemisphere

United States, Canada, Mexico, Greenland, and islands of the caribbean

Countries included in North America

Ottowa - English and French

Capital and Official Languages of Canada

Washington D.C. - American English

Capital and Official Language of the US

North American Literature

refers to the compilation of literary works of North America written or composed by North American authors.

North American Literature

the term used to describe the written works produced in the English language in the continent of North America, which includes the United States, Canada, Mexico and the countries of Central America and the Caribbean.

Indigenous oral tradition, colonial influences and cultural developments

North American Literature has diverse origins shaped by the follwoing

European Colonization

the writings of explorers and settlers began to emerge during this time

16th

European colonization in the _____ century brought a new wave of literature to North America.

Detective Fiction, Historical Novel, Letter, Mystery, Pastoral, Romance, Short Story, Novel

Give the 8 Literary Genres

Historical novel

novel with a period in History as it setting

Detective Fiction

novel or short story in which a mystery is solved

Letter

Written messages

Mystery

literary genre in which the cause of mysterious happening exists or is emphasized

Novel

a sustained work of prose fiction a volume of more in length

Pastoral

literary work in which the shepherd life is presented in a conventionalized manner

Romance

tale of love and chivalric adventure, in verse or prose

Short Story

work of prose fiction, usually consisting of between 500 and 10,000 words

Mark Twain

he pen name for Samuel Langhorne Clemens, wrote "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," which was published in 1876.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens

The real name of mark twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

is a classic of American literature and is often considered one of the first great American novels

Mark Twain

Also known as the Father of American Literature

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

was an American author known for his exploration of the American Jazz Age. His most famous work, "The Great Gatsby,"

The great Gatsby

published in 1925, is a classic novel set during the Roaring Twenties.

Edgar Allan Poe

born in 1809, was an American writer known for his macabre and Gothic tales.

The raven

Is one of edgar allan poe’s most famous poems

The raven

The poem tells the melancholic story of a man mourning the loss of his love, Lenore, when a mysterious raven visits him.

Nevermore

in the raven, what did the raven repeatedly refrain?

The adventures of huckleberry finn

often named ‘the great American novel.’ It is one of the first American novels to have been written entirely in the vernacular, using the regional colour of the deep Sout

Moby dick or the Whale

is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville

Herman Melville

who wrote the moby dick

Native Son

is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright. It tells the story of 20- year-old Bigger Thomas, a black youth living in utter poverty in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s.

Richard Wright

Who wrote the Native son

Chelsea Abdullah

Is a Kuwaiti-American writer. She is the author of the fantastical Sandsea Trilogy

Diane Ackerman

American poet, essayist, and naturalist known for her wide-ranging curiosity and poetic explorations of the natural world. Her works of nonfiction include, most recently, The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us

The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us

Famous work by Diane Ackerman

Ryland Adams

an American YouTuber

Ryan Bruce Adams

Real name of Ryland Adams

Ibra Ake

a Nigerian-American artist. He has worked as a director, screenwriter, producer, photographer, and creative director

Black is King

Famous work by Ibra Ake

Arlene Alda

an American musician, photographer and writer. She began her career playing clarinet professionally, then moved on to photography and writing children's books.

Paul Alexander

an American lawyer and paralytic polio survivor. He is the last person living in an iron lung after he contracted polio in 1952 at the age of six.

Three minutes for a dog

Famous book by paul alexander

Camila Alire

n American librarian and was president of the American Library Association from 2009 to 2010. She was the first Hispanic president of the ALA.

Manu Joseph

is an Indian journalist and writer. He is the former editor of Open magazine.

Manu Joseph

debut novel Serious Men is a contender for the Man Asian Literary Prize, takes an uncompromising look at modern India through the eyes of an 'anti-hero' from the Dalit caste

Serious Men

is a contender for the Man Asian Literary Prize, takes an uncompromising look at modern India through the eyes of an 'anti-hero' from the Dalit caste

Tabish Khair

is an Indian English author and associate professor in the Department of English, University of Aarhus, Denmark.

Tabish Khair

His books include Babu Fictions(2001), The Bus Stopped (2004), which was shortlisted for the (UK) and The Thing About Thugs (2010), which has been shortlisted for a number of prizes, including the DSC Prize for South Asian literature and the .

Kenzaburo Oe

is a Japanese writer and a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. His novels, short stories and essays, strongly influenced by French and American literature and literary theory.

Yōko Ogawa

is a Japanese writer, famous for The housekeeper and the professor and The pregnancy diary

The housekeeper and the professor and The pregnancy diary

Famous works of Yoko Ogawa

Bi Feiyu

is well known in China as a novelist and screenwriter. He grew up in the Chinese countryside during the Cultural Revolution.

Three Sisters

Tells the stories of three daughters of a lecherous Communist Party secretary as a vehicle for exploring the difficult lives of women in Communist China in the 1970s and 80s

Serious men takes an uncompromising look at modern India thru the eyes of an

Journalist and Author

Manu Joseph was a

Yoko Ogawa

Won the Akutagawa Prize in 1990

Akutagawa Prize

What award did Yoko Ogawa received in 1990

Babu Fiction and the bus has stopped

Give the two books by Tabish Khair that god shortlisted for the Encore Award

China, India, Japan, and others

Asian Literature refers to the study of the literature by the people in

Chinese Civilization - 1765 B.C

The oldest civilization in the world that dates back to the Shang Dynasty in the

The Red Dragon

China is also known as

Chou Dynasty

Followed the Shang Dynasty of great intellectual activity

Chou Dynasty

Longest Dynasty in Chinese History

1122 B.C to 256 B.C

The Chou Dynasty’s rule lasted from

Han Dynasty

succeeded after the collapse of the Chou Dynasty

Legalism

What substituted Confucianism during the Han Dynasty

Shang, Chou, and Han

Order of Dynasties

Panchatantra

is an ancient Indian collection of interrelated animal fables in Sanskrit verse and prose, arranged within a frame story.

Confucius

Perhaps the greatest philisopher in the world, one of the truly great men

Kung Fu-tze

The real, un-westernized name of Confucius

Kung

proper name of confucius

Fu

Meaning revered

Tze

Signifying teacher

Li tai po

was one of the leading Chinese poets of the eight century, his writing deal with the good thigs of life and with pathos of human destiny

Po-Chu-I

was a well known Chinese poet who represented the classical tradition in Chinese Literature, politics and morality

India

is a vast land in Southern Asia, extending from the Himalayan Mountain south to the tip of the great peninsula

India

Know as the “land of prayer”

land of prayer

India is also known as

Piety

a deeply religious spirit, first characteristic noticed about Indian literature

Dravidians

earliest people in India

3000 - 2500 B.C towards 2000 B.C

The Dravidians, or the earliest people in India, dated back to

Sanskrit

Literature in India

Sanskrit

The word means ‘cultivated’ or ‘perfected’

Vedas

The bible of the Indians

Ramayana and Mahabharata

The most important epics in India

Ramayana

Is about the reincarnation of the creator god Vishnu in the person of Rama. the hero of the epic

Mahabharata

Deals with the reincarnation of Vishnu in the person of Krishna

Mahabharata

Considered as the longest and greatest epic in India

Avatars

Reincarnation of Vishnu, descending from God

Rig Veda

Made up of Hymns in praise of the gods. The hymns are strong, energetic religious expressions, comparable to the Old Testament.

Upanishads

consists of a group of sketches, illustrations, explanation, and critical comments on the religious thoughts and suggestions by the poetic hymns of Rig Veda

Bhasa

The first great name in Indian drama

Bhasa

13 plays are attributed to him

Kalidhasa

the greates writer of plays

Kalidhasa

Author of Shakuntala

Kalidhasa

Brightest of the ‘nine gems of genius

Shakuntala

It is a story of a king who goes hunting in the woods and meets a beautiful maiden named Shakuntala whom he falls in love with.

Panchatantra

Five Headings

Panchatantra

a book that said to contain the first fables ever writter