21ST CENTURY LITERATURE REVIEWER

21ST CENTURY LITERATURE REVIEWER

India

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

Wole Soyinka

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

writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986?

Pre colonial

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

orature in prose and verse?

The Canterbury Tales.

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

of pilgrims traveling to the Shrine of Saints Thomas Becket.

Social realism

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

depressing lives?

Nihongi

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

the writing of the lives of saints.

-Which of the following best describe Hagiography?

Hyangga

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

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

Canterbury Tales

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

China, India, Japan

-The three founding countries of Asian Literature -

Books of Changes

-Books that talks about principle of yin and yang.

Epic of Gilgamesh

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

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

Confucious

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

Sankrit

-Literature of India, means cultivated or perfected.

Vietnam

-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.

17th century

-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?

Grand Prix of Literary Associations

-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?

Things fall apart

-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.

Maharadia Lawana

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

the Philippines.

Biag ni Lam-ang

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

Jorge Luis Borges

-Author of Ficciones, El Aleph.

Leo Tolstoy

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

explores themes of war, love and society.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

-Novelists that's perhaps the most prominent author to emerge from Latin

America in the 20th century.

Wole Soyinka

-1986 Nobel Prize Awardee.

Chinua Achebe

-Father of modern African literature -

Book of history

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

Chinese history.

The Epic of Gilgamesh

-It is the world's oldest epic.

The boom

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

global audience

The 19th century

-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

Pre-Colombian period

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

Mesoamerican civilization such the Olmecs, Mayans, and Aztecs

"What do I know?"

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

serious writers

Ngügi wa Thiong'o

-Author of the grain of wheat.

Medieval Period

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

Pamphlet

-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.

Post Boom

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

Romantic Period

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

the response to the Age of Enlightenment the world Literature.

Jonathan Swift

-Gulliver's Travel was written by

Renaissance

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

famous for drama and theatre.

Mencis

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

Romantic Period.

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

Land of Angels.

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

Angloland?

magic realism

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

realism, used by many latin American writers

Chinua Achebe's

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

Johann Gutenberg's

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

Renaissance?

Octavio Paz

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

the Nobel prize for literature in 1990.

Manyo Shu

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

poetry?

Beowulf

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

vanquishing the monster Grendel and Grendel's mother.

Cameroon

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

country in Africa?

The fall of the Rome

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

AFRICAN

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

oppression...

The Modernism

-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?

Nelson Mandela

-First Black President of South Africa.

Gabriel Okara

-First Modernist Poet of Anglophone Africa.

Miguel De Cervantes

-Author of Don Quixote.

Enlightenment Period

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

intellectualism.

John Locke

-An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.

Victor Hugo

-Les Misérables.

Roald Dahl

-Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Mark Twain

-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.