21ST century

• literature - written work, such as books, magazines, short stories plays and poems / human experience, emotions and stories
• Mu'allaqat - seven pre-islamic poems
• one thousand and one nights - the most famous works from this era islamic golden age
• quran - bible
• surahs - chapters
• ayahs - verses
• it is in the ancient literature, what is shijing - book of song
• Han dynasty poetry what is "Fu"?

  rhymed prose
• Han dynasty poetry what is "Shi"?

  regulated verses
• who are the famous poets under tang dynasty poetry?

  Li Bai and Du Fu
• song dynasty prose and poetry - song dynasty prose and poetry
• yuan ang ming dynasty - drama and novels
• quing dynasty - continued the development of various literary forms
• modern literature - marked by the may 4 1919 helped by Lu Xun
• Contemporary literature - chinese 20th and 21st centuries is characterized by a wide range of voices and genre
• Confucius - about morality and ethical values
• analects - collection of sayings and ideas
• Mencius - collection of teachings and dialogues / innate goodness of human nature
• pyramid texts - themes and spells
• book of the dead - book of coming fourthv
• vedas - collection of hymns, rituals, and philosophical discussions
• Upanishads - explore profound ideas
• kalidasa - shakuntala
• dukkha - suffering
• samudaya - suffering has cause
• nirodha - end of suffering
• magga - path that ends suffering
• persian literature - persian poetry
• bhakti and sant literature - poets like tukaram and surdas
• Rabindranath - collection of stories with moral values
• bhagavad gita - the song of the lord
• ramayana - stories of rama
• Israel - Known as Jewish Republic of Asia and was part of historic land Palestine 
• Holy land - where jewish and christian faith begins
• • talmud - contains torah/pentateuch (5 books)
• book of psalms - collection of religious poetry
• how many does the book of plasms consist in poetic and hymns - 150
• Old testament - It includes torah/pentateuch, historical books, wisdom literature and prophetic books
• New testament - Volume of early christians narrating story of the new covenant between God and the Church  
• “The parable of the Good Samaritan”  Luke 10:25-37