21st century literature

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  • ancient chinese tends to be more?
    formal
  • Modern chinese is more?
    straightforward and accessible
  • the earliest indian literarture took the form of the canonical Hindu sacred writings, known as the veda
  • indian classical is more on morality and bravery, folk tales, fables and religion
  • Indian contemporary is more on essays, fiction and drama
  • Ayutthaya Period (1350-1767) The period produced a variety of forms on diverse subjects.
  • Thon Buri Period (1767-1782) Produced Ramakian, a verse drama to which king Thaksin the great contributed his poetic talent
  • Arabic literature refers to the body of written works produced in the Arabic languange.
  • The Qu'an is the central religious text of islam, believed by muslims to be a relevation from God (Allah)
  • The Arabian night is a collection of middle Eastern and South Asian folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden age
  • Korean literature is the body of literature produced by koreans, mostly in the korean languange and sometimes in classical chinese.
  • Classical literature title: The cloud Dream of the nine (Kim man-kung, 1687)
  • Contemporary Literature title: The Green Frogs (1996)
  • Japanese literature encompasses a rich and diverse tradition spanning thousands of years, with various forms including poetry, prose, drama and modern novels.
  • Japanese classical literature title: The tail of Genji (Murasaki shikibu, 11th century)
  • Japanese contemporary literature title: Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami, 1960)
  • Japanese classical is more on story telling, old style, sometimes its about love while japanese contemporary more on modern, new style, sometimes its about sad, loneliness, and mental health
  • Who is the author of pedro paramo?
    juan Rulfo
  • In mexico modern literature, who is the author of the faces in the crowd?
    Valeria Luiselli
  • The background of Mexican literature is as rich and diverse as the country's history.
  • Canadian literature can be divided into fiction and nonfiction
  • Lucy Maud Montgomery was a canadian author best known for a collection of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry beginning she was born on november 30, 1874
  • who is the author of the novel in the novel of Anne of Green Gables?
    Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • Margaret Atwood is a renowned canadian author known for her contributions to contemporary literature.
  • who is the author of novel The Handmaid's Tale?
    Margaret Atwood
  • The novel of The handmaid's tale explores the theme of gender oppression, power, control, identity, resistance, and the consequences of extreme ideologies.
  • Some of the earliest works of American literature go back to the seventeenth century, when america still consisted of colonies of british subject
  • Ernest hemingway was a popular minimalist writer. He was born at the turn of the century in 1899 and wrote up until he committed suicide in 1961.
  • This is the last novel hemingway published before his death?
    The Old Man and the Sea
  • he is an American short story writer and novelist famous for his most brilliant novel being THE GREAT GATSBY (1925)?
    F. Scott Fitzgerald