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  • Singapore 4 Official Languages
    English, Malay, Mandarin Standard, and Tamil
  • Who won the Singapore Literature Prize
    Sony Liew
  • Japanese literature is heavily influenced by
    Chinese Literature
  • 4 Periods of Japanese Literature
    the ancient, classical, medieval, and modern
  • Modern Literature of Japan is divided into 2
    Early modern and Modern
  • Happened during Edo Period
    Early Modern
  • Happened during the Meiji Period
    Modern
  • Land of Prayer
    India
  • A deeply religious spirit
    Piety
  • Most important epics of India
    Ramayana and Mahabharata
  • Is about the reincarnation of the creator god vishnu in the person of rama
    Ramayana
  • Deals with the other reincarnation of Vishnu in the person of Krishma
    Mahabharata
  • Hindu Sacred writings
    Veda
  • Most Famous works in Sanskrit
    Vedas, Upanishads, and Manusmriti
  • Known for its poetic nature in the form of epics
    Tamil Literature
  • Tamil Literature has a rich literary tradition spanning over
    2000 years
  • Author of the White Tiger
    Aravind Adiga
  • The indic language of Hinduism
    Sanskrit
  • World's oldest religion, dating back more than 4,000 year
    Hinduism
  • Sometimes referred to "as a way of life" or a "family of religions"
    Hinduism
  • Worship a single deity known as Brahman
    Henotheistic
  • is when a soul which is seen as eternal and part of the spiritual realm, return to the physical world in a new body
    reincarnation
  • the universal law of cause and effect
    karma
  • the continuous cycle of life, death, and reincarnation
    Doctrines of Samsara
  • the belief in soul
    atman
  • Hinduism sacred text
    Vedas
  • End the cycle of rebirth
    Moksha or Salvation
  • a literary movement that represents reality
    literary realism
  • known in indian literature as the greatest writer of plays
    kalidasa
  • a story of a king who goes hunting in the woods and met shakuntala whom he fell in love with
    shakuntala
  • was acclaimed as the great indian poet and dramatist
    rabindranath tagore
  • was compared to william faulkner free simple and pretentious writing style
    r.k. narayan
  • is a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise
    liberalism
  • an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters
    humanism
  • the genre of liberalism and humanism
    realism