asian and mindanao lit

• Mindanao is known in the Philippines as the “Land of Promise”
• Major islands of mindanao:

  1. Mindanao mainland
  2. camiguin
  3. siargao
  4. samal
  5. dinagat
  6. bucas grande
  7. basilan
  8. sulu
  9. tawi-tawi
• Mindanao regions :

  1. BARRM
  2. CARAGA
  3. Davao
  4. Northern Mindanao
  5. SoCCSKSarGen
  6. Zamboanga Peninsula
• Davao city is said to be the most populous place in Mindanao
• Mt. Apo is known as the highest point in the Philippines.
• Famous Local Destinations :

  1.  Maria Cristina Falls
  2. Limunsudan Falls
  3. Tinago Falls
  4. Tinuy-an Falls
  5. Lake Lanao
  6. Lake Sebu in South Cotabato
  7. Agus river
• Mindanao languages

  1. Cebuano – generally the native language in most regions, except for Muslim areas on the west coast and hill tribes.
  2. Tagabawa
  3. Hiligaynon
  4. Mansaka
  5. Sangirese
  6. Obo
  7. Sarangani
  8. Mandaya
  9. Kalagan
  10. Giangon
  11. Dibabawon
• Ethnic Groups

  Lumads from the different regions:

  • Zamboanga Peninsula - Subanons  
  • Bukidnon, Ata Manobos, Mamanwas, Matigsalugs, Agusan Manobos, Talaandigs, Kamigins, Higaonons – Northern Mindanao and CARAGA
  • T’Bolis, Tirurays, B’laans, Saranganis, Cotabato Manobos – SOCCSKSARGEN
  • DAVAO – obos, mandayas, giangans, tagabawas, kalagans, sangirese, mansakas

  Moros

  • Maguindanaos
  • Maranaos
  • Tausugs
  • Yakans
  • Iranuns
  • Samas

  Other Groups

  • Butuanons
  • Surigaonons 
  • Kagay-anons
  • Zamboanguenos
  • Hiligaynons
  • Cebuanos
  • Bajaos
• Each Muslim cultural community has its own inventory of folk literature, which usually displays themes that are unique, yet unified by Islamic faith.
• Oral Literary forms may be didactic, hortatory, entertaining, instructive, or informative
• Folktales are called differently according to the ethno-linguistic groups and its origin:

  • Kana-kana – from Jama Mapun and Sama
  • Katakata – from Tausug
  • Oman-oman – from davaoenos
  • Totol – from Maranao
  • Tudtol – from Iranon 
  • Tudtolan – from Maguindanao
• Famous folktales include:

  • Agamaniyog Folktales – From Maranao
  • Manuk-manuk Bulawan – From Idanan (also known as Agta and Datu Dakula ) 
  • Posong or Pusung from Tausug – stories of how Posong the trickster has always deceived the datu and gets away with it
• Famous Epics include:

  • Bantugan – maranao epic
  • Indarapatra and Sulayman – Maguindanao Epic
  • Parang Sabil hi Abdulla iban hi Isara – Tausug epic/ballad

  Most ballads are historical which feature heroic deeds of important personalities
• Mindanao Harvest 4: A 21st Century Literary Anthology

  •  published in 2018 by Far Eastern University (FEU) Publications. This anthology is said to be the first comprehensive literary anthology on Mindanao’s contemporary literatures including 63 Mindanao writers. This book is edited by Jaime An Lim, Christine F. Godinez-Ortega, and Ricardo M. de Ungria.
• Antonio Enriquez (1936-2014)

  • Zamboanga 
  • Studied medicine in Manila, only to return to his hometown many years later. 
  • He wrote green sanctuary
• Telesforo Sungkit Jr. 

  • Region 11- Davao Region Sumilao, Bukidnon 
  • Farmer and a natural farming advocate. He plants rice, corn, coffee, and narra trees. 
  • Works:
  • Ananaw (The Beloved) 
  • Anijun (The Shining One)
  • First Lumad novel, Batbat hi Udan (The story of udan).
  • I, Higaonon
• Asia, the world’s largest and most diverse continent. It occupies the eastern four-fifths of the giant Eurasian landmass.
• Asia is the birthplace of all the world’s major religions—Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism—and of many minor ones.
• Asian Literature encompasses various facets of literature. Primarily, these are the poetry and prose   writings produced in a variety of languages in Asia.
• Asian literature can be divided into a host of different labels, categorized according to religion, zone, region, ethnic group, literary genre, historical perspective or language of origin.
• Li Po and Tu

  • Two of the greatest Chinese poets, and the best known, being respected poets from the T'ang Dynasty period, competed heavily with one another, but they have been called friends by many scholars. In fact, many of the poems written by the two are directed towards the other.
• Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)

  • was one of the greatest Japanese poets. He elevated haiku to the level of serious poetry in numerous anthologies and travel diaries
  • is associated especially with the celebrated Genroku era (ca. 1680-1730), which saw the flourishing of many of Japan's greatest and most typical literary and artistic personalities. 

  WORKS

  1. The old pond
  2. A frog jumps in
  3. Sound of water
• Seo Jeong-ju

  • was a Korean poet and university professor. He taught Korean literature in universities, who wrote under the pen name "Midang".
  • He is widely considered as one of the best poets in twentieth-century Korean literature and was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in literature. 
  • He wrote over 1,000 poems over more than 60 years and had considerable influence on Korean literature, being considered the 'founding father of modern Korean poetry'.
• Rabindranath

  • Is a Bengali poet, short-story writer, song composer, playwright, essayist, and painter who introduced new prose and verse forms and the use of colloquial language into Bengali literature, thereby freeing it from traditional models based on classical Sanskrit.
• Kim Young-Ha (1968)

  • a modern South Korean writer. Kim was born in Hwacheon on November 11, 1968. He moved from place to place as a child, since his father was in the military. As a child, he suffered from gas poisoning from coal gas and lost memory before ten.
  • His career as a professional writer started in 1995 right after discharge when his short-story A Meditation On Mirror appeared in Review, and the following year, won the 1st New Writer's Award given by Munhak Dongne with the novel, I Have a Right to Destroy Myself.
  • He wrote “Christmas Carol”
• Mông-Lan 

  • a Vietnamese-born American poet, writer, painter photographer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer, Argentine tango dancer and educator. A Wallace E. Stegner Fellow in poetry for two years at Stanford University and a Fulbright Fellow in
  • Vietnam, she received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Arizona. Of her poetry, Robert Creeley has commented,"Mông-Lan is a remarkably accomplished poet. 
  • Wrote the poem “Elegy
• Ouyang Jianghe 

  • belongs to the "third generation" of twentieth-century Chinese literature and the so-called "five masters from Sichuan"-poets who consciously distance themselves from the "Misty" (obscure) poets such as Bei Dao and Yang Lian.
• Vinda Karandikar or Govind Vinayak Karandikar (1918- 2010)

  • was a well-known Marathi poet, writer, literary critic, and translator. He was conferred the 39th Jnanpith Award in 2003, which is the highest literary award in India.
  • He wrote the poem “The Wheel”
• Matsuo basho was one of the greatest japanese poets. He elevated haiku to the level of serious poetry in numerous anthologies and travel diaries
• seo jeong-ju He was a korean poet and university professor
• Seo jeong-ju wrote over 1000 poems over 60 yrs
• Gas poisoning affected kim-young ha's memory in her childhood experience
• Kim young-ha earned business administration degree on yonsei university
• ouyang jianghe is the five masters from sichuan, is a poet, critic of music, art and literature and president of the literary magazine jintian
• ouyang jianghe belongs to the third generation of twentieth chinese literature
• Rabindranath Tagore received the nobel peace prize in 1913, the first ever non-european to have it
• Mong lan received the stegner fellow at the stanford university
• Well known marathi poet, writer, literary critic, and translator is vinda karandikar
• the wheel is a poem written by vinda karandikar
• haruki murakami was born in Japan, 1949