Literature 📚

• Literature


  meant to be universal and diversity; easily translated into other languages
• Universal literature


  literature that attaches the emotions and experiences
• Diverse literature


  literature that has various faces of sexuality
• The distinct language and inventiveness of certain literature coming from different continents showcases the lives and emotions of their people, while offering the world a view of what happens in their society.
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


  a German that coined the term weltliteratur
• world literature


  what weltliteratur means
• Roberto Dainotto


  “World Literature and European Literature” (Essay)

  • the concept of weltliteratur is meant to be a two-way process
  • predicted that the world literature will bring about a “rapid traffic” of information.
• give-and-take process


  the concept of weltliteratur is meant be a two-way process: that literature may be shared by one nation to the other
• 21st century has been producing myriad of literary works that have been revolutionizing the conventional definition of writing.
• Throughout the past centuries, seldom that millennials are given spotlight in the print industry.
• Literature of the 21st century focuses not on how a writer flawlessly wrote a literary piece or how figurative his writings are, instead it questions why he wrote it and what did he wish to tell.
• Speculative Fiction


  literary “super genre,” has several different genres of fiction, each with speculative elements

  often used as an umbrella term for genre fiction or for narratives that do not fully belong in a particular science
• Speculative Fiction


  -revolutionized the standardized definition of literature all across

  generations and the world.

  -has given the generation’s literature distinct feature: Vibrant, Free, Welcoming and Diverse
• Asia


  the cradle of human race, world religions and civilization with 48 countries (UN 2021)
• East Asia


  focuses on enhancing cooperation and dialogue within the region and between its countries
• South Asia


  organized study groups to assess their region's political, economic, and social challenges
• Southeast Asia

  work focuses on solution-oriented projects and reports,

  about the region through public events (ASEAN, Festival events) to accelerate economic growth, social progress, and cultural development in the region
• Central Asia


  examining the crisis of governance in this region, provides a forum for dialogue about how the region can increase security, manage conflicts, and strengthen the rule of law
• West Asia


  understanding of the region and its ties to the rest of Asia through policy initiatives, public events, and expert commentary
• common themes in Asian Lit

  • Family and Community
  • Moral Dilemmas and Human Nature
  • Identity
  • Love and loss
  • War and conflict
• Family


  this theme is typically depicted as a cornerstone of Asian culture, with a strong emphasis on filial piety and respect for elders
• Community 


  this theme is shown as a collective entity where individuals find support, belonging, and identity
• Asian Literature Importance

  Understanding cultural perspectives, influencing the global literary canon, and addressing contemporary issues.
• Asian Literature History


  Development through time, impact of historical events, and cross-cultural influences.
• Charlson Ong

  Filipino-Chinese (chinoy) writer who has penned award-winning works in Philippine literature.

  ▪ a well-known fictionist who has published collections of his short stories.

  ▪ currently teaches at the UP-Diliman
• Charlson Ong's Best known Novels

  • Embarassment of Riches (2002)
  • Banyaga: A Song of War (2006)
  • Blue Angel, White Shadow (2010)
• Filipino-Chinese Literature


  an important part of Philippine literature for it is melting pot of two cultures; to recognize in world literature, for it may impart the experiences of being a product of two different cultures, which is common experience in the global context.
• Banyaga: A Song of War (2006) by Charlson Ong


  This novel spans nearly a century of Filipino history as it recounts the life, times, and fortunes of three immigrants—from the 1920s and the Commonwealth and the War to the new Millennium—who like other foreigners were deemed to have no place in the Filipino imagined community.
• Banyaga: A Song of War (2006) Big Idea


  Familial ties are important in your life, especially as a student. Your family will always be there for you no matter what happens. So you must your members of your family how much they mean to you in every chance that you get.
• Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)


  Won: The Nobel Prize in Literature (1913) in India

  “because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West”

  Language: Bengali; English
• Educated at home before going to England (17). After completing studies in England in the late 1870s, Rabindranath Tagore returned to India where he published several books of poetry, starting in the 1880s.
• In 1901, Tagore founded an experimental school in Shantiniketan where he sought to blend the best of Indian and Western traditions.
• Rabindranath Tagore wrote musical dramas, dance dramas, essays of all types, travel diaries, and two autobiographies.
• “Gitanjali” by Rabindaranath Tagore


  -a collection of poetry, published in India in 1920.

  -a poetic masterpiece that explores the depths of the human spirit and its connection to the divine.

  -Themes: love, devotion, nature and the search for meaning

  -devotion to God
• Murasaki Shikibu (born c. 978, Kyōto, Japan—died c. 1014)


  -real name is unknown; it is conjectured that she acquired the sobriquet (nickname)

  -was born into a lesser branch of the noble and highly influential Fujiwara family and was well educated, having learned Chinese.

  -lady-in-waiting
• Brahman: universal; Atman: individual


  Rabindranath Tagore in 1901 had a school with Upanishadic ideas that both mean soul
• Murasaki


  from the name of her heroine in novel
• Shikibu


  reflects her fathers position in Bureau of Rites
• Genji monogatari (The Tale of Genji)


  -greatest work of Japanese literature and thought to be the world’s oldest full novel.

  -Message: Love means opening oneself up to pain, and mistakes always have lasting consequences that often cannot be foreseen. All about waiting
• Haruki Murakami (January 12, 1949, Kyōto, Japan)


  Japanese novelist, short-story writer, and translator whose deeply imaginative and often ambiguous books became international bestsellers.