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• World Literature

  • The sum total of the world’s national literatures
  • The circulation of work into the wider world beyond their country of origin
• Latin America


  diversity of themes, forms, creative idioms, & styles

  american Indian civilization

  conquered by Spaniards

  spanish speaking countries

  magical realism

  gabriel garcia Marquez
• North America


  rise of science & industry

  shaped by history

  group of colonies

  changes in ways of thinking & feeling

  power

  united states of america
• Europe


  indo-european languages

  western literature

  western civilization

  shakespeare

  british literature

  more than just great britain
• Autralia and Pacific


  i am moana

  aborigines

  european settlers

  traditions & ethnic cultures

  issues of the country

  the legends of Maui

  pacific islands

  myths & legends

  oceanic literature
• Africa


  history of hardships

  slavery

  colonization

  missionaries

  diaspora

  ancient Egypt & hieroglyphs

  blends with European culture

  chinua achebe
• Asia 


  haruki murakami

  war

  songs, poems & written artifacts

  religion & spirituality

  values

  middle east
• BEGINNINGS TO 100 A.D (PREVVRTTSGE)

  Pictographic writing (tablets or stones)

  Rebuilding of the Temple

  Epic of Gilgamesh (MESOPOTAMIA)

  Vedas (INDIA)

  Ramayana and Mahabharata (INDIA)

  The Analects by Confucius (CHINA)

  The Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer (GREECE)

  Socrates and Greek Philosophy (GREECE)

  Greek Comedy and Tragedy (GREECE)

  Expansion of the Roman Empire (ITALY)

  Virgil’s Aenid (ITALY)
• Epic of Gilgamesh


  The earliest or oldest epic originating from Mesopotamia
• Vedas 


  A large body of religious texts originating from India
• Mahabharata 


  the longest epic poem known
• The Analects


  a collection of sayings related to Confucianism and Chinese philosophy
• The Roman empire


  considered the most extensive political and social structure in western civilization.
• Virgil’s Aenid


  A Roman epic poem
• Buddhism 


  a religion of Eastern and Central Asia growing out of the teaching of Siddhartha Gautama
• 100 AD - 1500

  The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ

  Pope Damasius and the Vulgate Bible

  Buddhism

  Early Islam

  One Thousand and One Nights

  Beowulf

  The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

  Arthurian Stories

  The Tale of Genji
• One Thousand and One Nights

  The collection of largely Middle Eastern and Indian stories of uncertain date and authorship
• Beowulf

  A heroic poem considered the highest achievement of Old English literature and the earliest European epic
• King Arthur

  is the legendary king of Britain and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition
• The Tale of Genji

  Considered to be the oldest novel
• 1500 - 1650

  African Epic Son-Jara

  The Renaissance

  Shakespearean Plays
• The Renaissance

  The period of European cultural, artistic, political, and economic rebirth following the Middle Ages
• William Shakespeare

  was considered to be the greatest dramatist of all time, as well as the most influential writer in the history of the English language
• 1800 - 1900

  Rise of the middle class in Europe (Bourgeoisies)

  Romantic Period (EUROPE)

  Victorian Period
• Romanticism

  Literary movement that emphasized emotions over reason, and senses over intellect
• Victorian Period

  Refers to the era of Queen Victoria’s reign
• 1900s

  American Realism

  Modern Period (Modernism)

  Postmodern Period
• Realism

  is a genre of literature that presents ordinary day-to-day experiences as they occur in reality
• 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE GENRES AND FORMS

  1. Digi-fiction
  2. Doodle Fiction
  3. Graphic Novels
  4. Hypertext Poetry
  5. Illustrated Novels
  6. Manga
  7. Text-Talk Stories
  8. Blogs
  9. Vlogs
  10. Chick-lit
• 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE GENRES AND FORMS

  1. Creative Nonfiction
  2. Flash Fiction
  3. Media essay
  4. Speculative Fiction
  5. Spoken Poetry
  6. Textula
  7. Twitterature
• CHARACTERISTICS OF 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE (GTCOQ)

  • Gender-sensitive
  • Technologically-alluding
  • Culturally pluralistic
  • Operates on extreme reality or fiction
  • Questions conventions and norms
• Dante Alighieri


  Author of Divine Comedy
• LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE

  Refers to written and oral works created by authors in parts of North America, South America, and the Caribbean
• LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE

  Authors usually write in Spanish, Portuguese, English, or a language native to their country
• LATIN AMERICA

  This term denotes countries in which any Romance, Latin-based languages including Spanish, Portuguese, and French are the most prevalent languages
• LAURA ESQUIVIEL

  Is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter, and politician

  Popular for her famous novels ‘Like Water for Chocolate’ and ‘Malinche’.

  Known for merging folk stories, magical realism, and feminist perspective in her writing
• MALINCHE

  Tells the story of Malinalli or Malinche, a Nahua woman who was sold into slavery as a young girl after her father's death. She eventually became a translator (and lover) of the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés.
• ASIAN LITERATURE

  Encompasses works from authors across various regions from Asia such as China, Japan, Korea, India, and other Asian nations.
• COMMON THEMES (LWFMIDNC)

  Love and loss

  War and conflict

  Family and community

  Moral dilemmas and human nature

  Identity, self-belonging, and self-discovery

  Diaspora and displacement

  Nationalism and Patriotism

  Colonialism and post-colonialism
• COMMON LITERARY DEVICES (SINI)

  Symbolism

  Imagery

  Nonlinear Narrative

  Irony