Asian Literature

• China


  Has an unbroken literary tradition since the 14th century BCE
• Tang


  The ______ dynasty was the finest era of Chinese literature with prominent poets like Tu Fu, Li Po, and Wang Wei
• Japan


  has a rich literary history with world-renowned poetic genres such as haiku and diverse forms of theater like No and Kabuki
• Korean


  _______ literature started with Classical Chinese

  • writers engaged in the transliteration of Chinese works

  • Hyangga poetry

  • Annals of the Joseon Dynasty

  • Sijo – short poems that reflect personal emotions
• Hangul


  The development of _____ gave birth to a new wave of Korean literature.
• India


  • is the cultural giant

  • Roots of this literature in hallmark Hindu writings: Veda, Brahmanas, and

  Upanishads

  • Written literature in ____ appeared around the 16th century

  • British colonization influenced the development of English literature in India

  • Salman Rushdie, Jhumpa Lahiri
• Central Asia


  • has a political literary flavor

  • Literary works influenced by tsarist and Soviet regimes

  • Region includes Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Tibet, and Nepal.
• Maqama


  a form of storytelling that combines poetry and prose, introduced by Al- Hamadhani in the 10th century
• Rabindranath Tagore


  was the first Asian to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913
• Prem Chand


  the "father of modern Hindi literature”
• "Battle" by Chu'u Yuan


  Was one of the greatest ports of ancient China
• Arthur Waley


  an orientalist and sinologist; achieved both popular and scholarly acclaim for

  his translations of Chinese and Japanese poetry
• Context


  circumstances, setting, or background that surround a particular work

  of literature, including historical, social, cultural, and political factors
• Structure & Form


  how a literary work is organized, including its overall shape, the arrangement of its parts, and the use of techniques such as repetition, rhythm, and meter
• Imagery & Language


  use of vivid, sensory language and literary devices such as metaphor, simile, and personification to create a sensory experience for the reader and convey complex ideas and emotions
• Themes & Meaning


  underlying ideas, messages, or insights that a work of literature communicates, often expressed through recurring motifs, symbols, and patterns of imagery