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1. REPRESENTATIVE TEXTS AND AUTHORS ASIA, AFRICA, AND LATIN AMERICA

2. REPRESENTA TIVE TEXTS AN D AUTHORS FROM ASIA

3. ASIAN LITERATURE Refers to the body of literature produced in the countries of Asia. Asian literature mirrors not only the customs and traditions of Asian countries but also their philosophy of life which overall is deeply and predominantly contemplative. It reflects the storm and stress in and of developing nations seeking a place under the sun which everyone must understand so that one can know how this literature affects the history and culture of a nation.

4. EAST ASIA

5. CHINA

6. CHINESE LITERATURE This body of works is in Chinese. It has more than 50 000 published works in a wide range of topics

7. NO MATTER HOW LUCKY A PERSON IS, THE MOMENT HE DECIDES HE WANTS TO DIE, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WILL KEEP HIM ALIVE — Yu Hua, To Live IN YOUR OWN OPINION/UNDERSTANDING, PLEASE EXPLAIN THE QUOTATION:

8. DU FU (712 - 770) He is also known as Tu fu. He’s considered by many literary critics as China’s greatest poet. He was known for his works of lüshi . A lüshi has eight lines, each of which has five or seven syllables following a strict tonal pattern. It became widely popular during the Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE), the golden age of art and literature in Chinese history. He also wrote the poem “The Ballad of the Army Cats” which is about conscription—and with hidden satire that speaks of the noticeable luxury of the court.

9. LI BAI (701 - 762) Also called Li Po, rivaled Du Fu for the title of China’s greatest poet. Unlike Du Fu, he wrote less formal verse forms. He was romantic in his personal life and his poetry. His works are known for its conversational tone and vivid imagery. He wrote the poem “Alone and Drinking under the Moon” that deals with the ancient social custom of drinking. A famous drinker, he frequently celebrated drinking in his poetry.

10. QU YUAN (330 - 278 BC) He was a statesman and poet du ring the Warring States period. He has been attributed to the first seven poems of the Chu ci (Songs of Chu). He served under King Huai but was banished after composing the poem “Li Sao” (Encountering Sorrow), which attacked the court for failing to listen to his advice. He committed suicide by throwing himself in a river.

11. WANG WEI (701 - 761 He was a painter, musician, poet, devout Buddhist and statesman during the Tang dynasty (the golden ages of the Chinese cultural history).

12. LUO GUANZHONG (1330 - 1400) He was a prolific writer who has had many anonymous works attributed to him over the years. Historians agree that the second of the “four great classical novels”.

13. MO YAN He is a fictionist who won the 2012 Nobel P rize for Literature. His first novel was “Red Sorghum”, and still his best-known work. It tells the story of the Chinese battling Japanese intruders as well as each other during the 1930s. It relates the story of a family in a rural area in Shandong Province during this turbulent time

14. YU HUA He is a world-acclaimed short story writer and considered as a champion for Chinese meta-fictional or postmodernist writing.

15. MOST ESSENTIAL TEXTS FOR READING: THUNDERSTORMS (DRAMA) CAO YU FAMILY (NOVEL) PA JIN PLEASE DON'T CALL ME HUMAN (NOVEL) WANG SHOU STRANGE TALES FROM A CHINESE STUDIO (SHORT STORY) PU SONGLING ON A GATE TOWER AT YUZHOU (POETRY) ZHANG CHENZHI BATTLE (POEM) CHU’U YUAN

16. KOREA

17. KOREAN LITERATURE Korea’s literary tradition is greatly influenced by China’s cultural dominance. As early as the 4th century CE, Korean poets wrote literary pieces in Classical Chinese poetry then transformations happened at the 7th century.

18. CH'OE NAM-SEON He was considered a prominent historian, pioneering poet, and publisher in the Korean literature. He was also a leading member of the modern literary movement and became notable in pioneering modern Korean poetry.

19. YI KWANG-SU He was also the one who launched the modern literary movement together with Ch’oe Nam- Seon . He was a novelist and wrote the first Korean novel “The Heartless” and became well-known because of it.

20. KIM OK He was a Ko rean poet and included in the early modernism movement of Korean poetry. He wrote the first Korean collection of translation from Western poetry “The Dance of Agony”.

21. YUN HEUNGGIL He is a South Korean novelist who won the 1977 Korean Literature Writers Award. He wrote the classic novel “ Changma ” (The Rainy Spell) that on a post-war family with two grandmothers and their shared grandson.

22. PAK KYONGI She was a South Ko rean poet and novelist. She wrote the Korean’s masterpiece and internationally acclaimed 21-volume epic novel T’oji (“The Land”), wherein she chronicled the violent Korean history from 1897 to 1945.

23. JAPAN

24. JAPAN LITERATURE Japanese literature reflects simple yet complex, imperfect yet abounding with beauty – the traditional Japanese cultural identity. In contemporary times, Western influences take part in the Japanese literature, specifically in the pioneering of modern Japanese novels, translations of the poetry, and reinventions of traditional Japanese poetic forms like haiku and tanka.

25. ABE KOBO He was a Japanese novelist and playwright and also known by the pseudonym of Abe Kimifusa . He wrote the best-known play " Tomodachi " (Friends) which is a story, with dark humor, reveals the relationship with the other, and exposes the peculiarity of human relations in the present age."

26. KAMITAKE HIRAOKA He is also known by the pen name Mishima Yukio, the most important Japanese novelist of the 20th century. He was one of the finalists of the 1963 Nobel Prize for Literature and won numerous awards for his works.

27. RYUNOSUKE AKUTAGAWA He was a Japanese writer and regarded as the Father of the Japanese short story. He wrote the short story “Rashomon” that recounts the encounter between a servant and an old woman in the dilapidated Rashōmon , the southern gate of the then-ruined city of Kyoto, where unclaimed corpses were sometimes dumped.

28. HARUKI MURAKAMI He was a Japanese novelist who won the international award Jerusalem Prize. He also won the Gunzou Literature Prize for his first novel “Hear the Wind Sing”.

29. MIDDLE EAST

30. ARABIC LITERATURE Arabic literary tradition has been flourishing in the Middle East. Islam is the foundation of culture in this region - an essential component. Its literary tradition has grown and influenced others like Persian, Byzantine, and Andalusian traditions.

31. ABBAS MAHMOUD AL - AQQAD He was an Egyptian poet, jou rnalist, and literary critic, an innovator of the 20th-century Arabic poetry and criticism. He became famous for his Abqariyat series, a seven-book compilation that covers the life of seven of the most important Sahabah (the disciples and followers of Muhammad).

32. TAHA HUSSEIN He was an Egypt ian novelist, essayist, critic, and an outstanding figure in Egyptian literature. His nickname was “The Dean of Arabic Literature”. He wrote the novelized autobiography “The Days”, one of the most popular works of modern Arabic literature that deals with his childhood in a small village, then his studies in Egypt and France.

33. ALI AHMAD SAID ESBER He is known also as Adonis as his pseudonym. He is an award-winning Syrian-born Lebanese poet, literary critic, and is a leader of the modernist movement in contemporary Arabic poetry. He was the recipient of numerous honors, including the 2011 Goethe Prize and the 2017 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International.

34. ETGAR KERET He is an Israeli w riter known for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television. His 2019 Fly Already (“Glitch at the Edge of the Galaxy”) published in English won Israel’s prestigious Sapir Prize in Literature.

35. MOST ESSENTIAL TEXTS FOR READING: LAST SIMILE (POEM) ABID B AL-ABRAS LĀMIYYĀT ‘AL-ARAB (POEM) AL-SHANFARĀ THAT SMELL AND NOTES FROM PRISON (NOVEL) SONALLAH IBRAHIM CITIES OF SALT (NOVEL) ABDUL RAHMAN MUNIF THE PEOPLE OF THE CAVE (NOVEL) TAWFIQ AL-HAKIM A LOVE POEM (POEM) UMM KHALID ANNUMAIRIYYA BIN BARKA ALLY (NOVEL) I AM THE ONE WHO SAW (SADDAM CITY)(NOVEL) MAHMOUD SAEED A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUN (NOVEL) KHALED HOSSEINI

36. SOUTH ASIA

37. INDIA

38. INDIAN LITERATURE India is the cultural giant over South Asia. Hallmark writings such as Veda, the Brahmanas, and the Upanishads are the roots of Indian literature. As early as 1500 BCE, the Veda written in the Sanskrit language introduced the birth of Indian literary works. Around the 16th century, written literature in India appeared.

39. BHASA one of the earliest and most celebrated Indian playwrights in Sanskrit, predating Kalidasa . His plays had been lost for centuries until the manuscripts were rediscovered in the early 20th century.

40. CHANAKYA was an ancient Indian teacher, philosopher, economist, jurist and royal advisor. He is traditionally identified as Kauṭilya or Vishnugupta , who authored the ancient Indian political treatise, the Arthashastra , a text dated to roughly between the 4th century BCE and the 3rd century CE.

41. VISHNU SHARMA He was an Indian scholar and author who is believed to have written the Panchatantra, a collection of fables.

42. VALMIKI He is celebrated as the harbinger-poet in Sanskrit literature. The epic Ramayana, dated variously from the 5th century BCE to first century BCE, is attributed to him, based on the attribution in the text itself. He is revered as Ādi Kavi, the first poet, author of Ramayana, the first epic poem.

43. KRISHNA DVAIPAYANA Bette r known as Vyasa or Veda Vyasa, was a legendary sage portrayed in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, and regarded by Hindu-tradition as the compiler of that work. As a Shaktyavesha Avatar of Vishnu, he is also regarded by tradition as the arranger of the mantras of the Vedas, as well as the author of the eighteen Puranas and the Brahma Sutras.

44. RABINDRANATH TAGORE He was a Bengali poet, short-story writer, song composer, playwright, essayist, and painter. He was referred to as “the Bard of Bengal”.

45. DHANPAT RAI SRIVASTAVA Also known by his pseudonym Prem Chand, he is a famous Indian author of novels and short stories of his modern Hindustani literature. He pioneered in adapting Indian themes to Western literary styles.

46. RAJA RAO He is an Indian writer of novels and short stories in the English language. His famous novel “The Serpent and the Rope”, a semi-autobiographical account of the narrator, a young intellectual Brahman, and his wife seeking spiritual truth in India, France, and England, recognized him as one of the fines Indian prose Stylists.

47. R. K. NARAYAN One of the finest Indian autho rs in the English language, he wrote the Sahitya Award-winning novel “The Guide” which was adapted for film and for Broadway. It was based on the fictional town in South India and describes the transformation of the protagonist from a tour guide to a spiritual guide and one of the greatest holy men of India.

48. THAILAND

49. CHART KORBJITTI He is the most successful Thai writer. He was recognized by his publication of his novel Khamphiphaksa (The Judgment). His novel was named as Book of the Year by Thailand's Literature Council and won him the S.E.A Write Award. He was awarded the National Artist in Literature (2004) and was among the honorees of the inaugural Silpathorn Award, given to Thai contemporary artists.

50. VIETNAMESE

51. NGUYEN DU The best-loved poet and the fathe r of Vietnamese literature, he was most known for his epic poem “The Tale of Kieu ” that recounts the life, trials, and tribulations of Thuy Kieu , a beautiful and talented young woman, who has to sacrifice herself to save her family. She sells herself into marriage with a middleaged man, not knowing that he is a pimp, and is forced into prostitution.

52. INDONESIA

53. TENGKU AMIR HAMZAH He was an Indonesian poet and Nat ional Hero of Indonesia. His poem collection “ Nyangi Sunyi ” is considered the most developed and shows the theme of God and His relationship to humanity, fate, dissatisfaction, and escape. Some literary critics think that the collection is an attempt to address the worldly problems of Amir. He was the only Indonesian poet recognized internationally.

54. MOST ESSENTIAL TEXTS FOR READING: IN CUSTODY (NOVEL) ANITA DESAI THE GODS OF SMALL THINGS (NOVEL) ARUNDHATI ROY THE FOLDED EARTH (NOVEL) ANURADHA ROY THE FEATHER OF THE DAWN (POETY) SAROJINI NAIDU SUBRAHMANYAM (THE NIGHTINGALE OF INDIA) THE CAGED ONES (NOVEL) LUDU U HLA A CRAZY MAN'S SHOULDER BAG (ANECDOTE) HMAWBI SAYA THEIN WORKING ELEPHANTS (ESSAY) KYI AYE THE GENERAL RETIRES AND OTHER STORIES (SHORT STORY) NGUYEN HUY THIEP

55. SHORT QUIZ

56. Directions. Identify the different literary authors in Asia 1. He was a Japanese writer and regarded as the Father of the Japanese short story. 2. He is an Israeli writer known for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television.

57. 3. He was also called Li Po, rivaled Du Fu for the title of China’s greatest poet. Unlike Du Fu, he wrote less formal verse forms. 4. He is a world-acclaimed short story writer and considered as a champion for Chinese meta-fictional or postmodernist writing. 5. He was a Korean poet and included in the early modernism movement of Korean poetry. He wrote the first Korean collection of translation from Western poetry “The Dance of Agony”.

58. Directions. Recognize the different literary works in Asia 6. In Custody (novel) 7. Battle (poem) 8. A Love Poem (poem) 9. The Gods of Small Things (novel) 10. I Am The One Who Saw (Saddam City) (novel)

59. KEY TO CORRECTIONS

60. Directions. Recognize the different literary works and authors in Asia He was a Japanese writer and regarded as the Father of the Japanese short story. He is an Israeli writer known for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television. Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Etgar Keret

61. 3. He was also called Li Po, rivaled Du Fu for the title of China’s greatest poet. Unlike Du Fu, he wrote less formal verse forms. 4. He is a world-acclaimed short story writer and considered as a champion for Chinese meta-fictional or postmodernist writing. Li Bai Yu Hua

62. 5. He was a Korean poet and included in the early modernism movement of Korean poetry. He wrote the first Korean collection of translation from Western poetry “The Dance of Agony”. Kim Ok

63. Directions. Recognize the different literary works in Asia 6. In Custody (novel) 7. Battle (poem) 8. A Love Poem (poem) 9. The Gods of Small Things (novel) 10. I Am The One Who Saw (Saddam City) (novel) Anita Desai Chu'u Yuan Umm Khalid Annumairiyya Arundhati Roy Mahmoud Saeed

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