21st Century Flashcards
- Filipino writer from Manila
- Grand prize winner of 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize for his novel Ilustrado
Miguel Syjuco (Philippines)
(Asian Literature)Novel Title. With light shading of New York noir and American thriller; tells the story of a young writer’s apprentice tasked with the self-appointed mission of writing an account of his deceased master’s life. The action that follows takes readers on a journey of metacriticism, which does well to entertain while asking some serious questions about the state of Filipino literature as a whole
Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco
Author (Asian Literature)
- works are known for their complex portrayal of the “female psyche”
- some of the highest literary awards in China
- also wrote the screenplay for Zhang Yimou’s 1996 film Shanghai Triad
Bi FeiYu (China)
Author (Asian Literature)
- Garnered the prestigious MAN BOOKER PRIZE for Asian Literature (2010)
Bi FeiYu (China)
Author (Asian Literature)
- became the first Korean writer to win the MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE in 2012 for her novel PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOTHER
- amongst the most highly regarded contemporary writers
- has won major literary prizes including the MANHAE LITERATURE PRIZE, the DONG-IN LITERARY AWARD and the YI SANG LITERARY PRIZE
- prose is especially prized for its focus on exploring the psychological depths of the human mind.
Shin Kyung Sook (South Korea)
Author (Asian Literature) & Novel Title. An intense and invigorating examination of personality and rampant individualism that’s set in the context of high-Communist China in the years of the Cultural Revolution, does well to draw its readers in with a plethora of storylines that touch on vice, sex, Machiavellian power plays and contemporary politics all at the same time. With its focus on female characters and their interactions with male patriarchs in the China all around them.
Three Sisters by Bi FeiYu
Author (Asian Literature) & Novel Title. driven by the guilt of those closest to ‘Mother’, the saintly, sacrificial old woman who has gone missing in the center of Seoul. Alternating in perspective, from first to second to third person, the novel veers from near accusatory to reflective and explores themes of family in the midst of South Korea’s rapid urbanization and modernization of the past decade.
Please Look After Mother by Shin Kyung Sook
Author (Asian Literature)
- Better known as Vinda
- Indian poet, writer, literary critic and translator of Marathi language
- Writer of The Wheel
Govind Vinayak Karandikar (India)
Author (Asian Literature)
- Born in Tokyo in 1969
- Debuted in Eureka at the age of 19
- Has written poems with stylistic diversity and unique sense of humor
- Wrote A Day When the Mountains are Visible and Sweet Ultramarine Dreams
- has emerged as the new poetic sensitivity in Japan, and is sure to remain one of the most important figures in 21st – century Japanese poetry
Yosuke Tanaka (Japan)
Author (Asian Literature)
- a famous Japanese author whose works have been translated into several languages cultural soo
- not only arguably the most experimental Japanese novelist to have been translated into English, but is also the most popular, with sales in the millions worldwide
- now the most widely-read Japanese novelist of his generation; he has won virtually EVERY PRIZE in Japan has to offer, including its greatest, the “YOMIURI LITERARY PRIZE”
Haruki Murakami (Japan)
Asian literary genre.
- Unrhymed poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively
- first emerged in Japanese literature during the 17th century, as a terse reaction to elaborate poetic traditions, though it did not become known by the name haiku until the 19th century.
- a nature poem which revolves around seasons and nature
Haiku
Asian literary genre.
- a genre of speculative fiction that contains imagined elements that don’t exist in the real world
- spans a wide range of themes that often explore time travel, space travel, are set in the future, and deal with the consequences of technological and scientific advances
- Ramayana (5th to 4th century BC) - includes Vimana flying machines able to travel into space or under water, and destroy entire cities using advanced weapons.
- Rigveda collection of Sanskrit hymns (1700–1100 BC) - “mechanical birds” that are seen “jumping into space speedily with a craft using fire and wate
Science Fiction
Asian literary genre
- expressive body of culture shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group
- include oral traditions such as tales, proverbs and jokes
- Folk Songs: epics (Shishi), and narrative poems (Xushishi) similar to long ballads or lyrical fairy tales
- wedding songs (kujiage), drinking songs (jiuge), love songs (quingge), and work songs (laodongge
- Spoken narratives such as folktales (minjiangushi), myths (shenhua), legends (chuanshuo), animal tales (dongwugushi) and many more different styles of stories.
Folklore
North American
- has written 147 novels since 1976, had 114 New York Times bestselling novels, and holds The New York Times record for most #1 New York Times bestsellers by a single author, a total of 67, which is also a Guinness World Record.
- have sold approximately 305 million copies worldwide.
- awards include the Edgar Award, the BCA Mystery Guild’s Thriller of the Year, the International Thriller of the Year award, and the Children’s Choice Book Award for Author of the Year.
- the first author to have No. 1 new titles simultaneously on The New York Times adult and children’s bestsellers lists, and to have two books on Novel Tracker’s top-ten list at the same time.
James Brendan Patterson (New York)
North American
- an American novelist, screenwriter, and philanthropist
- has published twenty-one novels and two non-fiction books, all of which have been New York Times
bestsellers, with over 115 million copies sold worldwide in more than 50 languages.
Nicholas Sparks (North Carolina)
North American
- an American author and YouTube content creator
- won the 2006 Printz Award for his debut novel, Looking for Alaska
John Green
North American Author and novel
the first book of a trilogy, partly inspired by the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. Another inspiration was her father’s career in the Air Force, which gave her insight to poverty, starvation, and the effects of war, was on The New York Times Best Seller list for more than 60 weeks in a row. Lions acquired worldwide distribution rights to a film adaptation of ______________produced by Nina Jacobson’s Color Force production company.
Suzanne Collins; The Hunger Games
North American
- Works were able to connect with the masses.
- was born in New York, on March 22, 1941.
- was POET LAUREATE of the United States between 2001 and 2003.
- reflects modern American life.
- His work is so popular because he uses the everyday situations that most Americans deal with to connect with audiences, caters to middle class Americans and their struggles.
Billy Collins (New York)
North American literary genre
- author speculates assumes upon the results of changing what’s real or possible, not how a character would
react to a certain event
- first observed and coined by American fictionist Robert Heinlein
- Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (Canadian) and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (American)
Speculative Fiction
North American literary genre
- a novel in comic strip format
- a book format in which a narrative is conveyed with sequential art and a book written and illustrated in the
style of a comic book
- was formally introduced by American Cartoonist, in 1964
- Watchmen by Allan Moore (English) and Dracula by Bram Stoker (Irish)
Graphic Novel
North American literary genre
- also known as Young-Adult literature
- written for readers from 12 to 18 years of age
- expansive and include most of those found in adult fiction
- common themes include friendship, first love, relationships and identity
- The Fault In Our Stars by John Green (American) and To all the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
(American)
Young Adult fiction
North American literary genre
- concentrating on young women and their emotional lives, American original fiction genre that tackles the
issue of modern literary genres
- The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (American) and Spellbound by Jane Green (English)
Chick Lit
North American literary genre
- a fiction about characters or settings from an original work of fiction, created by fans of that work rather
than by its creator, fans may maintain the creator’s characters and settings or add their own
- Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer (American)
Fan Fiction
North America
- an Internet community for readers and writers to publish new user-generated stories in different genres,
including classics, general fiction, historical fiction, non-fiction, poetry, fanfiction, spiritual, humor and teen
fiction - aims to create social communities around stories from both amateur and established writers
Wattpad
European
- born in Yate, Gloucestershire
- a British writer and philanthropist
- named as the world’s first billionaire author according to Forbes and has lived as a “rags to riches” life.
- was also named a runner-up by Time Magazine in its 2007 Person of the Year
- was also appointed as a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour at the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to Literature and philanthropy
- in October 2020, was named as the “Most Influential Woman in Britain.”
Joanne Rowling / JK Rowling
European
- born in Portland, Maine
- an American writer of various genre such as horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Many of his books have been adopted into films, televisions, miniseries, and comic books.
- wrote: Rage (9177), The Long Walk (1979), Roadwork (1981), and The Running Man (1982), and Thinner
(1984) - has been described as the ‘King of Horror”,
- became an English educator at Hampden Academy in late 1971 and married fellow writer Tabitha Spruce also that year
- was nominated for the 2012 World Fantasy Award Best Novel; Mr. Mercedes was an inspired by a true event about a woman driving her car into a McDonald’s restaurant (2013); Finders Keepers second book (2015); End of Watch (2016); The Outsider (2018); The Institute (2019)
Stephen Edwin King (Richard Bachman)
European
- born in Portchester, Hampshire
- age of four, was able to read
- writing career began in England as journalist
- a British writer who earned critical praise and popular success with richly imagined fantasy tales that
frequently features a darkly humorous tone - is credited with being one of the creators of modern comics, as well as an author whose work crosses
genres and reaches audiences of all ages - listed in the Dictionary of Literary Biography as one of the top ten living post-modern writers and is a prolific
creator of works of prose, poetry, film, journalism, comics, song lyrics, and drama
Neil Richard Mackinnon Gaiman
European
- an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and television producer
- known for his international bestselling series of epic fantasy novels, A Song of Ice and Fire and later adapted
into the Home Box Office (HBO) dramatic series of Game of Thrones (2011) - graduated with a B.S. in Journalism summa cum laude from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in Evanston, Illinois, and went on to complete his M.S. in Journalism the next year also from Medill
George Raymond Richard Martin (GRRM / George R.R. Martin)
European Literature History.
- Any work written in Latin or the vernacular between c. 476-1500 CE
Medieval Period (500-1500)
European Literature History.
- A celebration of ideas of the human mind through action and science
Age of Enlightenment (1700-1800)
European Literature History.
- Concerned with masses instead of the middle class and the individual instead of the society
Romantic Movement (1798-1870)
European Literature History.
- an effort to replicate the true nature of reality in a way that novelists had never attempted
Realism (1820-1920)
European Literature History.
- Characterized by simplicity, truth and tempered emotions
Victorian Period (1837-1901)
European Literature History.
- Emphasizes the individual existence, freedom and choice
Existentialism (1850)
European Literature History.
- Identifies the underlying causes for a person’s actions or beliefs
Naturalism (1870-1920)
European Literature History.
- Writers free to try new concepts like the use of the unreliable narrative
Modernism (1910-1945)
(European Literature) Literary Movement
- denotes a lifelike, immediate quality
- represents reality by portraying mundane, everyday experiences as they are in real life, capturing all its
minutest details - tells a story as truthfully as possible instead of creative distortion through dramatization
- Themes: class conflict * philosophy and morality * marriage and family * everyday experiences
Realism
(European Literary Movement) Literary genres of Realism
- Magical Realism
- Social Realism
- Socialist Realism
- Kitchen Sink Realism
- Naturalism
- Psychological Realism
(European Literature)Literary Movement
- emphasizes individual existence, freedom and choice
- focuses on the question of human existence, and the feeling that there is no purpose or explanation at the
core of existence - Themes: focus * existence essence * moral individualism * importance of individual and subjectivity *
authenticity and inauthenticity * freedom to choose * atheism and religion * anxiety regarding life, death,
contingencies, and extreme situations * social criticism * the absurd * angst
Existentialism
Literary genres of Existentialism (European Literature)
Expressionism
Nihilism
Genre of Existentialism (European Literature). emphasizes on subjective experience, angst and intense emotionality, and deals with anguish of the modern man (The Haunted Mansion by David Berenbaum)
Expressionism
(European Literature).Genre for Existentialism. focuses on the meaninglessness and purposelessness of life together with the insignificance of the universe (The Road Runner Show)
Nihilism
European Literature. Works with Existentialism
Irrational Man – Woody Allen (2015) • The Dark Knight Series – Christopher Nolan and David Goyer (2005, 2008, 2012)
Literary Movement in European Literature.
- emerged when society came to rely on technology, consumer culture, media and images
- signifies the boundary between the external world and the individual consciousness
- questions the notion of the self (you, me, author, character, reader) as a source of meaning
- Themes: intertextuality • hyperreality • irony • maximalism • paranoia • fragmentation • post World War II • late capitalism
Postmodernism
European Literary Genre of Postmodernism
Literary Genres
o Metafiction
o Pastiche
European Postmodernism movement. fiction within a fiction, a style of prose narrative in which attention is directed to the process of fictive composition (The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde)
Metafiction
European Literary movement Postmodernism. an imitation of other texts or genres (Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell)
Pastiche
European Postmodernism literary movement works
The Starveling – Don DeLillo (2011)
The Apologizer – Milan Kundera (2015)
Lit??
consists of the oral and written literature of _______in diverse languages, like Spanish, Portuguese and the Indigenous languages of the Americas
- Themes: poverty, family and relationship loyalties, gender roles, social protest and exploitation, religion and magical realism
Latin American Literature
Latin American Literature. Primarily oral, while the Aztecs and Mayans produced elaborate codices
Pre-Colonial Literature
Latin American Literature.
- when Europeans encountered the New World
- early explorers and conquistadores produced written accounts of crónicas of their experience, like Columbus’s letters or Bernal Diaz del Castillo’s description of the conquest of Mexico
Colonial Literature
(Latin American Literature)
- the period of foundational fictions
- time of gradual increase in women’s education and writing that brought more women writers to the forefront
Nineteenth Century Literature
Latin American Literature.
- characterized by a tendency towards irony and humor and towards the use of popular genres. Some writers felt the success of the Boom to be a burden, and spiritedly denounced the caricature that reduces Latin American literature to magical realism. Contemporary literature
- vibrant and varied, ranging from the best-selling Paulo Coelho and Isabel Allende to the more avant-garde and critically acclaimed work of writers such as DiamelaEltit, and GianninaBraschi
Post-Boom and Contemporary Literature
(Latin American Literature) Nineteenth Century Literature
- attempted to establish a sense of national identity and focused on the role and rights of the indigenous or the dichotomy of “civilization or barbarism”
Romantic or Naturalist
(Latin American Literature) Nineteenth Century Literature
-: a poetic movement whose founding text was the Nicaraguan Ruben Dario’s Azul, the first Latin American literary movement to influence literary culture outside the region and was also the first truly Latin American Literature
Modernismo, the Vanguards, and Boom
