4th quarterly Flashcards by Rica Cureg

texts that came from countries of
Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia,
Vietnam, and the Philippines.

asian literature and southeast literature

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they were imprisoned because their
literary works expressed their dissent
against the government.

modern indonesian literature

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won
Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asian
equivalent of the Nobel Prize for
Literature.

THE EARTH OF MANKIND BY
PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TOER

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oral traditions
that were first recorded in written form in
the early 8th century after a writing
system was introduced from China.

japanese literature

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regarded as an
integral part of Japanese literature.

chinese elements

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anthology of myths,
legends, and other stories.

kojiki

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chronological record of
history.

nihon shoki

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compiled by provincial
officials beginning in 713, describe the
history, geography, products, and
folklore of the various provinces.

fudoki

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– home to 1.3 billion people.
– China remains to be a country filled
with a long and colorful history.
– one of the significant contributions of
China to the world is its rich literary
heritage that dates back to ancient
times.

chinese literature

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to entertain chinese
common literature.

ming dynasty

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woodblock printing

tang dynasty

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movable types of printing

song dynasty

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a teacher advisior philosopher prophet

confucious

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book of
sayings recorded, about harmonious
living and how to deal with other people.

analects of confucius

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a book of divination based on 8
trigrams, which existed during the Zhou
dynasty.

book of changes

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earliest
collection of poetry, consisting of 305
poems including folk and festival songs,
hymns, and eulogies.

classic of poetry

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collection of documents and speeches
written by rules and officials of the Zhou
period.

classic of history

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describe
ancient rites and ceremonies.

classic of rites

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classical poetry reached its peak
during the Tang dynasty.

classical poetry : tang dynasty

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the early Tang period was
known for this, consisting of 8 lines with
5-7 characters in each line

LUSHI

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romanticism poet

LI PO

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confucian moralist

TU FU

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the Tang period saw the emergence of
the neoclassical style of prose.

classical prose

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major essayist
who advocated the return of Confucian
orthodoxy.

HAN YU

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demonstrated well-reasoned and carefully developed ideas

mencius and zhuang zhi

modern Chinese literature began.

qing period

Chinese writer, essayist, poet, and literary critic. considered the founder of modern baihua literature.

LU XUN

literature that uses colloquial language.

baihua literature

the book distribution system under government control and implemented strict censorship

maoist era

published a large number of prose fiction.

post-mao era

it includes literature in many languages.

european literature

language of the heart

romanticism

representation of reality, presents truth with all its flaws

realism

marked by the sudden changes in man’s perspective of the world.

modernism

focused on clarity and conciseness by using specific images

imagism

character’s thoughts and feelings are written in an uninterrupted flow

stream of conciousness

the speaker may or may not know that his/her version of events is not entirely true.

unreliable narrator

juxtaposes the old and the new to contextualize the literary text in the readers’ minds

post modernism

second largest continent at almost 12 million square miles.

african

oral in nature and has to be recited and even performed.

african literature

a learned storyteller, poet, performer, and historian

griot

Ghanaian author who first published African novels written in English.

joseph ephraim casely hayford

South African who first published an English language African play, “The Girl Who Killed to Save.”

herbert isaac ernest dhlomo

Nigerian who wrote, “Things Fall Apart.”

chinua achebe

one of the most influential African novels and has received worldwide critical acclaim.

things fall apart

response to the experiences of the African race, which include their experience in God in nature, violence of colonialism, and struggles of postcolonial life.

poem

composed in medieval Mali.

epic of sundiata

from Old Ghana Empire.

epic of dinga

– literary and cultural movement. – promoted self-affirmation of the black people.

negritude

President of Senegal who published the first anthology of French language poetry.

leopold sedar senghor

Nigerian poet well-known of his use of English in writing poetry.

wole soyinka

second African writer who won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991.

nadine gordimer

Nigerian literary critic. – “A Decade of Tongues,” reflected postcolonial life in Africa.

john pepper clark

odd, remarkable or bizarre; grotesque and highly unbelievable or unrealistic events occur in fiction. – often bends the limits of reality.

the fantastic

when magical or supernatural elements are introduced into an otherwise realistic fictional setting.

magical realism

dark and often depressing depictions of life in Latin America; sometimes the literature reflects the violent history of the region

social realism

makes its main theme gender role as it critiques marianismo and machismo in Latin American society

female discourse

philosophical movement developed in the 1830s and 1840s in the New England region of the US.

transcedentalism

Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo.

GARBIEL JOSE DE LA CONCORDIA GARCIA MARQUES

protestants who followed the Bible in the strictest manner-dominated England

north american literature

the most significant event of this era was the invention of the printing press

religion literature and technology

Puritan who influenced the government and religions of other colonies through his writings

john withrop

wrote several works that were massive value to the historian of the Plymouth colony.

edward winslow

wrote the journal chronicling the Pilgrim venture

william bradford

one of the first poets to write English verse in the American colonies

anne bradstreet

one of the foremost poets of colonial British North America

edward taylor

wrote competent verses in the Puritan metaphysical tradition

nicholas noyes

popular literary device used in realism. – story within a story or “mise en abyme”

frame narrative

readers can easily connect to what they read since the language used was localized.

vernacular language

refer to specific methods writers employ in their works to convey messages. – writers make use of these to convey messages or to simply add an artistic value to a text.

literary techniques

– fictional character who does not possess the traits, such as pride and valor, expected of a hero. – portrayed as foolish and usually find themselves in mischief.

antihero

– to arouse curiosity among readers by ending a chapter or story abruptly. – instead of providing a resolution, the author would end it, often found in serialized works. – to keep the readers focused and interested as to what will happen next.

cliffhanger

to compare two different things, or two contrasting ideas to be able to emphasize their differences.

juxtaposition

refers to lines or dialogues in a story which give the reader an idea of what is about to happen without spoling or explicitly stating the plot’s entirety.

foreshadowing

emotional release or cleansing from strong emotions usually brought by learning of the truth or when confronted with difficult situations.

catharsis

commonly found in Greek tragedies. – refers to the tragic hero’s error in judgment, which leads to his or her downfall.

hamartia

narrowly focused on a single event in a person’s life.

memoir

narrative events told in a literary style.

creative non fiction

collection of discrete accounts.

diary

detailed account of a person’s life written by another person.

biography

written account of the life of a person wirteen by the subject himself or herself.

autobiography

features any subject that the writer personally comments about or describe

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