4th quarterly

Question 1

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

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asian literature and southeast literature

Question 2

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

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modern indonesian literature

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

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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.

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japanese literature

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regarded as an
integral part of Japanese literature.

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chinese elements

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anthology of myths,
legends, and other stories.

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kojiki

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chronological record of
history.

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nihon shoki

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

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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.

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chinese literature

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to entertain chinese
common literature.

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ming dynasty

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woodblock printing

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tang dynasty

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movable types of printing

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song dynasty

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a teacher advisior philosopher prophet

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confucious

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

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analects of confucius

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

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book of changes

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

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classic of poetry

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

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classic of history

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describe
ancient rites and ceremonies.

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classic of rites

Question 19

classical poetry reached its peak
during the Tang dynasty.

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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

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LUSHI

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romanticism poet

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LI PO

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confucian moralist

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TU FU

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

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classical prose

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major essayist
who advocated the return of Confucian
orthodoxy.

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HAN YU

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demonstrated well-reasoned and
carefully developed ideas

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mencius and zhuang zhi

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modern Chinese literature began.

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qing period

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

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LU XUN

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literature that
uses colloquial language.

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baihua literature

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the book distribution
system under government control and
implemented strict censorship

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maoist era

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published a large number of prose
fiction.

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post-mao era

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it includes literature in many
languages.

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european literature

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language of the heart

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romanticism

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representation of reality, presents truth
with all its flaws

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realism

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

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modernism

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focused on clarity and
conciseness by using specific images

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imagism

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

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stream of conciousness

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

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unreliable narrator

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

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post modernism

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second largest continent at almost 12
million square miles.

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african

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

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african literature

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a learned storyteller, poet,
performer, and historian

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griot

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Ghanaian author who first published
African novels written in English.

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joseph ephraim casely hayford

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

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herbert isaac ernest dhlomo

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Nigerian who wrote, “Things Fall
Apart.”

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chinua achebe

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

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things fall apart

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

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poem

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composed in
medieval Mali.

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epic of sundiata

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from Old Ghana
Empire.

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epic of dinga

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

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negritude

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

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leopold sedar senghor

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

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wole soyinka

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

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nadine gordimer

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

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john pepper clark

Question 54

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

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the fantastic

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

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magical realism

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

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social realism

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

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female discourse

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

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transcedentalism

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

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GARBIEL JOSE DE LA CONCORDIA
GARCIA MARQUES

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

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north american literature

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

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religion literature and technology

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

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john withrop

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

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edward winslow

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wrote the
journal chronicling the Pilgrim venture

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william bradford

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

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anne bradstreet

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one of the
foremost poets of colonial British North
America

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edward taylor

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wrote
competent verses in the Puritan
metaphysical tradition

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nicholas noyes

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

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frame narrative

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

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vernacular language

Question 70

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.

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literary techniques

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– 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.

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antihero

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– 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.

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cliffhanger

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

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juxtaposition

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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.

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foreshadowing

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

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catharsis

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

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hamartia

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

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memoir

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narrative events told in a literary style.

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creative non fiction

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collection of discrete
accounts.

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diary

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

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biography

Question 81

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

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autobiography

Question 82

features any subject that
the writer personally comments about or
describe

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essay