Asia-China Flashcards
largest continent in the world
Asia
vast literary tradition in terms of scope and length of existence
Asia
3 main themes in Asia
religion, war, and
politics
East Asia 8 countries
China
Japan
Hong Kong
Macau
Mongolia
North Korea
South Korea
Taiwan
one of the world’s cradles of civilization
China
Started its unbroken literary tradition (14 th century BCE)
China
preservation of the Chinese language
China
also known as Tu Fu
Du Fu
the greatest poet of all time
Du Fu
conscription (army) and hidden satire that speaks the noticeable luxury of the court
The Ballad of the Army Cats
also known as Li Bai
Li Po
poet that is the main competitor of Du Fu
Li Po
Known for his conversational tone and imagery
Li Po
ancient social custom of drinking
Alone and Drinking under the Moon
He is a Chinese poet, painter, musician, and statesman
Wang Wei
founder of the Southern school of painter-poets
Wang Wei
his poems usually represents the local landscape
Wang Wei
vivid imagery of local nature
Green Stream
A fictionist who won the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature
Mo Yan
Chinese battling Japanese intruders during the
1930s
Red Sorghum
world-acclaimed short story writer
Yu Hua
champion for Chinese meta-fictional or postmodernist writing
Yu Hua
Was about the struggles endured by the son of a wealthy land-owner during the Chinese revolution (dynasty vs. dynasty)
To Live
golden ages of Chinese culture
Tang dynasty
- DU FU
- LI PO
- WANG WEI
- MO YAN
- YU HUA
- Ballad
- Drink
- Green Stream
- Red
- means To Live
China 3 main language
Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien
countries in east Asia
China
Korea
Japan
School of Wang Wei
southern school of painter-poets
