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One of the major literary heritages of the world.
China
Who are the notable poets in the tang dynasty?
Du Fu, Li Po, and Wang Wei
China has an uninterrupted history of more than?
3000 years
One of the most prosperous periods in chinese cultural history.
Tang dynasty (618-907)
He was claimed by the critics to have been the greatest chinese poet of all times.
Du Fu
A story that was authored by Du Fu, which is about sacrifice and contains a secret meaning that alludes to the reckless luxury of the court.
The Ballad of the Army Cat
What was the other name of Li Po?
Li Bai
He is the rival of Du Fu.
Li Po
Who wrote “Alone and Drinking Under the Moon”?
Li Po
His poems and personal life were?
Romantic
His paintings are renowned for their vibrant imagery and conversational tone.
Li Po
He is a poet, painter, musician and statesman.
Wang Wei
What did Wang Wei founded?
The renowned southern school of poets and painters
Wang Wei’s finest writings are inspired by the nearby?
Landscapes
This story addressed the age-old social behavior of drinking.
Alone and drinking under the moon
A fictionist who won the 2012 Nobel Prize of literature.
Mo Yan
What is Mo Yan’s 1st novel and most famous work?
Red Sorghum
It is about the Chinese battling japanese intruders as well as each other during the 1930s.
Red sorghum
He is a well known short story writer.
Yu Hua
A supporter of chinese postmodernist or meta-fictionist literature.
Yu Hua
He wrote “To Live”
Yu Hua
It is about the hardship faced by a wealthy landowners son at a tine when history occurrences brought about and exacerbated by the chinese revolution are radically changing chinese society.
To live
A distinctive position in traditional of their literature is
occupied by a type of poem known as the sijo.
Korea
a poetic form that began to develop in the twelfth century.
Sijo
What is Korea’s unique alphabet?
Hangul
What shaped the korean literature?
Korean war
What did the korean poet used to compose in the 7th century?
Classical chinese
There literature is greatly influence by the chinese culture.
Korea
What are the themes that the korea have in their literature in 1950’s?
alienation, conscience, disintegration and self-identity
He aspired
to educate Korean children about
contemporary global knowledge.
Ch’oe Nam-Seon
Who invented the modern korean poetry?
Ch’oe Nam-Seon
A well-known publisher, poet and historian in korean literature. He is a prominent figure in contemporary literary movement.
Ch’oe Nam-Seon
What story did Ch’oe Nam-Seon made that attempted to bring cultural revolution?
The Ocean to The Youth
He was one of the people, along with Ch’oe Nam-Seon, that started the contemporary literary movement.
Yi Kwang-su
What was the first korean book? written by Yi Kwang-Su.
The heartless
A poet from korea who wrote during the early modernist movement.
Kim Ok
What did Kim Ok wrote?
The Dance of Agon
What poetry was the 1st collection of translations from western poetry into korea?
The Dance of agon
South korean novelist who won 1977 korean literature writers award.
Yun Hunggil
What did Yun Hunggil wrote?
Changma or the rainy spell
She is a novelist and poet in korea.
Pak Kyongni
A 21-volume epic work and a masterpiece of korean literature written by Pak kyongni.
T’oji or the land
In this country, literature contains some of the world’s longest novels and plays, but its genius is most strikingly displayed in the shorter works, whether the tanka, the haiku, the Noh plays (also called No, or nō), or the poetic diaries.
Japan
It is a form of poetry that has 17 syllable.
Haiku
A traditional theater genres and also the oldest surviving theatrical form.
Kabuki and Noh
What is japan’s cultural identity?
complex, flawed, and beautiful
A dramatist and novelist who has the pen name Abe Kimifusa and won the 1967 akutagawa award.
Abe Kobo
he was well
known for his play Tomodachi (Friends).
Abe Kobo
Also a winner of the 1951 akutagawa award with his short story named kobe or the wall.
Abe kobo
A prominent 20th entury japanese author who was nominated for the novel prize in literature in 1963.
Kimitake hiraoka
Other name of Kimitake HIraoka.
Mishima Yukio
Wht did Kimitake Hiraoka wrote that was awarded the yomiuri prize that was translated to english by Ivan Morris?
The temple of golden pavilion
He was the founder of japanese short story, who died by suicide.
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
What did Ryunosuke Akutagawa wrote?
Rashomon
He is the recipient if the Jerusalem price. His works has been translated to at least 50 languages.
Haruki Murakami
What did Haruki Murakami wrote?
Hear the wind sing
This literature was written during 4th and 7th centuries during medieval lyric poetry age.
arabian literature
Poems in arabian literature that are sometimes brief and has no verses exceeding one hundred words.
odes or qasida
What are the themes of arabian literature?
live, battling, pursuit, courage, and tribe life
what led to Qur’an to be the primary text for study and recitation in arabian literature?
Islam
An egyptian poet, journalist, literary critic and forerunner of arabic poetry and criticism in the 20th century.
Abbas Mahmoud Al-Aqqad
A 7- book compilation that was made by Abbas Mahmoud Al-Aqqad.
The abqariyat series
An exceptional figure in egyptian literature. A novelist essayist and critic who has the title of the dean of arabic literature.
Taha Hussein
What did Taha Hussein wrote?
The days
His pen name is adonis. He is a famous poet, literary critic, and the pioneer of the modernist movement in the contemporary arabic poetry.
Ali Ahmad Said Esber
Two written works of Ali Ahmad Said Esber.
Leaves in the wind and first poem
Well known for his graphic novel, television and film scrip and short tales.
Ethgar Karet
What was ethgar keret’s 1st english language publication from 2019 that recieved the israel’s esteemed sapir prize in literature?
Fly Already (“Glitch at the Edge of the Galaxy”)
who wrote a thousand splendid suns?
Khaled hosseini
What does the Africa literature yearn for?
Happiness and freedom
They are known as the cradle of mankind.
Africa
What languages did the african use in their literature?
English, portuguese, and french
He is a nigerian novelist, poet, critic and lecturer.
Chinua Achebe
What is the best known african novel of the 20th century that was made by Chinua Achebe?
Things fall apart
Who is the 1st black african to receive the 1986 nobel prize for literature?
wole soyinka
What did wole soyinka made for the nigerian independance celebration?
The dance of the forest
He is a poet and writer from ghana.
Kofi Awoonor
What is Kofi Awoonor known for?
This earth, my brother
She is writer from South
Africa who won the 1991
Nobel Prize in Literature.
Nadine Gordimer
What was the name of the book that Nadine Gordimer wrote which won the booker McConnel Prize?
Conservationist
He is a writer, dramatist, and poet in madagascar, who wrote the 1st contemporary malagasy drama in french.
Jacques Rabemananjara
The first contemporary Malagasy drama written in French by Rabemananjara.
Les dieuxmalgaches
He penned the renowned Autobiography “Down
Second Avenue”.
Es’kia Mphahlele
Who wrote I am An African Child?
Eku McGred
