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    ASIAN LITERATURE

    ARABIC LITERATURE
    Islam played a major role in the development of early Arabic literature.
    Qur’an
     served to be the biblical scripture of their country’s religion
     regarded as the finest piece of literary work written in Arabic language
    “The Book of the Prayer of the House””
    the first Arabic book published in 1514
    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
    an Arabic folktale that was included in the version of “One Thousand and One Nights”
    CHINESE LITERATURE
    Comprised of four (4) sections:
    • Master of Literature
    • Popular Literary Classics
    • Textbook of Literature and Papers
    • Journals of Literature
    Literary Periods
    Pre-classical Periods
    foundations of literary writing was influenced by oral traditions of different social and
    professional provenance.
    Classical Periods
    Confucius (Kung Fu-Tzu) was one of the significant writers who had huge contribution in Chinese
    literature.
    He left five books:
    1. The Book of Changes (Yi King)
    2. The Book of Ceremonies (Li King)
    3. The Book of Historical Documents (Shu King)
    4. The Book of Poetry (Shi King)
    5. The Book of Spring and Autumn (Ch’un Chiu)
    Mencius (Mang Tze) gathered the works of Confucius as reorganized them into books; best known of his
    work The Book of Analects.
    Modern Literature
    The late Qing was a period of intellectual ferment sparked by a sense of national crisis.
    EGYPTIAN LITERATURE
    greatly influenced by religious beliefs of early Egyptians
    These beliefs include includes:
    a. regarding the highest virtue to their gods, and follow what their gods approved
    b. considering gods and goddesses of different elements of nature like :
    – Ra, the son god, as their greatest god
    – Osiris, the god of the Nile and of the underworld
    – Isis, his queen and goddess of the Earth and vegetation
    c. Egyptians believe in afterlife, brought by the early traditions of their ancestors
    Egyptian literature
    • consists of inscriptions printed or engraved on monuments written on papyrus buried in the tomb
    or beneath the ruins of temples.
    • called the Pyramid Texts, which consists of hymns and spells for the benefit of the dead kings
    • religious theme is the most dominant theme and the priests are the only persons who can write
    The Book of the Dead
    • the most important early literature of Egypt in which the story talks about a funeral ritual
    • contains a collection of prayers consisting of one hundred and sixty six chapters revealing the
    adventure of man after death
    INDIAN LITERATURE
    Panchatantra
    • meaning Five Books, was composed about 200 B.C.
    • oldest known collection of Indian fable
    • source of many of the Aesop and Fontaigne fables
    Two most important literary works of the Hindus
    a. Mahabharata, the great tale of the descendants of Bharata
    b. Ramayana, Life of Rama
    ISRAELI LITERATURE (Hebrew literature)
    • one of the oldest and richest literature of the world
    • religion made a significant contribution in Hebrew literature
    • profound due to its religious aspects and founded Holy Bible and the Talmud
    Holy Bible
    • the noblest monument of the ancient literature
    • considered to be a forceful narrative because of its religious ideas and teachings
    • possesses literary genres
    The Book of Psalms,
    a collection of religious poetry
    Major divisions:
    1. The Old Testament, considered as the early known work of the Hebrew
    2. The New Testament, volume of early Christian writings narrating the story of the New Covenant
    between God and the church

    JAPANESE LITERATURE
    Drama is the favorite form of amusement in Japan. The three types are the Noh, Kabuki and Jouri.
    Murasaki Shikibu
    • wrote The Tale of Genji, considered to be pre-eminent literature during the Heian period.
    Chikamatsu Monzaemon
    • Japan’s Shakespeare
    Jippensha Ikku
    • wrote Jokaidochu Hizakurige, a mixture of travelogue and comedy
    • regarded as Japan’s Mark Twain
    EUROPEAN LITERATURE

    FRENCH LITERATURE

    French literature inherited their love and order of amenability to reason from the Romans.

    Common themes for their literary works talked about goodness of human nature.

    Guy de Mauppasant (The Necklace), Anatole France (Our Lady’s Juggler) and Victor Hugo (Les Miserables- talks about
    French revolution became one of the most influential novels in the world, and the Hunchback of Notre Damme ).

    Henri Rene Albert Guy de Mauppassant


     Considered to be the “Greatest Master of Modern Short Story”
     Themes of his writings reflected according to his own perception of life.

    ITALIAN LITERATURE
    The greatest names in Italian literature were: Dante, Petrarch and Bocaccio.
    Most of the writings of Italian literature possess goodness and true beauty of love. Italian literary writers
    showcase the love for Christian virtue, faith, hope, and sharing in both prose and poetry.

    Dante Alighieri
    • Born in Italy in 1265
    • Dubbed as the “Father of Italian Literature”
    • He considered his work, “Divine Comedy” as a vision and one of the greatest monuments of
    human genius.

    Greek Literature
    Greek literature is characterized with the ancient culture of Greece which produced great
    civilization through the advancement of science, philosophy, art, theatre and literature.
    Philosophy and religion were recast in the moulds of beauty in their mythology.

    Three Periods of Greek Literature


    1. Pre-Homeric Age and the Homeric age extending from the remote antiquity to the age of Herodotus
    (484 B.C.)
    2. Athenian Period to the Golden Age of Pericles, from the Age of Herodotus to the death of Alexander
    the Great (323 B.C.)
    3. Period of Decline that extends from the death of Alexander the Great to the enslavement of the Greeks
    by Rome, and extends to A.D. 1453

    GODS AND GODDESSES OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY


    Name Known As
    Cronus/Kronus Sky God and Father of the Titans
    Gaea Mother Earth
    Phoebe Ruled the Moon with Atlas
    Coeus Titan of Intelligence
    Oceanus Father of Oceanid
    Tethys Mother of all Rivers and Seas
    Hestia Goddess of Hearth and Fire
    Demeter Goddess of Harvest
    Poseidon God of the Sea
    Hera Goddess of Marriage and the Queen of all God and Goddess
    Zeus Supreme God, of Sky and Thunder
    Ares God of War
    Hades God of the Underworld
    Hephaestus God of Fire and Forge
    Hebe Served wine and nectar to the Gods
    Apollo God of sun, shepherd, music, poetry, archery, healings, etc.
    Hermes God of flock, roads, trading, etc.
    Aphrodite Goddess of love
    Atlas God who supported Heaven
    After-thought
    Fore-thought
    Mountain goddess

    SPANISH LITERATURE
    El Cid
    • known to be the greatest epic of Spain.
    • narrated the greatest adventure story of Spaniards
    • the oldest piece of writing in Spanish literature
    th
    16 century became the rise of prose and poetry.
    •  Luis de Leon dubbed as the “Greatest Lyric Poet of Spain”
    • Miguel Cervantes y Saavedra “Don Quixote de la Mancha”

    ENGLISH LITERATURE
    Celts were considered to be the first people of England.
    “The Legend of King Arthur” and “The Knights of the Round Table”
     Beowulf was an epic of a long narrative poem.
    Geoffrey Chaucer wrote a collection of tales entitled “The Canterbury Tales”, which brought him the
    recognition as “Father of English Literature” during the 14th century.
    Thomas Malory wrote the “Legend of King Arthur”

    William Shakespeare became famous in poetry and essay. His famous works include “Romeo and
    Juliet” and “The Merchant of Venice”, which made him become as the “Greatest Poet and Playwright
    of England.” 

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