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    The document provides an overview of literature from Asia, including China, Japan, and India. It discusses the major periods and works in each country's literary history. In China, it outlines the Classical, Modern, Contemporary, and Present periods and summarizes influential texts like the Tao Te Ching, The Art of War, and The Analects. For Japan, it describes the Ancient, Classical, Medieval, Edo, Meiji, and Contemporary periods and references works such as The Tale of Genji, Man'yoshu, and Chikamatsu Monzaemon. Finally, it notes the Vedic and Sanskrit periods in India and briefly discusses the epics Mahabharata and Ramay

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    The document provides an overview of literature from Asia, including China, Japan, and India. It discusses the major periods and works in each country's literary history. In China, it outlines the Classical, Modern, Contemporary, and Present periods and summarizes influential texts like the Tao Te Ching, The Art of War, and The Analects. For Japan, it describes the Ancient, Classical, Medieval, Edo, Meiji, and Contemporary periods and references works such as The Tale of Genji, Man'yoshu, and Chikamatsu Monzaemon. Finally, it notes the Vedic and Sanskrit periods in India and briefly discusses the epics Mahabharata and Ramay

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    Asian
    Literature
    Table of contents
    01 02
    China Japan

    03
    India
    Introduction
    Asia has rich and diverse literature just as much as it
    has distinct customs and traditions.
    01
    CHINA
    Periods in Chinese
    Literature
    CLASSICAL
    PERIOD
    • written in ancient form
    • endured a lot of dynastic
    changes
    MODERN
    PERIOD

    • Opium War
    • common themes during this
    period revolved around patriotism
    CONTEMPORARY
    PERIOD

    Literature improved despite of


    complicated times
    PRESENT
    PERIOD
    • Evolved since People’s
    Republic
    • Embraced different themes and
    forms
    TAO TE CHING
    (Lao Tzu)
    ● Most translated book after
    the Bible
    ● Was first used during Han
    Dynasty
    ● Presented a way of life with
    harmony and tranquility
    THE ART OF WAR
    (Sun Tzu)
    ● ancient Chinese Military
    treatise
    ● consists of 13 chapters
    ● devoted to set of skills
    used in welfare and
    military tactics
    THE ANALECTS
    (Confucius)
    ● large collection of sayings
    and ideas from Confucius
    ● most read and studied book
    in China
    ● emphasized morality,
    integrity, justice, kindness,
    and sincerity
    “Our greatest glory is not in never
    falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

    —CONFUCIUS
    I Ching
    (Book of Changes)

    type of divination called


    CLEROMANCY
    02
    JAPAN
    Periods in Japanese
    Literature
    ANCIENT
    PERIOD

    • Literary texts are mostly


    about history and gods
    CLASSICAL
    PERIOD
    • Golden Era of Japanese Art
    and Literature
    • Also known as HEIAN
    PERIOD
    Tale of Genji
    (Murasaki Shikibu)

    ● First novel ever


    ● Revolves around Genji
    who is a son of the
    emperor from a
    concubine
    Man’yoshu
    (Collection of Myriad
    Leaves)

    Oldest collection of
    Japanese poetry
    MEDIEVAL
    PERIOD
    • Experienced many civil wars which
    led to the development of war tales and
    stories
    • SEPPUKU was practiced which led to
    many death poems
    EDO
    PERIOD
    • Also known as TOKUGAWA PERIOD
    • Scholarly works were continued to be
    published in Chinese language
    • Debut of different genres
    Chikamatsu
    Monzaemon

    Known as Japan’s
    Shakespeare
    MEIJI
    PERIOD
    • Introduction of European literature brought
    free verse
    • Young prose writers were overwhelmed
    with the wide variety of themes but
    novelists assimilated concepts successfully
    CONTEMPORARY
    PERIOD

    • Common themes are lost of purpose and


    coping with defeat
    • Writers had intellectual and moral issues in
    attempts to raise social and political
    consciousness
    DRAMAS
    Japanese Literature
    NOH
    ● National Theatre of
    Japan
    ● Reserved for nobility
    ● Was said to be invented
    by Gods
    JORURI

    Play that consists of life-


    like sized dolls
    KABUKI

    ● Play for the masses


    ● Less intellectual, more
    realistic
    02
    INDIA
    Periods in Indian
    Literature
    VEDIC
    PERIOD

    Literary works during this period are


    principally religious and lyric
    SANSKRIT
    PERIOD

    Literary works during this period achieved


    distinction
    MAHABHARATA
    (Vyasa)
    ● Longest poem in the world
    ● Has 1.8 million words in
    total
    ● Important source of
    information on the
    development of Hinduism
    RAMAYANA
    (Valmiki)

    ● 24, 000 verse in 7 cantos


    ● Was composed in Sanskrit

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