Asian literatureis the literature produced inAsia.
Examples
edit- East Asian literature
- Southeast Asian literature
- South Asian literature
- Central Asian literature
- West Asian literature
Classical Chinese and Japanese literature
editInTangandSong dynastyChina,famouspoetssuch asLi Baiauthored works of great importance. They wroteshī(Classical Chinese:Thi ) poems, which have lines with equal numbers ofcharacters,as well ascí( từ ) poems with mixed line varieties.Early-Modern Japanese literature(17th–19th centuries) developed comparable innovations such ashaiku,a form ofJapanese poetrythat evolved from the ancienthokku(Japanese language:Phát cú ) mode. Haiku consists of three sections (all in a single vertical line in Japanese): the first and third segments each have fivemorae(which are not thephonologicalequivalent ofsyllables), while the second has seven. Original haiku masters included such figures asEdo periodpoetMatsuo Bashō( tùng vĩ ba tiêu ); others influenced by Bashō includeKobayashi IssaandMasaoka Shiki.
Classical Indian literature
editClassical West Asian literature
editModern Asian literature
editThepolymathRabindranath Tagore,aBengalipoet,dramatist,andwriterwho was anIndian,became in 1913 the first AsianNobel laureate.He won hisNobel Prize in Literaturefor notable impact his prose works and poetic thought had onEnglish,French,and other national literatures ofEuropeand theAmericas.He also wrote theIndian anthem.Later, other Asian writers won Nobel Prizes in literature, includingYasunari Kawabata(Japan,1966), andKenzaburō Ōe(Japan,1994).Yasunari Kawabatawrote novels and short stories distinguished by their elegant and spartan diction such as the novelsSnow CountryandThe Master of Go.