M7

Question 1

has one of the oldest existing literatures, which to date is 3,000 years old.
uses language consisting of script or characters that stand for ideas.

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China

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a Harvard professor of Asian Studies, describes what comprises 21st-century literature from China. He claims that the current Chinese writings mostly deal with science fantasy –a preferred genre for fiction writing.

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David Der-wei

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June 4 1989

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Tiananmen Square

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referring to literature written in Chinese by Chinese-speaking writers in various parts of the world outside China

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Sinophone literature

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borrowed and modified Chinese characters or script.

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Kanji

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the oldest extant chronicle inJapan

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The Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters)

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winner of the1994 Nobel Prize for Literature

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Kenzaburō Ōe

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recipient of Britain’s Man Booker Prize in 1989;

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Ishiguro Kazuo

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the 2006 winner of the Frank O’Connor International Short StoryAward.

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Haruki Murakami

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Made Dragon Ball

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Akira Toriyama,

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Made Naruto

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Masashi Kishimoto

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Korea’s first writing system,

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Hanja

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poems or varying length of four, eight, and ten lines, commonly composed by Buddhist monks

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hyangga

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songs categorized as either short form or extended form, which do not adhere to any Strict measure or rhyme.

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Koryo koryo

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poetry that breathes Neo-Confucianism

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shijo

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short verses tha tare repositories of personal sentiments and moral admonitions.

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kasa

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the Korean alphabet or script

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Hangul

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a group of Indo-European nomads from Asia

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Aryans

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the primary sacred language of Hinduism

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Sanskrit

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the belief in or worship of more than one god

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polytheism

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is known as the creative and poetic age of Indian literature which has produced the four Vedic text types

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The Vedic period (500-200 BC)

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mantras and benedictions

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Samhita

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texts on rituals. ceremonies, sacrifices, and symbolic sacrifices

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Aranyakas

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commentaries on rituals, ceremonies, and sacrifices

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Brahmanas

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texts on meditation, philosophy, and spiritual knowledge

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Upanishads

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the two important classical epics of India

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the Mahabharata and the Ramayana.

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writings written in the Urdu language, which is the lingua franca of Pakistan.

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Urdu literature

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Prime Minister Award for Literature in 1998

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Kamila Shamsie

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wrote the New York Bestseller The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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Mohsin Hamid

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2008 Commonwealth Book Prize awardee for the novel A Case of Exploding Mangoes

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Mohammad Hanif

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Pakistan’s newest sensation and a scion of the Bhutto dynasty, who published in 2013 her first fiction The Shadow of the Crescent Moon.

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Alice Bhutto

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literature of Sri Lanka

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consists of literary texts written in Sinhala

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the oldest Buddhist texts

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Theravada Buddhist Scriptures

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the stories about the former lives of Buddha written down in Pali

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Jataka

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narrates the exploits of prince Vjaya and his descendants side by side the development of Sinhalese nation. written around 5th century in Pali language

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Mahavansa

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poetic messages and letters

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sandesha kavya

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formerly Ceylon

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Sri Lanka

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include writings that showcase the literary imagination of writers from the countries in the region that include Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, and the Philippines

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literatures of Southeast Asia

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southern script

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Chu Nom

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introduced a new set of script

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Alexandre de Rhodes,

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Vietnam's national alphabet

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Quoc-ngu

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has one of the richest literary traditions rooted in Indian origins

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Cambodia

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the primary reason for a long drought in literary activities since writers had either been banished or subjected to rigid censorship

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Khmer Rouge

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author of The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine

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Vann Nath

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writer-director of The Missing Picture

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Rithy Pann

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memoir writer of Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind

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Loung Ung

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Thailand's national epic

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Ramakien

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is the mother language that evolves to Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese, and Batak or Madurese, to name a few.

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Malay

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produced the popular Buru Quartet that got translated in many foreign languages that led to his Nobel nomination

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Pramoedya Ananta Toer

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dwelt on progressive social writings about neo-colonial politics, gender and sexually, and other social taboo

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Ayu Utami

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a written actress, and singer known for the Supernova series –science fiction novels.

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Dewi Lestari

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the language of Israel's early literature.

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Hebrew

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he history of the Jewish nation before and after the coming of Jesus Christ.

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the Bible

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ebrew language, however, cease to exist when Assyria invade Judea, the Southern part of Israel. During this time, _______ became the lingua franca

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Aramaic

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a reaction against too much lyricism of the symbolist movement and prescribed extreme artistic innovation and technical experimentation

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Russian futurism

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ejected the Western conventions and objective depiction of reality

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German expressionism

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is a narration of the family history of the main character who traces her family’s migration history from China to the Philippines

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Caroline Hau's Stories

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States that all objects innthe universe are made of vibrating strings of energy.

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String Theory