Asian literature
Asian literature is the literature produced in Asia.
Examples
- East Asian literature
- South Asian literature
- Southeast Asian literature
- Central Asian literature
- West Asian literature
Classical Indian literature
Classical Chinese and Japanese literature
In
characters, as well as cí (詞) poems with mixed line varieties. Early-Modern Japanese literature (17th–19th centuries) developed comparable innovations such as haiku, a form of Japanese poetry that evolved from the ancient hokku (Japanese language: 発句) mode. Haiku consists of three sections (all in a single vertical line in Japanese): the first and third segments each have five morae (which are not the phonological equivalent of syllables), while the second has seven. Original haiku masters included such figures as Edo period poet Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉); others influenced by Bashō include Kobayashi Issa and Masaoka Shiki
.
Classical West Asian literature
Modern Asian literature
The
Indian anthem. Later, other Asian writers won Nobel Prizes in literature, including Yasunari Kawabata (Japan, 1966), and Kenzaburō Ōe (Japan, 1994). Yasunari Kawabata
wrote novels
and short stories distinguished by their elegant and spartan diction such as the novels Snow Country and The Master of Go.
See also
- The Literature section of the article Culture of Asia
- The categories Literature by continent, Chinese literature, Korean literature, Indian literature, and Japanese literature.
- African literature
- European literature
- Oceanian literature
- Latin American literature
