Littérature asiatique
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Asian literature
In today's world, Asian literature has captured the attention of millions of people around the world. Whether due to its impact on society, its relevance in the market or its influence on popular culture, Asian literature is a topic that never ceases to surprise and set a trend. From its beginnings to the present, Asian literature has played a fundamental role in various aspects of daily life, generating conflicting opinions and arousing constant interest from the public. In this article, we will further explore the impact and importance of Asian literature, analyzing its evolution over time and its meaning today.
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 Tang and Song dynasty China, famous poets such as Li Bai authored works of great importance. They wrote shī (Classical Chinese: 詩) poems, which have lines with equal numbers of 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 polymath Rabindranath Tagore, a Bengali poet, dramatist, and writer who was an Indian, became in 1913 the first Asian Nobel laureate. He won his Nobel Prize in Literature for notable impact his prose works and poetic thought had on English, French, and other national literatures of Europe and the Americas. He also wrote 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.
