World Literature

DEFINITION

 WORLD LITERATURE -IS USED TO

REFER TO THE SUM TOTAL OF
WRITTEN WORKS COMING FROM
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD
PRODUCED BY LITERARY WRITERS
AND AUTHORS, GIVING POPULARITY
TO THE VARIOUS LITERARY TYPES
AND GENRE STUDIED GLOBALLY.
 Asian Literature
 ASIAN LITERATURE- REFERS TO THE
LITERATURE THAT WAS WRITTEN OVER
A PERIOD OF THOUSAND YEARS IN A
VARIETY OF COUNTRIES IN ASIA.

 IT ENCOMPASSES EAST, CENTRAL,

WEST, AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN
LITERATURE
EAST ASIAN
LITERATURE-
INCLUDES CHINESE,
JAPANESE, KOREAN
LITERATURE ETC.
WEST ASIAN- COVERS
ARABIC, PERSIAN, AND
TURKISH LITERATURE
CENTRAL ASIAN
LITERATURE -COVERS
BENGALI,INDIAN, AND
PAKISTANI LITERATURE
AS FEW EXAMPLES.
SOUTHEAST ASIAN
LITERATURE- REFERS
TO LITERATURE IN THE
PHILIPPINES,
CAMBODIA, THAILAND,
LAOS ETC.
 PROMINENT AUTHORS AND
WRITERS OF WORLD LITERATURE
 FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY- CRIME AND
PUNISHMENT
 MIGUEL DE CERVANTES – DON QUIXOTE
 CHARLES DICKENS- A CHRISTMAS CAROL
 EDGAR ALLAN POE- ANNABELLE LEE
 JANE AUSTEN- THE HISTORY OF CHARLES
GRANDISON
 MARK TWAIN- TOM SAWYER
 J.K. ROWLING – HARRY POTTER
 CHINUA ACHEBE- THINGS FALL APART
 HANZ CHRISTIAN ANDERSON- FAIRY TALES
AND STORIES
 NICK JOAQUIN- THE SUMMER SOLSTICE
 JOSE GARCIA VILLA- THE EMPEROR’S NEW
SONNET
 HARUKI MURAKAMI-BIRTHDAY GIRL
 ..AND MORE
 ACTIVITY 1

 LET’S FIND OUT..

 A. 154

 Q1: HOW MANY SONNETS WILLIAM

SHAKESPEARE HAD WRITTEN?
A. 154

B. 156

C. 158

D. 160
 C. HOMER

 Q2: WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THE TWO EPIC

POEMS ILIAD AND ODYSSEY?
A. ARISTOTLE

B. AENAS

C. HOMER

D. PLATO
 B. HOW DO I LOVE THEE?

 Q3: SONNET 43 BY ELIZABETH BARRET

BROWNING IS ALSO KNOWN AS
A. SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER’S
DAY?
B. HOW DO I LOVE THEE?

C. THINGS FALL APART

D. O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN?
 C. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

 Q4. WHO AMONG THESE ENGLISH WRITERS

THAT BECAME A POET LAUREATE IN 1843?
A. MARK TWAIN

B. OSCAR WILDE

C. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

D. PATRICK WHITE
 B. CHINUA ACHEBE

 Q5. THINGS FALL APART WAS WRITTEN BY

WHOM?
A. NADINE GORDIMER

B. CHINUA ACHEBE

C. NELSON MANDELA

D. LEWIS NKOSI
 A. BEN JONSON

 Q6. WHO WROTE THE ALCHEMIST?

A. BEN JONSON

B. ROBERT BROWNING

C. ANDRE GIDE

 EDWARD LEAR
 A. SELENE

 Q6: WHO IS THE GODDESS OF THE MOON IN

GREEK MYTHOLOGY?
A. SELENE

B. ARTEMIS

C. HELIOS

D. LUNA
 A. NICANOR ABELARDO

 Q7: WHO IS THE FILIPINO ARTIST KNOWN

FOR HIS KUNDIMAN AS A GENRE?
A. NICANOR ABELARDO

B. FRANCISCO BALAGTAS

C. CARLOS BULOSAN

D. JOSE GARCIA VILLA

 C. ENHEDUANNA

 Q8: WHO IS THE FIRST KNOWN WRITER WHO

LIVED IN 2285-2250 BCE?
A. AKKAD

B. SARGON

C. ENHEDUANNA

D. SUMERA
 A. REGION OF SUMER

 Q9: WHERE DID LITERATURE START IN THE

WEST?
A. REGION OF SUMER

B. REGION OF AKKAD

C. REGION OF GUMA

D. REGION OF SARGON
 A. GEOFFREY CHAUCER

 Q9: WHO IS THE AUTHOR KNOWN FOR HIS

CNATERBURY TALES?
A. GEOFFREY CHAUCER

B. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

C. WILLIAM CHAUCER

D. GEOFFREY WORDSWORTH
LITERARY TYPES WORLD LITERATURE
HAS TO OFFER