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    This document lists important figures and works in literature and their contributions: Geoffrey Chaucer is considered the "Father of English Literature" and wrote The Canterbury Tales; William Shakespeare is the "Greatest English Writer" who wrote plays like Hamlet and sonnets; Rabindranath Tagore was the "Indian National Poet" who wrote Gitanjali; and Edgar Allan Poe wrote horror stories and detective fiction, known as the "Father of Horror Stories" and "Father of Detective Stories". It also provides pen names of authors like Samuel Clemens who wrote under the name Mark Twain.

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    This document lists important figures and works in literature and their contributions: Geoffrey Chaucer is considered the "Father of English Literature" and wrote The Canterbury Tales; William Shakespeare is the "Greatest English Writer" who wrote plays like Hamlet and sonnets; Rabindranath Tagore was the "Indian National Poet" who wrote Gitanjali; and Edgar Allan Poe wrote horror stories and detective fiction, known as the "Father of Horror Stories" and "Father of Detective Stories". It also provides pen names of authors like Samuel Clemens who wrote under the name Mark Twain.

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    General Educati-Wps Office

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    This document lists important figures and works in literature and their contributions: Geoffrey Chaucer is considered the "Father of English Literature" and wrote The Canterbury Tales; William Shakespeare is the "Greatest English Writer" who wrote plays like Hamlet and sonnets; Rabindranath Tagore was the "Indian National Poet" who wrote Gitanjali; and Edgar Allan Poe wrote horror stories and detective fiction, known as the "Father of Horror Stories" and "Father of Detective Stories". It also provides pen names of authors like Samuel Clemens who wrote under the name Mark Twain.

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    GENERAL EDUCATION

    Father of English

    Essay- FRANCIS BACON

    Father of Printing- JOHANNES GUTTENBERG

    Greatest English Writer- W. Shakespeare

    Greatest Sonner Writer- W. Shakespeare

    Bard of Avon- W. Shakespeare

    Father of English Literature- GEOFFREY CHAUCER

    Morning Star of English Literature- GEOFFREY CHAUCER

    Father of Horror Stories- EDGAR ALLAN POE

    Father of Detective Stories- EDGAR ALLAN POE

    French Novelist and Playwright- BALZAC

    Foremost French Short Story Writer- GUY DE MAUPASSANT

    Mythical Geographer- HOMER

    Greatest Orator- CICERO

    Indian National Poet- RABINDRANATH TAGORE

    Indian Shakespeare- KALIDASA

    Filipino American Theme- BIENVENIDO SANTOS

    Filipino Hispanic Theme- NICK JOAQUIN (QUIJANO DE MANILA)

    Proletarian Literature- SALVADOR LOPEZ

    Filipino Sonnet Writer- OPHELIA DIMALANTA

    ANALECTS- CONFUCIUS

    CANTERBURY TALES- GEOFFREY CHAUCER

    ANTIGONE- SOPHOCLES

    RAMAYANA- VALMIKI
    PARADISE LOST- JOHN MILTON

    THE LITTLE PRINCE- ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPERY

    UNCLE TOM'S CABIN- HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

    CASK OF AMONTILLADO- EDGAR ALLAN POE

    GETTYSBURG ADDRESS- ABRAHAM LINCOLN

    SCARLET LETTER- NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

    GITANJALI- RABINDRANATH TAGORE

    ROAD NOT TAKEN- ROBERT FROST

    HARRY POTTER- JOAN KATHLEEN (J.K.) ROWLING

    DON QUIXOTE- MIGUEL DE CERVANTES

    OEDIPUS REX- SOPHOCLES

    MERCHANT OF VENICE- W. SHAKESPEARE

    ROMEO AND JULIET- W. SHAKESPEARE

    HAMLET- W. SHAKESPEARE- to be or not to be

    MACBETH- W. SHAKESPEARE- power

    PRIDE AND PREJUDICE- JANE AUSTEN

    A CHRISTMAS CAROL- CHARLES DICKENS

    CHRONICLES OF NARNIA- CAROL LEWIS

    GOD SEES THE TRUTH BUT WAITS- LEO TOLSTOY

    ANNA KARENINA- LEO TOLSTOY

    RUBAIYAT- OMAR KHAYYAM

    AENEID- VIRGIL

    THE REPUBLIC- PLATO

    ILIAD AND ODYSSEY- HOMER

    DIVINE COMEDY- DANTE


    KORAN/ QUR'AN- MOHAMMAD

    THE ADVENTURE OF TOM SAWYER- MARK TWAIN

    THE ADVENTURE OF HUCKLEBERRY FIN- MARK TWAIN

    THE RAVEN- EDGAR ALLAN POE

    ANABEL LEE- EDGAR ALLAN POE

    Egyptian Writing- HIEROGLYPHICS

    Chinese Writing- CALLIGRAPHY

    First Epic- GILGAMESH

    Greatest Lyric Poem- PSALMS OF KING DAVID

    Collection of Stories- 1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS

    Longest Epic of India- MAHABHARATA

    Medieval German Epic- NIBELUNGENLIED

    Most Important Work of Old English Literature- BEOWULF

    Collection of Indian Sacred HYMNS- RIGVEDA

    Collection of Indian Sacred TEXTS- UPANISHAD

    Song Offerings- GITANJALI

    Collection of Animal Stories- AESOP'S FABLE

    Oldest Collection of Indian Fables- PANCHATANTRA

    Pen Names

    SAMUEL CLEMENS- MARK TWAIN

    MARY ANN EVANS- GEORGE ELLIOT

    ROBERT GALBRAITH- J.K ROWLING

    Freud -father of modern psychology

    Wundt - father of psychology

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