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Chinese Literature Handout
Chinese Literature Handout
Resurgence of science fantasy not seen since the late Qing dynasty
Modern poetry- Depends on end rhyme and tonal metre for its cadence
No epics of either folk or literary variety and hardly any narrative or descriptive poems that are
long by the standards of the world literature.
The Chinese Poet- Stressing the lyrical, it refrains from the exhaustive.
Marks instead the heights of his ecstasies and inspiration or the depths of sorrow and sympathy
Japanese literature- marked by a strong and intentional break with tradition and the nation-
centered and group orientation values.
Indian Literature
Realism-Outcome of the creation of a reading public which was trying to construct an identity in
the context of the anti-colonial struggles and nation-building.
Simultaneous co-existence of the postcolonial state apparatuses with an ideology which was:
Liberal and Humanist, seen in the areas of public life like the academic scene.
The Realist Novel- Its focus on growth and individual freedom is transformed in the Indian
context with the economic conditions of uneven capitalism.
Basis for Realism
The economic: seen the existence of capitalist exploitation
-Political, and
-Social conditions