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    CHINA

    Chinese
    Literature
    大家好

    Dà jiā hǎo
    Hello, everyone!
    CHINESE LANGUAGE
    • Most ancient spoken language, probably the
    oldest written language
    • Has undergone few changes (refused all
    contact with Western world)

    • Monosyllabic- each word has only one


    syllable
    • Tonal language- same word changes
    depending on the pitch used
    CHINESE WRITING
    • No alphabet, consists about 50,000 characters
    • Made up of ideographs
    • Written from right to left, in columns from top to
    bottom
    CHINESE
    LITERATURE
    First recorded about 5,000
    years ago
    EARLY CHINESE
    LITERATURE

    Dates back to 1000 B.C.


    FIVE CLASSICS
    formed the foundation of their cultural,
    political, and traditional life

    • The Book of Changes


    • The Book of History
    • The Book of Rites
    • The Book of Odes
    • The Spring and Autumn Annals
    FOUR GREATEST
    CHINESE POETS
    Tang Dynasty (678-907 A.D.)

    • Wang Lei
    • Li-Po
    • To-Fu
    • Po-Chu-I
    1200'S
    DRAMA AND FICTION

    Chinese plays resemble


    European opera
    (singing, dancing, dialogue)
    MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE
    • Developed after 1800s
    • Chinese were gradually exposed to Western culture
    as European missionaries and traders travelled to
    China
    CULTURAL
    REVOLUTION
    • (1966-1976)
    • All intellectuals were persecuted in
    China
    • Political and social themes
    1989
    • Pro-democracy movement
    • Chinese government arrested leading
    writers and prohibited writers from
    publishing works that criticize the
    government

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