ASIAN

LITERATURE
ASIA -is also known as a
'continent of contrasts'
as there are a number
of cultures, religions,
languages, government,
lifestyles, traditions.
 RELIGION
 Buddhism  Shinto
 Hinduism  Islam
 Sikhism  Christianity
 Confucianism  Judaism
 Taoism
 LANGUAGE
 Asia is a home to many diverse
languages.
- 600 to 700 languages are spoken in
Indonesia
- more than 100 languages are spoken
in the Philippines
 ASIAN LITERATURE
• Asian Literature
encompasses the rich and
widely diverse cultural and
ethnic heritages found in
Asian countries.
CHARACTERISTICS
THEMES
GENRES
 CHARACTERISTICS
• Religiosity and
spirituality
• Philosophical and
contemplative art
 THEMES
• greatly talks about race,
culture, injustice, power,
nationalism, struggles, love --
and in all things at all times,
there are morals to be
learned.
 GENRES
• PROSE
• POETRY
ELEMENTS ASPECTS AND ANALYSIS
PLOT (SYNOPSIS):
SETTING: TIME
PLACE
CHARACTERS:
MAIN CHARACTER/S
OTHER CHARACTERS
POINT OF VIEW USED:
THEME:
ATMOSPHERE/ MOOD:
CONFLICT OF THE STORY
 PLOT
 The plot of a story is the
sequence of events that
shape a broader narrative,
with every event causing or
affecting each other.
 SETTING
The setting of a short
story is the time and
place in which it
happens.
 CHARACTER
A character is a person,
or sometimes even an
animal, who takes part
in the action of a short
story or other literary
work.
 POINT OF VIEW
 is the narrative
perspective from which
a story is told.
 THEME
It is the message the
writer is trying to
convey through the
story.
 MOOD
is the emotional
atmosphere within the
story produced by the
author's use of
language.
 CONFLICT OF THE STORY
creates tension in the
story and it involves the
struggle of between two
opposing forces/
characters, usually the
protagonist and the
antagonist.