ASIAN LITERATURE
This author won the prestigious Man Booker Prize in 2008 for a novel that explores India’s class struggle through the eyes of a character named Balram Halwai.
Aravind Adiga
This author, whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, is famous for writing about the childhood adventures of characters like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
Mark Twain
Widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language, this author is famous for the tragedy of Hamlet and the romantic story of Romeo and Juliet.
William Shakespeare
This Brazilian author is the primary focus of the module and is celebrated as one of the most widely read and influential writers of the 21st century.
Paulo Coelho
This author wrote the 1958 novel Things Fall Apart, which received worldwide critical acclaim for its analysis of colonialism's effect on traditional African society.
Chinua Achebe
What is the title of the darkly humorous novel by Aravind Adiga that examines issues of corruption and poverty as the protagonist travels from Delhi to Bangalore?
The White Tiger
Known for her focus on women’s strengths and worth, which female American author wrote the classic 1868 novel Little Women?
Louisa May Alcott
Which French author wrote the classic novel Les Misérables, a story that follows the life of Jean Valjean and his quest for redemption?
Victor Hugo
Published in 1988, this symbolic fable about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago is considered Coelho's masterpiece of symbolic allegory.
The Alchemist
In 1986, this individual made history by becoming the first African and the first black person to win the prestigious Nobel Prize for Literature.
Wole Soyinka
The awarding of the Singapore Literature Prize to this specific title by Sonny Liew signaled that graphic novels merit serious literary consideration.
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
This 19th-century influential writer is renowned for his gothic style and wrote the poem "Annabel Lee," which tells the tragic story of a man’s love for a maiden in a kingdom by the sea.
Edgar Allan Poe
his Italian poet is best known for his epic work The Divine Comedy, which details a journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.
Dante Alighieri
In the novel The Alchemist, what is the term used to describe the destiny or true calling that the universe conspires to help an individual achieve?
Personal Legend
Published in 1935, The Girl Who Killed to Save: Nongqawuse the Liberator is recognized as the first English-language African play. Who is its author?
Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo
Which of the following is a prominent modern Japanese writer whose work has helped Japanese writing find a wide audience in the West?
Haruki Murakami
Which Nobel Prize-winning author is recognized for his "lucid prose style" and wrote celebrated 20th-century works such as The Old Man and the Sea and For Whom the Bell Tolls?
Ernest Hemingway
Known for his realistic fiction, this Russian author wrote the massive and influential novel War and Peace, which chronicles the French invasion of Russia.
Leo Tolstoy
Laura Esquivel is a famous Mexican author best known for this novel that blends a traditional romance story with recipes and "Magic Realism."
Like Water for Chocolate
In the story "A Mild Attack of Locusts," which author depicts the struggles of a family, specifically Margaret and Richard, as they face a devastating swarm of insects?
Doris Lessing
Which literary criticism mentioned in the module focuses on the impact of "early-childhood experiences" and argues that development is often subjective and beyond scientific investigation?
Psycho-analytic Criticism
This poet is known for capturing the "limitations of societies" through unique personas and imagery in works like "Hope is the Thing with Feathers" and "Success is Counted
Emily Dickinson
This Spanish author created one of the most translated books in history, Don Quixote, which tells the story of a man who decides to become a knight-errant.
Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra
In Laura Esquivel's historical novel Malinche, she provides a reimagined perspective on which historical figure’s role in the Spanish conquest of Mexico?
The indigenous interpreter and consort to Hernán Cortés
Which ancient work, written in the Ge'ez language and dating back to at least the fourth century AD, is known as the "Kebra Negast" and stands as a primary example of pre-colonial Ethiopian literature?
Book of Kings