Asian Literature
One of the greatest Singaporean novelist & dramatist who wrote "If we dream too long"
Go Poh Seng
A literature from Tanzania which tells of a boy who mistakenly killed various animals in search of a monster.
The Clever Young Man and the Monster
It is defined as a universal symbols or patterns that is found unconsciously in literature.
Archetype
In early history, North American was part of a series of _____________ ___________ until it free and created united states.
British colonies
This guy won a Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010 and considered as the most influence writers in Latin America.
Mario Vargas Llosa
Name three ideologies/religions which greatly influenced traditional Chinese literature?
Confucianism, Daoism (Taoism), Buddhism
What is the name of the monster which swallowed all the people in the world except for a pregnant woman who hid in a pile of chaff?
Shing'weng'we
Who is the father of modern detective stories and goth literature?
Edgar Allan Poe
Who wrote the Hunger Games series?
Suzanne Collins
He is considered as the father of magic realism in Latin America.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
He is a Chinese fictionist who won Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012
Mo Yan
It is an African literary movement initiated by students who advocates on awakening nationalism and self confidence of being African through literary means.
Negritude
Which European literary period focuses on attention to detail, trying to replicate the true nature of reality which novelists before never attempted?
Realism
Name two characteristics of N. American 21st century literature.
democratic and heterogenous
This genre engages belief systems that defy rational, empirical (scientific) proof (like science fiction and fantasy and gothic romance. But the crucial difference this genre sets fantastical events in realistic contexts, thus, requiring us to question what is “real,” and how we can tell.
Magic Realism
A Singaporean fiction author known for writing about Singapore society and traditional Chinese culture; wrote 17 short stories on ironies.
Catherine Lim
Who killed a monster with an arrow through the help of a dog and a bird?
Rawera
What does the green glow in the story Study in Emerald mean?
Green blood / presence of extra terrestrial beings
It is defined as emotion put into measure; a spontaneous overflow of powerful words collected in moments of traquility.
Poetry
This Latin American novel set a good example of magic realism in stories and is widely read all over the world.
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
What is the title of the world's considered first novel?
Tale of Genji
How did the Rawera kill the monster who killed the people of Funtu?
Shooting an arrow to the monster's hand.
Name 3 elements of detective stories
1. Almost flawless crime
2. innocent suspect
3. law officers who are inept
4. cunning detective who will reveal the real culprit
5. the detective will solve the puzzling crime at the denouement of the story.
A type of poetry which gives a verbal representation, in verse, of a sequence of connected events, it propels characters through a plot.
Narrative Poetry
What kind of Sonnet is Pablo Neruda's Sonnet XVII?
clue: starts with either I or P.
Italian Sonnet / Petrarchan Sonnet
(a sonnet divided into two parts: octave and sestet)