LITERATURE AROUND THE WORLD

ASAN

1

He is considered China's greatest poet. The creator of "Lushi"

DU FU

2

Was regarded as the supreme haiku poet

MATSUO BASHO

3

Was a Filipino nationalist, writer, and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period.

JOSE P. RIZAL

4

It is written in an awit form. It is considered one of the masterpieces of Philippine Literature.

FLORANTE AT LAURA

5

It is the longest poem in history with about 100,000 couplets.

MAHABARATA

NAROON

1

He wrote poems with traditional stanzas and a blank verse in iambic pentameter with no rhyme. "The Road Not Taken"

ROBERT FROST

2

She became known for her confessional poetry, a kind of poetry that deals with the private experiences of the speaker.

ANNE SEXTON

3

He is an American writer from the 19th century. The author of the poem "Thanatopsis"

William Cullent Bryant

4

He is the famous American writer who authored the short stories "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Cask of Amontillado"

EDGAR ALLAN POE

5

An author from the 19th century who wrote "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hallow"

WASHINGTON IRVING

EWAN!

1

Also called Western Literature, refers to literature in the Indo-European languages including Latin, Greek, the Romance languages, and Russian.

EUROPEAN LITERATURE

2

Was regarded as the greatest Roman Orator

MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO

3

He is known for "The Iliad and The Odyssey."

HOMER

4

He is considered as the greatest French short story writer.

Guy de Maupassant

5

A classic Italian masterpiece which written by Giovanni Boccacio.

The Decameron

LAITIN

1

It refers to all works of literature in countries like Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba, Guatemala, Colombia and Peru.

LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE

2

It started in Argentina by Aldo Pellegrini (1903-1973) thru Surrealist Magazine in 1928.

SURREALISM

3

Creacionismo is written by Vicente Huidobro a poet who lives in which country?

ARGENTINA, CHILE, MEXICO, or PERU

CHILE

4

It is written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a Columbian fictionist in 1967.

One Hundred Years of Solitude

5

The Death of Artemio Cruz was written by a Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes, in 1962. This literary text emerged in which literary period?

The Boom Novels

AFAM

1

It refers to the ones not only produced in Afro-Asiatic and African languages, but also to those works by Africans in English, French, and other European languages.

AFRICAN LITERATURE

2

A Nigerian writer who is considered the best-known African novelist of the 20th century.

CHINUA ACHEBE

3

The first Nigerian writer who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986.

WOLE SOYINKA

4

Which of the following literary text is not belongs to the writings of Chinua Achebe?

Things Fall Apart (1958)No Longer at Ease (1960)A Dance of the Forest (1963)Arrow of God (1964)

A Dance of the Forests (1963)

5

Which of the following literary texts is one of the writings of Wole Soyinka?

Things Fall Apart (1958),No Longer at Ease (1960) A Dance of the Forest (1963)

Arrow of God (1964)

A Dance of the Forests (1963)