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Define world literature

World Literature refers to any written literary genre that exemplifies the most outstanding characteristics of particular national literatures. It is harder to define and only few regional or national writers can also be classified as belonging to world literature.

Asian 21st Century World Literature

Khaled Hosseini, Rabindranath Tagore

is a doctor turned novelist who has produced three best sellers in the past decade:

Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan), The Kite Runner (2003), A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007), and And the Mountains Echoed (2013).

He is one of the few millennial authors who still continue to tackle universal themes

Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan)

his novels are set in war-torn Afghanistan and depict war’s impact on families and society

Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan)

was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his book anthology of more than a hundred Bengali verses, the Gitanjali (Song Offerings).

Rabindranath Tagore (India)

It is incomparable for the beauty of its imagery as a form of devotion to God and in appreciation for the wonders of nature.

Rabindranath Tagore (India)

Rabindranath Tagore (India) was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his book anthology of more than a hundred _, the _ (Song Offerings).

Bengali verses, Gitanjali

Khaled Hosseini produce

The kite runner (2003), Thousand splendid suns (2007), The Mountains echoed (2013)

works of Laura Esquivel

Between two fires, La Malinche

The former is an anthology of essays on life, love and food, while the latter is a time travel adventure with La Malinche travelling back in time to Hernan Cortez’ ancient Mexico.

Laura Esquivel

Octavio Paz was a diplomat, poet and writer who won the _ for literary excellence. His poem Piedra del Sol (Sunstone) is cited by critics for its unique surrealist style, while his anthology of essays The Labyrinth of Solitude is noteworthy for its profound and deep analysis of Mexican society.

Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1980) and the Nobel Prize (1990)

Octavio Paz poem that is cited by critics for its unique surrealistic stye

Piedra de Sol

Kate DeCamillo’s (USA) 2006 young adult novel The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane won the

Boston Globe and the Parent’s Choice Awards.

It was catapulted to fame anew after being featured many times in the Koreanovela My Love From Another Star most especially this quote: "If you have no intention of loving or being loved, then the whole journey is pointless."

The Miraculous Journey if Edward Tulane by Kate DeCamillo’s (USA) 2006

was a popular short story writer and novelist who as a war journalist wrote firsthand accounts of both WW1 and WW2.

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway works and awards

Farewell to Arms recounts the former, while For Whom The Bell Tolls depicts the latter. The Old Man and the Sea won for him both the Pulitzer (1953) and the Nobel (1954) awards for literary excellence.

American literature

Kate DeCamillo, Ernesto Hemingway

was a poet and playwright considered as “the father of the modern English language”. He is credited for pioneering the couplet and the Shakespearean sonnet style.

William Shakespeare (England)

Rabindranath Tagore (India) was the first Asian to win the

Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913

Laura Esquivel’s works for the new millennium are

Between Two Fires (2000) and La Malinche (2006)

Octavio Paz was a diplomat, poet and writer who won the

Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1980) and the Nobel Prize (1990) for literary excellence.

Kate DeCamillo’s (USA) 2006 young adult novel

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Kate DeCamillo’s (USA) 2006 young adult novel The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane won the

Boston Globe and the Parent’s Choice Awards.

Ernest Hemingway won for him both the

Pulitzer (1953) and the Nobel (1954) awards for literary excellence.

Ernest Hemingway wrote

Farewell to Arms, For Whom The Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the Sea

was a poet and playwright considered as “the father of the modern English language”.

William Shakespeare (England)

He is credited for pioneering the couplet and the Shakespearean sonnet style.

William Shakespeare (England)

was an aristocrat, pilot, poet and writer whose novella The Little Prince is now a much loved classic extolling the virtues of love, inner beauty and friendship.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

This novella is the source of the famous quote: "One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eyes."

The Little Prince

was imprisoned for decades during the apartheid (racial segregation by classes). But after his release, he became the president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. All of his struggles can be read in his autobiography/memoir Long Walk to Freedom.

Nelson Mandela

was a Russian physician, playwright and writer who according to experts is one of the greatest in the short story genre. Two of his last works were The Cherry Orchard, which tackles social change, and A Marriage Proposal, which explores courtship and marriage both with a touch of humor and comedy that amuses audiences.

Anton Chekhov

the two last works of Anton Chekhov were _, which tackles social change, and _, which explores courtship and marriage both with a touch of humor and comedy that amuses audiences.

The Cherry Orchard, A Marriage Proposal

Tackles universal theme to which wider audiences/readers can relate or identify with

love and romance family and marriages individual struggles toward success (Cinderella and underdog stories) humanitarian values coping with tragedy (wars, famine, disasters, etc.) life cycles

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