World Literature

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— refers to any written literary genre that exemplifies the MOST OUTSTANDING CHARACTERISTICS of particular national literatures.

World Literature

It is harder to define and only few REGIONAL OR NATIONAL WRITERS can also be classified as belonging to —

world literature.

ELEMENTS OF WORLD LIT Tackles universal theme to which wider audiences/readers can relate or identify with

LFI-HC 1. love and romance 2. family and marriages 3. individual struggles toward success (Cinderella and underdog stories) 4. humanitarian values 5. coping with tragedy (wars, famine, disasters, etc.) life cycles

— was a poet and playwright considered as “the FATHER of the MODERN ENGLISH LANGUAGE”.

William Shakespeare (England)

Shakespear is credited for pioneering the

couplet Shakespearean sonnet style.

But it can be rightfully said that with his — tackling any topic under the sun (the most popular being —), Shakespeare invented all of these — that entertain TV and movie audiences nowadays.

37 plays Romeo and Juliet modern dramas

Shakespeare, in his stage play —, popularized these verses: “All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely PLAYERS; They have their EXITS and their ENTRANCES, And one man in his time plays MANY PARTS, His acts being SEVEN AGES.”

As You Like It

— was an aristocrat, pilot, poet and writer whose novella — is now a much loved classic extolling the virtues of LOVE, INNER BEAUTY AND FRIENDSHIP.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry The Little Prince

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 _ (racial segregation by classes).

Nelson Mandela apartheid

But after his release, he became the president of —.

South Africa from 1994—1999

All of Mandela's struggles can be read in his autobiography/memoir

Long Walk to Freedom.

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 — (Song Offerings).

Rabindranath Tagore (India) Gitanjali

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

Gitanjali

was a diplomat, poet and writer who won the — and the — for literary excellence.

Octavio Paz (Mexican) Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1980) Nobel Prize (1990)

Octavio Paz's poem — is cited by critics for its UNIQUE SURREALIST STYLE, while his anthology of essays — is noteworthy for its profound and DEEP ANALYSIS OF MEXICAN SOCIETY.

Piedra del Sol (Sunstone) The Labyrinth of Solitude

was a popular SHORT STORY WRITER and novelist who as a WAR JOURNALIST wrote firsthand accounts of both WW1 and WW2.

Ernest Hemingway

— recounts the FORMER, while — depicts the LATTER.

Farewell to Arms For Whom The Bell Tolls

The Old Man and the Sea won for Ernest both the — and the — awards for literary excellence.

Pulitzer (1953) Nobel (1954)

was a Russian physician, playwright and writer who according to experts is one of the greatest in the SHORT STORY GENRE.

Anton Chekhov

Two of Checkhov last works 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

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