Asian Literature Refers To The Literature That: The Boy Named Crow

Asian literature refers to the literature that modern Mexicans see Malinche as a great traitor
was written over a period of thousands of years, in a who betrayed her native cultures to the bloodthirsty
variety of countries in Asia. Though throughout the Spanish invaders
centuries a vast amount of Asian literature has
been written, most of Asian literature can be
broadly categorized as lyric, drama or narrative.
The Boy Named Crow North American Literature
The Boy Named Crow is taken from Kafka on A Low Art

the Shore written by Haruki Murakami. Haruki Margaret Atwood
Murakami is a famous Japanese writer, he usually
writes about reality and fiction.
A Low Art from the novel The Penelopiad talks
about the view of Penelope of her husband,
This excerpt taken from Kafka’s. It talks
Odysseus. Odysseus has this persona of being a
about life how to survive. The author is trying to say
sweet talker. He played a trick on Penelope and
that each of us has his journey, and only us have the
made her believe his version of events. Until one day
control of that journey.
Penelope realized that people are gossiping and
making fun of her behind her back.
The Boy Named Crow is about Crow and a
15-year old child talking about life. Crow advised the
child to manage his money and life. The child is only
European Literature
15 years old, there’s something out there awaits him.
Crow tells about problems that people are facing, Coraline
and the consequence of facing the reality. By: Neil Gaiman
He also compares life is like with a While exploring her new home, a girl named
sandstorm. It is devastating but people have to be Coraline (Dakota Fanning) discovers a secret door,
resilient. Telling that a storm can devastate you, but behind which lies an alternate world that closely
somehow you can cope up with the storm. Crow tells mirrors her own but, in many ways, is better. She
that the storm is the child, he could create or destroy rejoices in her discovery, until Other Mother (Teri
his life with choices. Every problem makes a person Hatcher) and the rest of her parallel family try to keep
better. It makes someone stronger and bolder. A her there forever. Coraline must use all her
storm gives us a lesson that each of us can learn and resources and bravery to make it back to her own
learn about managing our selves. family and life.
African Literature is the body of of oral and written

Latin American Literature literature that reflects the history of its people, the
Malinche continent’s feeling and the minds of its population.
By: Laura Esquivel The Breath of Sparrows
By Jim Pascual Agustine
Malinali (c. 1500–1550), also known as
Malintzín, "Doña Marina," and, most commonly,
"Malinche," was a native Mexican woman who was So it has arrived, the news
given to conquistador Hernan Cortes as a slave in of your departure. Last night
1519. Malinche soon proved herself very useful to I dreamt I was in the house
Cortes, as she was able to help him interpret of my mentor, as a frequent guest
Nahuatl, the language of the mighty Aztec Empire. who took a desk by the window.
Malinche was an invaluable asset for Cortes, A towering tree with red
as she not only translated but also helped him and yellow flowers as big as hands,
understand local cultures and politics. She became the breeze slipping between each
his mistress as well and bore Cortes a son. Many
petal finger. I went to his room techniques of describing immediate
to ask the name of that tree. perceptions from naturalistic realism
He lay on his bed, resting

with eyes closed but aware Critical Approaches to Literature
of the birds weighing down
the branches, leaves caressing 1. Biographical type of criticism reads the text
the roof. The breath of sparrows looking for the author’s influence.
2. Formalism focuses only on the interaction of
like his own. There was no need to name literary elements within the text.
the tree, no need to name anything 3. Gender criticism analyzes literature
at all at that moment. I bid him thanks through the lens of socially-constructed
before leaving, my footsteps drowning gender roles.
in sparrow wings. 4. Psychological approach applies the
theories of psychology to a text in order to
This poem was written after the passing of better understand its characters.
Nelson Mandela, father of South Africa, who was a 5. Sociological examines literature in the
former professor of the author. cultural, economic and political context.
Literary Devices
refers to the typical structures used by writers in their
works to convey his or her message(s) in a simple
manner to his or her readers. When employed
properly, the different literary devices help readers to
appreciate, interpret and analyze a literary work.
1. Imagery-
a. Visual- what you see
b. Auditory- what you hear
c. Tactile- what you feel
d. Olfactory- what you smell
e. Gustatory- what you taste
2. Foreshadowing- a literary device in which a
writer gives an advance hint of what is to
come later in the story
3. Flashbacks are interruptions that writers do
to insert past events, in order to provide
background or context to the current events
of a narrative
4. Defamiliarization]) is the artistic technique
of presenting to audiences common things in
an unfamiliar or strange way in order to
enhance perception of the familiar.
5. Surrealism in literature can be defined as
an artistic attempt to bridge together reality
and the imagination
6. Magical realism, or magic realism, is an
approach to literature that weaves fantasy
and myth into everyday life.
7. Transrealism is a literary mode that mixes
the techniques of incorporating fantastic
elements used in science fiction with the

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Asian literature refers to the literature that modern Mexicans see Malinche as a great traitor

The Boy Named Crow is taken from Kafka on A Low Art

African Literature is the body of of oral and written

He lay on his bed, resting

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