Afro-asian Literature (featured literary works)

Indian Literature

1.The Panchatantra

This picture is one of the collection of Indian literature that interrelated about animal fables in a sanskrit verse and it arranged in a frame story and also it promotes a lot of lessons based on the different story, which has had extensive circulation both in the country of its origin and throughout the world.

2.The Duel between the Elephant and the Sparrow

This is one of the most amazing moral kids stories. The morality of it is Intelligence is mightier than bravery.The story tackled between the elephant and the sparrow is an example of morel criticism. Moral Criticism judge the value of a literature on its moral lesson or ethical teaching.The duel between the elephant and the sparrow was tragic.

3.The Mahabharata

This picture is one of ancient Indian epic where the main story revolves around two branches of a family - the Pandavas and Kauravas - who, in the Kurukshetra War, battle for the throne of Hastinapura. Interwoven into this narrative are several smaller stories about people dead or living, and philosophical discourses.

4. The Lionmakers

This picture tackled about the lion maker is a wonderful tale. It’s about wisdom and having a sense to understand, to appreciate what we have. 

5.The Parable of Returning love for Hatred

This picture tackled about the Parable of the Good Samaritan teaches us to turn our hatred into a greater love for God and for others on their own Jericho Roads.

6. Gitanjali

This picture shows that the Gitanjali is devotional. It expresses the yearning of the devotee for re-union with the divine. It is in the tradition of the devotional poetry, but it finds a new and original treatment.

7. Ramayana

This picture entitled Ramayana is an ancient Sanskrit epic which follows Prince Rama's quest to rescue his beloved wife Sita from the clutches of Ravana with the help of an army of monkeys. 

HEBREW LITERATURE

1.The Story of Joseph

= This story was all about forgiveness. So Joseph’s dreams first get him into trouble, but his ability to understand them leads him to be chosen by the Pharaoh and to save the world. We could learn a lesson about the mysteries of how the world works. Believers and non-believers can see it as an illustration of the need to keep trying and persevere.

PERSIAN LITERATURE

1.Hell and Heaven

In our life we have a lot of differences, we have different mindset, behaviors and etc.So you can have two different groups of people in the same situation but it depends on their mindset how they are going to accept and build on those circumstances.

2.The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

This is a persian poet and it’s work on the 12th century. So this poet is that encourages people to enjoy the present moment and make good use of the little time available in life.
This poet shows the great importance in the world of literature and a stepping progress to spirituality.

3. The Beautiful Queen of Persia

The book of Esther is such a beautiful display of God’s faithfulness. Not only does it show His promising character, but it shows His outstanding ability to be strategic.You were learn a lot of lesson in this story like to shine your inner beauty to shine. We learn also from this story that we need to be believe in our self and I know that all of us has a hidden powers and that is we need to believe it first in ourselves.

ARABIAN LITERATURE

TheArabian Nights 

It is a collection of tale from the Islamic Golden Age (the ten thousand and one knight is a large collection of stories mostly in Persian, Arabian or in Indian.Supposedly, the legendary Scheherazade told these stories to her husband the sultan, a different tale every night for 1,001 days; therefore, the collection is sometimes called The Thousand and One Nights.

LEBANESE LITERATURET

1.TheSayings of the Brook

The brook teaches us that life is full of obstacle but we must should not slow down. We must continue ahead and keep our goal in mind,and we need to continue our goal and we also need to work hard to achieve it. If we continue our goal,we are sure achieve happiness and fulfilment

CHINESE LITERATURE

1. The Analects of Confucius
   It is an ancient Chinese book composed of a large collection of sayings and ideas attributed to the Chinese philosopher Confucius, considered as commentary. Its strongly emphasizes the importance of morality for the betterment of oneself and society in general. The book lays out several teachings for both commoners and rulers to follow in the pursuit of morality.
2. A Little Incident
   A great work of art in chinese literature. The story shares about how a simple incident changed someone’s view of life, specifically, the way he look at people who do not have the same way of living compared to him. Sharing someone experiences in life will gives a realization on how our life important as a human being even though we create a lot of mistakes.

JAPANESE LITERATURET

TheThief who became Disciple

There are bad person who became good or they changed no matter how bad a person are there’s always a ray of hope that they’d change

Mad Man on the roof

Thisstory is about a father who is concerned about his 24 yrs. old son,who climbs on the roof to watch the sunset.The father is concerned that his son is not entirely sane,and might hurt himself and embarrass the family. Don’t be ashamed of your own kind especially if it doesn’t harm other people.

KOREAN LITERATURET

TheZen Monks and the Governor

This is don’t take any of them for the truth without investigating them for yourself. The point there is not to believe blindly, which means is the way to live our best life and ultimately find peace within ourselves and with others.

THAI LITERATURET

TheThai Cat

The story tells about the faith of people to their god.They used their tradistion or Nang Maaw ceremony to pleased the queen rain for a water from sky. They choose Sii Ward as their heroine. Faith and Prayer is the most important things to do when you are down or even not the lord will give you what you ask for at the right time.

VIETNAMESE LITERATURE

1.The Betel and The Areca

Inn the spiritual life of the Vietnamese people, chewing betel is not only a habit and a custom but also an element of the traditional cultural values. Betel and areca are indispensable gifts in the engagement and wedding ceremonies as well as during conversations.It is associated with the “Legend of Betel and Areca” about the faithfulness of a wife for her husband and the love between two siblings. Betel and areca are used to start talking and help people become closer and more open with each other. 

SINGAPOREAN LITERATURET

ThePlanners

The peom based on cheng’s experience of living in a relatively small space, watching building after building rise up, the inevitable result of planning,and they never stop planning from the word plan we need to plan what we want to do.