Time frame: mainly 20th century; Location: China and India, with some interests in Korea and Japan; Tradition: Protestantism, with an emphasis on Anglicanism. *** I have recently drafted a paper comparing the historical development of Christianity in China and India. And I am also working on...
It delves into themes of friendship, culture clash, and the quest for understanding across cultural divides. Who should read A Passage to India? History enthusiasts Fans of British literature Cultural studies scholars Read the book summary Buy on Amazon 23 Midnight's Children Salman Rushdie ...
The arts were cultivated in South Asia not only as a noble pastime but also in a spirit of dedication, as an offering to a god. Passages in literature refer to princes studying works of art for possible defects. One inscription that mentions the name of the sūtra-dhāra (“architect”) ...
Beginning in Tang Dynasty (618~907), new music from Central Asia began entering China and soon became all the rage at the cosmopolitan Tang court and in Tang urban culture. From the lyrics set to this so-called banquet music (言乐,yanyue), there arose a new poetic genre, theci(词), ...
Central Asian literatures, the poetry and prose writings produced in a variety of languages in Central Asia, roughly defined as the region bounded to the east by the Tarim Basin in China, to the west by the Caspian Sea, and to the south by the Amu Darya
Such an approach is critical to the field, for the development of more informed and broader perspectives, and of more overarching theoretical conceptions. SAHC brings together established areas of study (eg. nationalism, communalism, gender, language and literature) and more recent frameworks (e.g....
spirituals, the detective story, the thriller, and science fiction Explores the plural character of American literature, including the contributions made by African American, Native American, Hispanic and Asian American writers Considers how our understanding of American literature has changed over the pas...
The 100 Greatest Southeast Asian History and Politics Books list has a focus on politics and imperialism in the region.
Literacy therefore became attainable for people not educated in the Chinese classics, and many masterpieces of classical Japanese literature, including the Tale of Genji, were written in those scripts. The writing system rōmaji ("Roman characters") is used to transcribe Japanese into the Roman ...
During the same time, China witnessed unprecedented progress in agriculture, science, and technology and reached the golden age of Chinese philosophy and literature. Confucius (551-479 B.C.), founder of Confucianism; Laozi (sixth century), the founder of Daoism; the egalitarian Mozi (480-420 B...