South Asian literature
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South Asian literature is the diverse body of written and oral works produced in the languages of the Indian subcontinent, encompassing rich traditions of poetry, prose, and drama shaped by centuries of cultural, religious, and historical exchange.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| South Asian literature canonical | 2 |
Statements (108)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural heritage
ⓘ
literary tradition ⓘ regional literature ⓘ |
| countryContext |
Afghanistan
ⓘ
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
Bhutan ⓘ India ⓘ Maldives ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
critique of social hierarchy
ⓘ
expression of national identity ⓘ preservation of religious traditions ⓘ representation of colonial experience ⓘ representation of postcolonial society ⓘ transmission of moral values ⓘ |
| hasForm |
classical drama
ⓘ
court poetry ⓘ devotional poetry ⓘ drama ⓘ epic ⓘ folktale ⓘ lyric poetry ⓘ modern drama ⓘ novel ⓘ oral literature ⓘ poetry ⓘ prose ⓘ religious literature ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
diaspora literature
ⓘ
epic poetry ⓘ historical novel ⓘ magic realism ⓘ partition literature ⓘ postcolonial fiction ⓘ social realism ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Assamese
ⓘ
Bengali ⓘ English ⓘ Gujarati ⓘ Hindi ⓘ Kannada ⓘ Kashmiri ⓘ Malayalam ⓘ Marathi language ⓘ
surface form:
Marathi
Nepali ⓘ Odia ⓘ Pali ⓘ Pashto language ⓘ
surface form:
Pashto
Persian ⓘ Prakrit ⓘ Punjabi ⓘ Sanskrit ⓘ Sinhala ⓘ Tamil ⓘ Telugu ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| hasMedium |
digital text
ⓘ
manuscript ⓘ oral performance ⓘ print ⓘ |
| includesRegion |
South Asia
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
|
| influencedBy |
Bhakti movement
ⓘ
Buddhism ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ Jainism ⓘ Sikhism ⓘ Sufi traditions ⓘ colonialism ⓘ folk religions ⓘ postcolonialism ⓘ |
| notableAuthor |
Allama Muhammad Iqbal
ⓘ
surface form:
Allama Iqbal
Amitav Ghosh ⓘ Anita Desai ⓘ Arundhati Roy ⓘ Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay ⓘ
surface form:
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Faiz Ahmed Faiz ⓘ Kamala Das ⓘ Mahasweta Devi ⓘ Michael Madhusudan Dutt ⓘ Mir Taqi Mir ⓘ Mulk Raj Anand ⓘ Premchand ⓘ Qurratulain Hyder ⓘ R. K. Narayan ⓘ Rabindranath Tagore ⓘ Saadat Hasan Manto ⓘ Salman Rushdie ⓘ Subramania Bharati ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Gitanjali
ⓘ
The God of Small Things ⓘ
surface form:
God of Small Things
Mahabharata ⓘ Midnight's Children ⓘ Ramayana ⓘ Rigveda ⓘ Cilappatikāram ⓘ
surface form:
Silappatikaram
Tirukkural ⓘ Upanishads ⓘ |
| region | South Asia ⓘ |
| timeDepth |
ancient
ⓘ
contemporary ⓘ early modern ⓘ medieval ⓘ modern ⓘ |
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