Kannada literature
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Kannada literature is the body of writing in the Kannada language, encompassing a rich tradition of poetry, prose, and drama from ancient to modern times in the Indian state of Karnataka.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kannada literature canonical | 19 |
| Jain Kannada literature | 1 |
| Middle Kannada literature | 1 |
| Navodaya movement in Kannada literature | 1 |
| Old Kannada literature | 1 |
Statements (90)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
South Asian literature
ⓘ
literature ⓘ regional literature of India ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Dravidian culture
ⓘ
Lingayatism ⓘ
surface form:
Lingayat movement
Vaishnava bhakti movement ⓘ |
| earliestEvidenceCentury | 9th century ⓘ |
| hasAward |
Jnanpith Award recipients in Kannada
ⓘ
Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada ⓘ |
| hasClassicalStatus | recognized as classical language literature by Government of India ⓘ |
| hasEvent | Kannada Sahitya Sammelana ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
Vachanas
ⓘ
surface form:
Vachana literature
bandaya literature ⓘ bhakti literature ⓘ children's literature ⓘ court poetry ⓘ dalit literature ⓘ drama ⓘ epic poetry ⓘ essay ⓘ folk literature ⓘ modernist literature ⓘ navodaya movement literature ⓘ navya movement literature ⓘ navya-navyottara literature ⓘ novel ⓘ poetry ⓘ prose ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| hasInstitution | Kannada Sahitya Parishat ⓘ |
| hasModernTheme |
caste and social justice
ⓘ
environment and ecology ⓘ existentialism ⓘ gender and feminism ⓘ rural life ⓘ social realism ⓘ urbanization ⓘ |
| hasNotableAuthor |
Akka Mahadevi
ⓘ
Allama Prabhu ⓘ Anita Nair (Kannada works and translations) ⓘ Basavanna ⓘ Bendre ⓘ Devanur Mahadeva ⓘ Girish Karnad ⓘ Harihara ⓘ Jayant Kaikini ⓘ K. S. Nissar Ahmed ⓘ Kumara Vyasa ⓘ Kuvempu ⓘ Masti Venkatesha Iyengar ⓘ Pampa ⓘ Ponna ⓘ Poornachandra Tejaswi ⓘ Raghavanka ⓘ Ranna ⓘ S. L. Bhyrappa ⓘ Sarvajna ⓘ Shivarama Karanth ⓘ U. R. Ananthamurthy ⓘ Vaidehi ⓘ |
| hasNotableWork |
Adi Purana
ⓘ
Kavirajamarga ⓘ Kavirajamarga of Nripatunga ⓘ Mricchakatika (Kannada adaptations) ⓘ Pampa Bharata ⓘ Pampa Ramayana ⓘ Sri Ramayana Darshanam ⓘ Vachanas ⓘ
surface form:
Vachanas of Akka Mahadevi
Vachanas ⓘ
surface form:
Vachanas of Allama Prabhu
Vachanas ⓘ
surface form:
Vachanas of Basavanna
Vikramarjuna Vijaya ⓘ |
| hasPeriod |
Kannada literature
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Kannada literature
Modern Kannada literature ⓘ Old Kannada literature ⓘ |
| hasScriptEvolution | from Kadamba script to modern Kannada script ⓘ |
| hasTranslationActivity |
extensive translations from English
ⓘ
extensive translations from Sanskrit ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hindu bhakti traditions
ⓘ
Jain philosophy ⓘ Prakrit literature ⓘ Sanskrit literature ⓘ Tamil literature ⓘ Veerashaiva philosophy ⓘ modernist European literature ⓘ |
| language | Kannada ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Karnataka ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Sahitya Akademi ⓘ |
| timeDepth | over one thousand years ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Kannada script ⓘ |
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Old Kannada literature
this entity surface form:
Navodaya movement in Kannada literature
this entity surface form:
Middle Kannada literature
this entity surface form:
Jain Kannada literature
subject surface form:
Satyashraya