What is French literature? We speak of French literature to refer to all literary production that is written in French and that is written by authors born in this country. However, French literature does not ignore literary works written in other languages used in France. Particularly, French literature had a great impact on the early… read more »
What is Persian literature? Persian literature is developed in the far regions of Central Asia, covering a cultural period that lasted about 2500 years, however, a large part of the pre-Islamic documents have already been lost. Referred to as such, it refers to the body of literary works or productions that developed in Old Persian… read more »
What is Roman literature? We refer to Roman literature to all literature comprising works written by authors of Roman origin in Latin, which was the natural language of this literary manifestation, although Greek was also used in its beginnings. This took place because Roman literature was born as soon as Latin was established as the… read more »
What is Greek literature? Greek literature refers to all the literary production that was written by authors born in Greece, approximately in the time range of 2000 B.C. However, this literature also includes other geographical areas that received great cultural influence from Greece, and which extends through all periods until today. It is undoubtedly one… read more »
What is Arabic literature? We refer to Arabic literature to designate a series of literary works and productions that were written in the Arabic language from the 6th century onwards, among which the Qur’an is one of the most important and representative works. Thus, this section includes all the production, both in prose and verse,… read more »
What is Japanese literature? It is considered that the emergence of Japanese literature spans about two millennia, moments in which the first literary expressions are shown and in which it is possible to register a great influence from Chinese literature. In its beginnings, Japanese was a language that did not have a defined or ungrammatical… read more »
What is Indian literature? We call Indian literature to the literary manifestation that takes place in the territory of the Republic of India. It is considered one of the most important literatures in the world, being also one of the oldest and with the greatest literary production, since it has been possible to know texts… read more »
What is Maya literature? Mayan literature refers to the set of texts written in the Mayan language, along with texts that bring together concepts and traditions of this culture in Latin America. In this way, Mayan literature refers not only to texts produced in the historical period of the colony, but also includes those that… read more »
What is Chinese literature? It differs from other literary expressions by basing much of its content on the reflection of society, which is why its themes often resort to politics. Thus, many writers will be philosophers or government officials in China. The literature developed in this region has its beginnings long before the dynastic archives,… read more »
What is Hebrew literature? Hebrew literature, which developed from the 12th century B.C., counted with the participation of both Jews and non-Jews and is known as one of the most important cultural manifestations worldwide, due to the literary production generated as well as its great diffusion in different regions, being the medieval period with the… read more »