Culture & Arts
Literature
Learn the major authors and works of Japanese and world literature, and how literary history unfolds.
Knowing something about an author and the circumstances of a book widens the pleasure of reading it. Get a feel for how literary history moves and your reading gains depth.
Take the literature quizThe pleasure of knowing literature
Literature sets down how people of a period felt and what their society looked like. Knowing the major works of Japanese and world literature reveals the conditions that produced them and the connections between their authors. Having a sense of the plots and styles also gives you something to go on when choosing what to read next.
What you will learn here
In multiple-choice form, you will learn the major authors and works and the shape of literary history. It gives you a grounding in the classics that opens up both reading and conversation, and it helps with schoolwork, general knowledge and exam preparation.
How to approach it
Start with books you have read or authors whose names you know. Learning the author, the work and the period together makes them stick. Take it as a light quiz and build up what you know a little at a time.
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