Afro-Asian

This refers to long narrative divided into chapters. The events are taken from true-to-life stories & spans a long period of time.

• legends

• short stories

• plays

• novel

It is the stories about animals and inanimate things that speak and act like people and their purpose is to enlighten the minds of children to events that can mold their ways and attitudes.

• essay

• fables

• biography

• legends

It is derived from the Latin word which mean any printed matter written within a book, magazine or pamphlet.

• prose

• anecdote

• literature

• short story

The period of composition of the two great epics, Mahabharata and the Ramayana.

• Medieval and Modern Period

• Epic and Buddhist Age

This period has a set of hymns that formed the cornerstone of Aryan culture. Hindus considered this to be transmitted orally by priests, to be the most sacred literature.

• Classical Period

• Medieval and Modern Age

• Vedic Period

• Epic and Buddhist Age

Persian influence on literature was considerable during this period.

• Medieval and Modern Age

• Vedic Period

Its main literary language of northern India during this period was Sanskrit which means “perfect speech.”

• Epic and Buddhist Age

• Classical Period

• Vedic Period

• Medieval and Modern Age

______ is a Sanskrit poet, dramatist and greatest Indian writer of all time.

• Kalidasa

• Prem Chand

• Kamala Markandaya

• Rabindranath Tagore

__________ has a pseudonym of Dhanpat Rai Srivastava, an Indian author of numerous novels and short stories in Hindi and Urdu.

• Kamala Markandaya

• Rabindranath Tagore

• Prem Chand

• Kalidasa

This work was criticized as relying too heavily on imagery at the expense of plot and characterization, but it was praised for its poetic symbolism and use of sounds.

• Fire on the Mountain

• Cry, the Peacock