Tragedy: It first appeared in peacetime.
Mystery: the Middle Ages.
Gigi: Modern times.
Corresponding literary schools:
The sorrow of things: stories and songs.
You Xuan: Harmony, Enjoyment and Love of Songs.
Material sorrow: it is the temperament that people can produce a series of real feelings when they contact with external things. It is a kind of world outlook similar to "people in temperament".
Compared with western literature, East Asian literature is really in an awkward position in today's colleges and universities.
World literature is rich and colorful. It is not good for you not to mention East Asian literature. After all, the world is not equal to the west. But it is true that East Asian literature is not so valued, so everyone will say something tacitly. This is an introduction.
If you choose one of the most representative East Asian literature, I'm afraid it's Japanese literature.
In the small Pacific island countries, a large number of literary masters have emerged, such as Kenzaburo Oe, Yasunari Kawabata, Junichiro Tanizaki, etc ... among them, there are many Nobel Prize winners.
Curious, what kind of charm does Japanese literature have?
Generally speaking, the most outstanding contribution of Japanese literature is in the aesthetic dimension.
Japanese literature is pure literature, without adulteration, just for the sake of beauty. Beauty is the primary and ultimate goal of the combination of Chinese characters and pseudonyms.
Detailed description:
Taking the Tale of Genji as an example, Borges said in his comments: Cervantes is limited to separating day and night, while Murasaki shikibu can stand at the window and watch The Stars Behind Snowflakes (Volume 10, Bridge of Dreams); She mentioned a long wet bridge and said it "looked so deep" in the fog.
Write about a woman standing behind a curtain and seeing a man coming. "Although she knew he couldn't see her, she unconsciously combed her hair."