The Spanish occupied the Philippines in the early 15th century. The first Filipino alphabet is Alibata. When Spanish colonized...

Korean literature, the body of works written by Koreans, at first in Classical Chinese, later in various transcription systems...

The Land of Afri African literature, literary works of the African continent. African literature consists of a body of work in different...

Background of Indian Literature Indian literature is generally believed to be the oldest in the world. With the vast cultural...

The literature of Singapore comprises of literary works by Singaporeans in any of the country’s four main languages: English, Chinese,...

The Background of Chinese Literature Chinese Literature starts to exist in the Shang Dynasty of 1700-1050 BC. The first writing style...

Background / History of Japanese Literature The oldest Japanese Literature is divided into two aspects called Kojiki or Records of...

Body of writings in New Persian (also called Modern Persian), the form of the Persian language written since the 9th century in a...

Arabic Literature became known because of the collection of the Koran, a thee sacred book of Islam. In 17th century A.D....