INDIA, PAKISTAN, AND BANGLADESH.
Introduction. THE VEDIC PERIOD (C.1500-200 B.C.).
The Rig Veda (poems) (Sanskrit) (c.1200-900 B.C.). The Upanishads (poems/religious texts) (Sanskrit) (c. 9th century B.C. - 1st century A.D.). BUDDHIST TEXTS (C. 5th century B.C.- A.D. 255).
Theravada Buddhist Texts (religious texts) (Pali) (5th century B.C. - 1st century B.C.). Mahayana Buddhist Texts (religious texts) (Chinese) (before A.D. 255). CLASSICAL SANSKRIT, PRAKRIT AND TAMIL LITERATURES (c. 200 A.D. - 1100 A.D.).
Valmiki (epic poem) (Sanskrit) (c.200 B.C.). The Bhagavad-Gita (epic poem) Sanskrit (c. 1st century A.D.). Poems of Love and War (from the classical anthologies) (Tamil) (c.100 B.C. - A.D. 250). The Gatha Saptashati (700 erotic poems compiled by King Hala) (Prakrit) (c.100-300). Tales from the Panchatantra (fables) (Sanskrit) (c.200-400). Kalidasa (poem) (Sanskrit) (4th-5th centuries). Vijjika (Vidya) (poem) (Sanskrit) (c.659). Bhartrihari (poems) (Sanskrit) (7th century?). Amaru (poems) (Sanskrit) (7th century). REGIONAL BHAKTI (DEVOTIONAL) LITERATURES (C. 10TH-16TH CENTURIES).
Basavanna (poems) (Kannada) (1106-1167 or 1168). Mahadevi (poems) (Kannada) (12th century). Jayadeva (dramatic poetry) (Sanskrit) (12th century). Lalla (poems) (Kashmiri) (1320-1392). Chandidas (poems) (Bengali) (late 14th-mid-15th centuries). Kabir (poems) (Hindi) (1398-1448). Mirabai (poems) (Hindi) (1498-1573). THE MODERN PERIOD (19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES).
Ghalib (Asadullah Khan Ghalib) (poems) (Urdu) (1797-1869). Rabindranath Tagore (poems) (Bengali) (1861-1941). Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) (prose) (English) (1869-1948). Sara Chandra Chatterjee (story) (Bengali) (1876-1938). Premchand (story) (Hindi) (1880-1936). Jibanananda Das (poem) (Bangladesh) (1899-1954). R.K. Narayan (story) (English) (1906-). Faiz Ahmed Faiz (poems) (Urdu) (1910-1984). Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (story) (English) (1927-). Bharati Mukherjee (story) (English) (1942-). Salman Rushdie (novel) (English) (1947-). CHINA.
Introduction. ZHOU DYNASTY (1027-221 B.C.).
The Book of Songs (poems) (c.600 B.C.). Confucius (philosophy) (c.551-479 B.C.). Laozi (Lao Tzu) (poems/philosophy) (4th - 3rd centuries B.C.). Zhuangzi (Chuang Tsu) (philosophy) (c. 369-286 B.C.). The Songs of Chu (attributed to Qu Yuan) (poems) (332-295 B.C.?). HAN DYNASTY (206 B.C.- A.D. 220).
Liu Xijun (poem) (late 2nd century B.C.). Anonymous Folk Songs from the Music Bureau (120 B.C.) Fu Xuan (poem) (217-278). SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD (220-589).
Lu Ji (literary criticism in rhyme-prose) (261-303). Tao Qian (T'ao Ch'ien) (poems and prose) (365-427). TANG DYNASTY (618-907).
Wang Wei (poems) (701-761). Li Bai (Li Po) (poems) (701-762). Du Fu (Tu Fu) (poems) (712-770). Meng Jiao (Meng Chiao) (poems) (751-814). Han Yu (Han Yu) (poem) (768-824). Xue Tao (Hsueh T'ao) (poems) (768-831). Li Gongzuo (Li Kung-tso) (story) (770-c.848). Bo Juyi (Po Chu-i) (poems) (772-846). Liu Zongyuan (Liu Tsung-Yuan) (poem, fable, essay) (773-819). Yuan Zhen (Yuan Chen) (poems) (779-831). Sikong Tu (Ssu-k'ung T'u) (poems/literary criticism) (837-908). Yu Xuanji (Yu Hsuan-chi) (poems) (c.843-868). Li Yu (Li Yu) (poems) (936-978). SONG DYNASTY (960-1279).
Mei Yaochen (Mei Yao-ch'en) (poem) (1002-1060). Ouyang Xiu (Ou-yang Hsiu) (poem and rhyme-prose) (1007-1072). Su Dongpo (Su Tung-p'o) (poems, essay, rhyme-prose) (1036-1101). Li Qingzhao (Li Ch'ing-chao) (poems) (1084-c.1151). Poets' Jade Dust (aphorisms/literary criticism) (compiled before 1244). YUAN DYNASTY (1280-1367).
Ma Zhiyuan (Ma Chih-yuan) (poems) (c.1260-1334). Shi Naian (Shih Nai-an) and Luo Guanzhong (Lo Kuan-chung) (novel) (late 14th century). MING DYNASTY (1368-1644).
Wu Chengen (Wu Ch'eng-en) (novel) (c.1500-1582). QING DYNASTY (1644-1911). Pu Songling (Pu Song-ling) (stories) from Tales of Liaozhai (1640-1715). Yuan Mei (Yuan Mei) (poems) (1716-1798). Li Ruzhen (Li Ju-chen) (novel) (c.1763-1830). Cao Xueqin (Ts'ao Hsueh-chin)(c.1715-63) and Gao E. (c.1740-1815) (Kao E) (novel). THE MODERN ERA.
Lu Xun (Lu Hsun) (story) (1881- 1936). Mao Zedong (Mao Tes-tung) (poems) (1893-1976). Wen Yiduo (Wen I-to) (poems) (1898-1946). Lao She (story) (1899-1966). Wang Meng (story) (1934-). Chen Rong (Ch'en Jung) (story (1936-). Bei Dao (Pei Tao) (poems) (1949-). Shu Ting (Shu T'ing) (poems) (1952-). Liang Heng (1954-) and Judith Shapiro (1953-) (memoir, written in English). Yang Lian (poem) (1955-). Ha Jin (Ha Chin) (story, written in English) (1956-). Chou Ping (poem, written in English) (1957-). Tang Yaping (T'ang Ya-p'ing) (poems) (1962-). JAPAN.
Introduction. ANCIENT PERIOD (to 794).
Poems from the Mahyoshu. Empress Iwanohime (?-347). Empress Jito (645-702). Kakinomoto Hitomaro (d.708-715). The Priest Mansei (c.720). Ladi Ki (8th century). Otomo Yakamochi (718-785). Lady Kasa (mid-8th century). Lady Otomo Sakanoue (c. 695-701-c.750). HEIAN PERIOD (794-1186).
Ki no Tsurayuki (poems) (c.868-c.946). Ono no Komachi (poems) (9th century). Lady Ise (poems) (9th-10th century). from The Tales of Ise (prose/poetry) (9th-10th century). Sei Shonagon (memoir) (c.966-c.1017). Izumi Shikibu (poems) (c.974-c.1034). Murasaki Shikibu (novel, prose excerpts) (978-c.1015). Saigyo (poems) (1118-1190). KAMAKURA/NAMBOKUCHO PERIODS (1186-1392).
The Middle Counselor of the Riverbank's Stories (story) (11-12th centuries). Tales of Times Now Past (stories) (late 11th- early 12th centuries). Tale of the Heike (prose) (12th-14th centuries). Kamo No Chomei (memoir) (c.1155-1216). Fujiwara No Teika (poems) (1162-1241). Dogen (poems) (1200-1253). Zen Stories from Sand and Pebbles (and other collections) (wisdom stories) (13th century and later). Muso Soseki (poems) (1275-1351). Kenko (prose) (c.1283-1350). MUROMACHI/MOMOYAMA PERIODS (1392-1603).
Zeami Motokiyo (noh plays, prose) (1363-1443). TOKUGAWA/EDO PERIODS (1603-1868).
Ihara Saikaku (novel) (1642-93). Matsuo Basho (poems, travel diary, linked verse) (1644-1694). Matsuo Basho and His School. Chikamatsu Monzaemon (play) (1653-1725). Yosa Buson (Taniguchi Buson) (poems) (1716-1783). Ryokan (poems) (1758-1831). Issa (Kobayashi Issa) (poems) (1763-1827). MODERN PERIOD (1868-PRESENT).
Natsume Soseki (story) (1867-1916). Shiki (Masaoka Shiki) (poems) (1867-1902). Yosano Akiko (poems) (1878-1942). Tanizaki Junichiro (story) (1886-1965). Akutagawa Ryunosuke (story) (1892-1927). Kawabata Yasunari (stories) (1899-1972). Nakamoto Takako (story) (1903-1991). Sakaki Nanao (poems) (1922-). Tamura Ruichi (poems) (1923-). Abe Kobo (story) (1924-). Mishima Yukio (story) (1925-1970). Shiraishi Kazuko (poem) (1931-). Tanikawa Shuntaro (poems) (1931-). Oe Kenzaburo (story) (1935-). Murakami Haruki (novel) (1949-). 