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  2. Medieval literature - Wikipedia

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    Medieval literature is a broad subject, encompassing essentially all written works available in Europe and beyond during the Middle Ages (that is, the one thousand years from the fall of the Western Roman Empire ca. AD 500 to the beginning of the Renaissance in the 14th, 15th or 16th century, depending on country). The literature of this time ...

  3. Vietnamese poetry - Wikipedia

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    Vietnamese poetry originated in the form of folk poetry and proverbs. Vietnamese poetic structures include Lục bát, Song thất lục bát, and various styles shared with Classical Chinese poetry forms, such as are found in Tang poetry; examples include verse forms with "seven syllables each line for eight lines," "seven syllables each line for four lines" (a type of quatrain), and "five ...

  4. Vietnamese literature - Wikipedia

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    Unlike written literature, early oral literature was composed in Vietnamese and is still accessible to ordinary Vietnamese today. Vietnamese folk literature is an intermingling of many forms. It is not only an oral tradition, but a mixing of three media: hidden (only retained in the memory of folk authors), fixed (written), and shown (performed).

  5. Category:Medieval literature - Wikipedia

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    Medieval literatureliterature created during the Middle Ages, generally from the 6th century to 15th century.; Works from the 6th through 9th centuries are considered Early Medieval (Middle Ages) literature, from the 10th through 13th centuries High Middle Ages literature, and from the 14th and 15th centuries Late Middle Ages literature.

  6. History of writing in Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Historically, Vietnamese literature was written by scholars using a combination of Chinese characters and original Vietnamese characters . From 111 BC up to the 20th century, Vietnamese literature was written in Văn ngôn ( Classical Chinese ) using chữ Hán ( Chinese characters ), and then also Nôm (Chinese and original Vietnamese ...

  7. Early medieval literature - Wikipedia

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    The bulk of literature in Classical Sanskrit dates to the Early Medieval period, but in most cases cannot be dated to a specific century.. The vocalized Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible developed during the 7th to 10th centuries.

  8. Medieval poetry - Wikipedia

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    One of the features of the Renaissance which marked the end of the medieval period is the rise in the use of the vernacular or the language of the common people for literature. The compositions in these local languages were often about the legends and history of the areas in which they were written which gave the people some form of national ...

  9. Vietnamese mythology - Wikipedia

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    The mythology of the ethnic Vietnamese people (the Việt,) has been transferred through oral traditions and in writing. The story of Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ has been cited as the common creation myth of the Vietnamese people. The story details how two progenitors, the man known as the Lạc Long Quân and the woman known as the Âu Cơ ...