Home›East and Southeast Asian Literature›GenreBrowse ByGenreGenre groups authors by the kind of writing they became known for. Wikipedia notes Jane Austen's six novels "implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry," work that placed her squarely within social and domestic fiction rather than adventure or verse. This dimension gathers authors who worked mainly in the same genre.FactsGenreSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1050 BCE 1Primary Language or TraditionWell-attestedEast and Southeast Asian 1GenreFilter Results21 entriesOriginal LanguageAllClassical Chinese (3)English (7)German (3)Japanese (11)Korean (3)Mandarin Chinese (3)Romanian (3)Sinitic (7)Spanish (1)Tagalog (2)Vietnamese (2)NationalityAllChina (10)Japan (12)Joseon (2)Malaysia (1)Netherlands (2)Philippines (3)South Korea (2)Vietnam (2)Active EraAll-145 to -86 (2)-340 to -278 (1)1241 to 1320 (1)1283 to 1350 (1)1296 to 1372 (1)1500 to 1582 (2)1506 to 1544 (1)1550 to 1616 (1)1560 to 1637 (1)1569 to 1618 (2)1574 to 1646 (2)1637 to 1692 (1)1642 to 1693 (1)1644 to 1694 (1)1653 to 1725 (2)1695 to 1751 (1)1701 to 1754 (1)1710 to 1765 (2)1766 to 1820 (1)1788 to 1862 (2)1861 to 1896 (1)1863 to 1913 (1)1867 to 1916 (1)1881 to 1936 (3)1886 to 1965 (2)1892 to 1927 (1)1892 to 1962 (1)1896 to 1981 (1)1899 to 1972 (1)1904 to 1975 (1)1904 to 1986 (1)1904 to 2005 (1)1910 to 1967 (2)1925 to 1970 (3)1935 to 2023 (1)1958 to 2026 (2)701 to 762 (1)779 to 831 (1)966 to 1025 (1)973 to 1014 (1)978 to 1014 (1)MovementAllMisty Poetry (1)New Culture Movement (3)New Yuefu movement (1)Realism (1)Influenced ByAllBoris Pasternak (1)Federico García Lorca (1)Jean-Paul Sartre (1)Qu Yuan (1)William Faulkner (1)Defining TraitAllForm and Technique (6)Mood and Effect (1)Performance Tradition (3)Purpose and Message (1)Setting and World (3)Subject Matter (6)Origin YearAll1600 (1)1800 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBiographyGenre1 entryBunrakuGenre1 entryChronicleGenre1 entryCrime FictionGenre2 entriesDetective FictionGenre1 entryDramaGenre6 entriesEpicGenre1 entryFantasyGenre2 entriesFeminist LiteratureGenre1 entryHistorical DramaGenre1 entryHistorical MysteryGenre1 entryKabukiGenre1 entryLyric PoetryGenre1 entryMystery FictionGenre1 entryNonfiction ProseGenre5 entriesThe NovelGenre31 entriesPoetryGenre14 entriesScience FictionGenre1 entryShort FictionGenre6 entriesUniversal HistoryGenre1 entryZuihitsuGenre1 entrySources1. Book of Documents (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaBook of Documents, modern-script chapters dating sentenceQuote, Book of Documents, modern-script chapters dating sentenceSome of its modern-script chapters are among the earliest examples of Chinese prose, recording speeches from the early years of the Zhou dynasty in the late 11th century BC.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.