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You Too Can Haiku

Understanding Asian Literature and Other Cultures Bogozan. You Too Can Haiku. Common Themes/ Motifs in Asian literature. Love of nature War/ warrior codes Quest for knowledge Good vs. Evil (yin and yang) Reverence for the spirit world Focus on dichotomies

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You Too Can Haiku

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  1. Understanding Asian Literature and Other Cultures Bogozan You Too Can Haiku

  2. Common Themes/ Motifs in Asian literature • Love of nature • War/ warrior codes • Quest for knowledge • Good vs. Evil (yin and yang) • Reverence for the spirit world • Focus on dichotomies (sun/moon, day/night, man/woman, etc.) • Honor • Respect for family • Quest for self-knowledge • Harmony and balance

  3. Asian Color Symbolism Western Color Symbolism • Red: Happiness, marriage, prosperity • Pink: Marriage • Yellow: Against evil, for the dead, blessings • Green: Eternity, family, harmony, health, peace, posterity • Blue: Self-cultivation, wealth • Purple: Wealth • White: Children, marriage,mourning, peace, purity • Gold: Strength, wealth • Gray: Helpful people, travel • Black: evil influences, knowledge, mourning, penance, self-cultivation • Purple and gold are often associated with Royalty, wealth and opulence • Red: blood, love, revenge • Green: ecology/environment, “go ahead” OR greed, jealousy   • Grey = Stability,Trustworthiness, Conservatism • Yellow, Brown, Orange, Green = Nature, earthiness, warmth • Blues and Aquas = water and coolness • Primary colors (Red, Blue, Yellow) = Convey fun, youth

  4. Some religions that are found in Asia are: Religion A. Buddhism E. Shintoism F. Islam B. Hinduism G. Christianity C. Confucianism D. Taoism

  5. Many Asian cultures venerate and even worship ancestors. This belief has been incorporated into Asian religions and belief systems. Respect for Ancestors

  6. The samurai were the warrior class. At the top was the shogun. Beneath him were the daimyo, local lords who controlled large amounts of land. In addition, samurai in the large cities such as Edo might fulfill a variety of functions--as officials in the Shogun's government or as policemen. Of the approximately 30 million Japanese during the Tokugawa period, about 2 million were samurai. Samurai

  7. Illustrates influence of Chinese culture on Pound’s writing • Feelings evoked from arranged marriages • Some Chinese believe leaving important matter of choosing a mate to a young person is unwise and reckless • Love, they feel, comes after marriage not before The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter

  8. a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world. What is Haiku?

  9. Furuikeya kawazutobikomu mizu no oto Breaking the Silence A frog jumped into water- A deep resonance Example

  10. More Examples of Haiku I walk across sand And find myself blistering In the hot, hot heat It’s cold—and I wait For someone to shelter me And take me from here.

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