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Literature
of Myanmar
Since
the Burmese language uses one-syllable consonants for the beginning and ending of
words, with a vowel in the middle, it makes the writing of poetry or satirical
puns interesting. This is due to the fact that the middle vowel can carry
four different tones which enables the meaning of a word to possibly be altered
entirely.
At
one end of the "literature" spectrum are satirical puns which are
fairly common and easily accomplished by simply changing the vowel of a
word. On the other end is classical Myanmar literature which consists of
prose with an intricate rhyme scheme and four lines with four syllables.
In
recent times, the military has severely restricted what is allowed in print
media, although some short stories are still printed in popular magazines.
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