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==The Age of Exploration== | ==The Age of Exploration== | ||
While Chlouvānem people from the North were having contacts with the Skyrdagor, those in the South, and especially countries from the southern jungles (above all, the merchant republics of Lūlunimarta and Hālyanēṃṣah) had been developing larger oceangoing ships, which enabled them (sometimes accidentally) to chart new lands. In 5767 an expedition led by Hālyanēṃṣi navigator Dēlenitī Chlærmitūvāvi ''Dēlendarhām'' was the first to reach Fárásen (''Kūdrivas'' in Chl.) and in 5798 another expedition, this time led by Takajñanti navigator Dalaigani Håniyāvi ''Hālyehulca'', working for the Lūlunimarti Republic, was the first to reach | While Chlouvānem people from the North were having contacts with the Skyrdagor, those in the South, and especially countries from the southern jungles (above all, the merchant republics of Lūlunimarta and Hālyanēṃṣah) had been developing larger oceangoing ships, which enabled them (sometimes accidentally) to chart new lands. In 5767 an expedition led by Hālyanēṃṣi navigator Dēlenitī Chlærmitūvāvi ''Dēlendarhām'' was the first to reach Fárásen (''Kūdrivas'' in Chl.) and in 5798 another expedition, this time led by Takajñanti navigator Dalaigani Håniyāvi ''Hālyehulca'', working for the Lūlunimarti Republic, was the first to reach Ovítioná (''Pašīrgamis''). Just a few dozenal decades later, in the East, the realm of Ehaliħombu financed various expeditions further east of the islands of Queáten (which had already been known for a few centuries), reaching the southeastern coast of Púríton (''Dhorāluka'') in the year 5831. | ||
The Age of Exploration was a radical milestone in Chlouvānem history; while cultural exchange wasn't particularly large because of the technological superiority of the Chlouvānem compared to natives of those territories (the exchange of crops was the most significant part of all of this), the knowledge of the existence of other territories aside from the Márusúturon-Védren-Evandor landmass was a huge change of perspective and, naturally, literary works of the time reflect all of this. | The Age of Exploration was a radical milestone in Chlouvānem history; while cultural exchange wasn't particularly large because of the technological superiority of the Chlouvānem compared to natives of those territories (the exchange of crops was the most significant part of all of this), the knowledge of the existence of other territories aside from the Márusúturon-Védren-Evandor landmass was a huge change of perspective and, naturally, literary works of the time reflect all of this. | ||
Poems and theatrical works were still the main structures followed, but the themes had more to do with a quest for the unknown and pushing oneself – physically and metaphorically – across the known boundaries. Many poems also had a characteristical glorifications of the scientific advancements of Chlouvānem society that had rendered all of this possible, even leaving aside the theme of religious conversion that had been so popular in the preceding centuries. Structurally, many poems use less poetry and more prose than they did previously, but poetry was still dominant nonetheless.<br/>Most notable works are semi-fictional, taking the real historical chronicles of explorers' expeditions but presented in a dramatic way, often with a large degree of fantasy, especially for the newly discovered continents. Important works include the ''Kūdrivulijas'' (the Song of Fárásen), the ''Dūryañaryālijas'' (the Distant Mountain Song), the state-glorifying ''Lūlunimarti lijas'' (the Song of Lūlunimarta), and especially what is considered to be one of the finest examples of post-Golden Age poetry, the ''Hardānanehas'' (the Tale of Hardāna; Hardāna being a Chlouvānem settlement in northwestern | Poems and theatrical works were still the main structures followed, but the themes had more to do with a quest for the unknown and pushing oneself – physically and metaphorically – across the known boundaries. Many poems also had a characteristical glorifications of the scientific advancements of Chlouvānem society that had rendered all of this possible, even leaving aside the theme of religious conversion that had been so popular in the preceding centuries. Structurally, many poems use less poetry and more prose than they did previously, but poetry was still dominant nonetheless.<br/>Most notable works are semi-fictional, taking the real historical chronicles of explorers' expeditions but presented in a dramatic way, often with a large degree of fantasy, especially for the newly discovered continents. Important works include the ''Kūdrivulijas'' (the Song of Fárásen), the ''Dūryañaryālijas'' (the Distant Mountain Song), the state-glorifying ''Lūlunimarti lijas'' (the Song of Lūlunimarta), and especially what is considered to be one of the finest examples of post-Golden Age poetry, the ''Hardānanehas'' (the Tale of Hardāna; Hardāna being a Chlouvānem settlement in northwestern Ovítioná), whose overall theme and focus on a particular character with all of its non-superhuman, non-strictly religious perfection, has led to it being considered the ancestor of the Chlouvānem novel. | ||
===Yūraħāṇi poetry=== | ===Yūraħāṇi poetry=== | ||