90 A Brief Introduction Literature Genre Periods Mythology Xia,Shang,Zhou Dynasty Prose Pre-Qin Hanfu and yuefu Han Dynasty Literary criticism Wei and Jin dynasty Classical Poems Tang Dynasty Ci(lyric) Song Dynasty Yuanqu Yuan Dynasty Novels Ming and Qing Dynasty Modern 1840-May4th1919 Revolutionary 1919-1949 Contemporary 1949-present A Brief Introduction Literature Genre Periods Classical Mythology Xia, Shang,Zhou Dynasty Prose Pre-Qin Hanfu and yuefu Han Dynasty Literary criticism Wei and Jin dynasty Poems Tang Dynasty Ci (lyric) Song Dynasty Yuanqu Yuan Dynasty Novels Ming and Qing Dynasty Modern 1840-May 4th 1919 Revolutionary 1919-1949 Contemporary 1949-present