21 CENTURY

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LITERATURE FROM
THE PHILIPPINES AND
THE WORLD
MARICON F. RAFUL
Subject Teacher
 CLASS RULES
Leave a positive impression.
Embrace changes and challenges,
Arm yourself with the right attitude.
Regret nothing.
Never settle for mediocrity.
INTRODUCTION TO
PHILIPPINE
LITERATURE
 LITERATURE
LITERA- is a Latin Webster defines literature as
word which literally anything that is printed, as long
as it is related to the ideas and
means an feelings of people, whether it is
“acquaintance with true or just a product of one’s
letters.” imagination.
A product of a particular The best way to
culture that concretizes understand human Is a faithful
man’s array of values, nature fully and to production of
emotions, actions, and know a nation It
life, in a sense
ideas. It is therefore a
creation of human
completely is to
is a product and illuminates
study literature
experiences that tells
about people of their
(Garcia, et al, 1993 a commentary life
world.
cited in Gutierrez- of life process.
Ang 2012)
WHY READ LITERATURE?

For information For amusement For higher and For cultural For discovery of
keener pleasure upliftment broader
dimensions in life
 - a product, a reflection of, and a
reaction to the period, place, and
WHAT IS people who produced it. (Balabar, et
al 1989)
PHILIPPINE
LITERATUR - a body of works, both oral and written, that
E? Filipinos whether native, naturalized, or
foreign-born, have created about the
experience of people living in or relating to
Philippine society. (Gutierrez- Ang, 2012)
 WHY STUDY PHILIPPINE
LITERATURE?
To appreciate literary heritage.

To realize our literary limitations conditioned by certain historical

factors so we can take steps to overcome them.

To understand that we have a great and noble tradition that can

serve as means to assimilate other cultures.

To show that filipinos manifest deep concern for their

own literature.
 LITERARY STANDARD:

UNIVERSALIT INTELLECTUA
Y ARTISTRY L VALUE
PERMANENCE

SPIRITUAL SUGGESTIVENES
STYLE VALUE S
 UNIVERSALITY

Forever relevant, it appeals to

Great literature is one and all, anytime, anywhere,
because it deals with elemental
timeless and timely. feelings, fundamental truths,
and universal.
 ARTISTRY
◦This is the quality
that appeals to our
sense of beauty.
 INTELLECTUA
L VALUE
◦ A literary work stimulates
thought. It enriches our mental
life by making us realize
fundamental truths about life
and human nature.
 A great work of literature
endures.

PERMANENC It can be read again and again as each

reading gives fresh delight and new

E insights and opens a new world of

meaning and experience.

Its appeal is lasting.

 STYLE
◦ This is the peculiar way
in which writers see life,
forms his ideas, and
express them.
 Literature elevates the spirit

SPIRITU by bringing out moral values

which makes a better person.

AL
VALUE The capacity to inspire
is part of the spiritual
value of literature.
 This is associated with the emotional

SUGGESTIVENES power of literature.

S

Great literature moves us deeply and stirs our

feeling and imagination, giving and evoking
visions above and beyond the plane of ordinary
life and experience.
MABBALO!