21st Century Literature from
the Philippines and the World
This course aims to engage students in
appreciation and critical study of 21st Century
Literature from the Philippines and the World
encompassing their various dimensions, genres,
elements, structures, contexts, and traditions.
Study and appreciation of the literature of the
region where the school is located in relation to the
literature of the other regions of the country.
Grading System
Written Works -------------- 25%
Performance Task --------- 50%
Quarterly Assessment --- 25%
100%
What is literature?
Literature ( from the Latin
littera meaning ‘letters’ ) is the
written work of a specific
culture, sub-culture, religion,
philosophy or the study of such
written work which may appear
in poetry or prose.
Literature can be defined in several ways :
 Written work with artistic value: written
works, examples are fiction, poetry, drama
that are recognized as having important or
permanent value.
 Body of written works: body of written
works of culture, language, people, or period of
time. Example is Philippine Literature
 Writings on subject: the body of published
work concerned with a particular subject,
example: scientific literature
 body of music: the body of musical
compositions
for
a
particular
instrument or groups of instruments
example: literature for piano
 printed
information:
printed
matter such as brochures or flyers
that give information, example: the
company’s promotional literature
 production of literary works: the
creation of literary works.
Universal Characteristics of
Literature
TIMELESSNESS
Literature
knows
no
expiration and has no
immortality and capability
to cross time bounderies.
ETERNITY
pertains to the moral
values of the literary
masterpieces towards its
audience.
UNIVERSALITY
This literature characteristics
pertains to the global
applicability in which a work
transcends across culture,
gender, religion, age and time
and generation.
PERMANENCE
Literature is a permanent
expression in words of
some thoughts or feelings
or idea about life and the
world.
Significance of studying literature
•Understanding social milieu
•Understanding culture
•Understanding human nature and
behavior
•Develop historical sense
•By studying good literature, we learn more
about human problems and difficulties
Universality of such problems and ways to
overcome them
Make ourselves better human beings
Humanity and compassion
International understanding and world peace
Pause and Reflect
Direction : Answer the following questions
briefly.
1. What motivates you to read ? What types of
stories you love to read ?
2. Where do you feel comfortable to read ? When
and How often you read ?
3. Between printed books and electronic books,
which do you prefer to read and why?
ACTIVITY 1 List problems or issues that
Filipinos of today face or experience and
categorize them as indicated in the chart. With a
partner, discuss these issues and then prepare to
share your conclusions with the class. Issues
presented in your chart are usually the same
issues presented in pieces of literary works. As
the discussion on literature continues, you will
encounter some of these issues and these may be
present in some or all of the periods in our
Philippine Literature history.