SURVEY OF PHILIPPINE LITERATURE IN

ENGLISH
City of Malabon University

PHILIPPINE
PRESETED BY:
JAMIE
AUSTRIA

LITERATURE THE
HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND
WELCO-
ME TO
DEFINITION OF LITERATURE
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LITERATURE VS. HISTORY

TODAY'S 3 WHY WE NEED TO STUDY LITERATURE

CLASS!
TODAY'S
AGENDA
 LITERATURE
DEFINITION OF
Literature broadly is any collection of
written work, but it is also used more
narrowly for writings specifically
considered to be an art form, especially
prose fiction, drama, and poetry.
 PHILIPPINE
BACKGROUND OF LITERATURE
Philippine literature had evolved much before
colonization. It is full of legends and tales of
colonial legacy. Mexican and Spanish dominance
over the land and the people, over varying
periods of time, witnessed the incorporation of
English, Spanish, Filipino and native languages, to
express ideology and opinion.
 American Rule
1898-1946
MAIN
PERIODS
OF
PHILIPPINE Spanish Rule Japanese Rule
LITERATURE 1521-1896
1941-1946
HISTORY HISTORY It is an umbrella term that relates to past events as well
as the memory, discovery, collection, organization,

VS. presentation, and interpretation of information about

these events.

LITERATURE
LITERATURE It is a group of works of art made up of words. Any printed
matter written within a book, a magazine or a pamphlet.
HISTORY History intends to record events as accurately as
possible, while literature interprets historical or everyday

VS. events in an imaginative way.

LITERATURE
Literature and history are closely interrelated.
WHY WE NEED TO STUDY
LITERATURE?
* Because it portrays as a living language.
Introduces real life situations within the
* experiential background of the youth to the
featured literacy pieces.

We could trace the rich heritage of ideas

* handed down to us from our forefathers.