21st Century

Literature First
Quarter, Module 1

LESSON 1-Close Analysis and Critical Interpretation of Literary

Texts

PRE-TEST
1.C
2.B
3.B
4.A
5.C

ACTIVITY
Recall the timeline of Philippine history. Reflect on some events and information
from different periods of time as shown by the chart below.

 Poetry – Proverb, Whisper, Folk Songs, Tanaga, &

Epic
PRE COLONIAL  Tale - Myth, Legend, Fable, Fantastic Story
 Drama – Dance & Rituals
 System of Writing - Baybayin/Alibata
 Religious Literature – Pasyon, Sinakulo
 Secular Literature – Awit, Korido, Prose Narratives,
SPANISH &
COLONIAL Balagtasan, Play
 1 Published Cathecism Books
st

 Tagalog/Visayan & other Vernacular Dictionary

  News Reporting started to flourish
 English used as medium in writing poetry, stories,
novels, & plays
 Three Periods under American colonization
AMERIC
where Literature developed:
AN -Re-Orientation (English literary works were
COLONI introduced)
AL -Imitation (trying to write as English writers do)
-Self-Discovery (Filipino writers started writing their
masterpieces in English)
 During this period Filipino writers in different fields
of literature mushroomed and created their own
masterpieces, emulating themes and methods of
American writers.
 Writers kept up with the artistic trends of the US
 Birth of the New Criticisms
UNDER  Masterpieces were written through close analysis of
THE text rather than through social or biographical
REPUBLI contexts
C  Literary works focused on a personal level, societal
injustices
and plight of Filipino people,
 Writers continue to write poetry, short stories,
CONTEMPORAR novels and essays which are socially-committed, and
Y gender/ethnic- related
 Massive consciousness with the proliferation of
writers workshops local & abroad
 Bulk of literature is available via mass media &
internet
CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING
1.B
2.C
3.B
4.C
5.A

LESSON 2-Literary Genres in the 21st

Pre-Test:
1. B
2. C
3. B
4.C
5. C

ACTIVITY

Getting to Know Literature

Complete the K-W-L Chart by writing what you know, what you want to know
& what you learned about literature.

What You KNOW What You Want What You

to KNOW LEARNED

I know more about the I want to know the I learned that studying
literature of our country like literature of other country the literature makes our
the poems and story hearts more into our
own history
Check your Understanding
1. C
2. A
3. B
4. A
5.B

LESSON 3 – Critical Reading Strategies To Enrich

Reader’s Understanding

Pre Test:
1. A
2. C
3. C
4. A
5. B

ACTIVITY
Below is an excerpt from the letter of Andres Bonifacio to his wife, Oryang
(Gregoria De Jesus).

Activity: An excerpt Mali Ka! 1. Hindi kita nakasa;lubong

1. Hindi kita nakasalubong

2. Ako ay liliko sa kanan, ikaw sa kaliwa
3. Saan man tayo dalhin ng ating pakikibaka
4.Ihaharap sa pulang bandila
4. sad and inlove
5.Yes. language is used to create images.
CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING
“We are shallow because our media are so horribly shallow. Every morning, I peruse
the papers and there is so little to read in them. It is the same with radio — all that
noise, that artifice.”
- Base on my own understanding about what to F. Sionil Jose said ,we are
shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter
of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only the material
goods of this earth can satisfy us and we must therefore grab as much as can
while we are able.

LESSON 4 - Adaptation of a Literary Text Into Creative

Forms Using Multimedia

ACTIVITY
In this lesson, as your basis on how an adaptation was created, you may watch a
sample video adaptation of the poem “Ang Uod”, a literary piece written by one
of the country’s known and critically acclaimed writer, Amado V. Hernandez You
may see how the video was made and presented by its maker.

-The flow of presentation was amazing ,they emphasizes the worm and
gives a deep meaning and also the graphic presentation is clearly and
can they gives it a full of message I like the graphic their video
presentation the editing skill is really great.