This is a primary activity administered to determine your baseline

knowledge and preparedness for the lesson.

Activity: Introduction to Literature

I. Direction: Answer the following questions.

1. What is literature?
a body of written works. The name has traditionally been
applied to those imaginative works of poetry and prose distinguished
by the intentions of their authors and the perceived aesthetic
excellence of their execution. Literature may be classified according to
a variety of systems, including language, national origin, historical
period, genre, and subject matter.

2. How would you describe the literature in the Philippines?

The diversity and richness of Philippine literature evolved side by side with the
country's history. This can best be appreciated in the context of the country's pre-
colonial cultural traditions and the socio-political histories of its colonial and
contemporary traditions. The average Filipino's unfamiliarity with his indigenous
literature was largely due to what has been impressed upon him: that his country
was "discovered" and, hence, Philippine "history" started only in 1521. So
successful were the efforts of colonialists to blot out the memory of the country's
largely oral past that present-day Filipino writers, artists and journalists are trying
to correct this inequity by recognizing the country's wealth of ethnic traditions and
disseminating them in schools and in the mass media. The rousings of nationalistic
pride in the 1960s and 1970s also helped bring about this change of attitude
among a new breed of Filipinos concerned about the "Filipino identity."

3. What is the significance of literature to culture in tradition?

Literature allows us to transmit the profound meanings of a determinate culture , its
stereotypes, archetypes and collective in conscience, creating the possibility of social
change through a critic that is able to act into the subliminal world of emotions.

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 II. Direction: Explain the different types of literary genre.

1. Poetry
There are three main kinds of poetry: narrative, dramatic and lyrical. It is not
always possible to make distinction between them. For example, an epic poem can
contain lyrical passages, or lyrical poem can contain narrative parts. Is the kind of
poetry which tells a story.

2. Prose
Prose is a form of written language that usually exhibits a natural flow of
speech and grammatical structure—an exception is the narrative device stream of
consciousness. The word "prose" first appears in English in the 14th century.

3. Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera,
mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.

4. Non-fiction
is any document or media content that intends, in good faith, to present only
truth and accuracy regarding information, events, or people. Nonfictional content may
be presented either objectively or subjectively.

5. Media
Media is the communication outlets or tools used to store and
deliver information or data. The term refers to components of the mass
media communications industry, such as print media, publishing, the news
media, photography, cinema, broadcasting, digital media, and advertising.

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