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21st Century
Literature from
the Philippines
and the World
What is 21st
Century Literature?
• all literary works
written and
published at the
latter part of the
21st century (from
2001 onwards).
 What is Literature?
• The word literature derived from the
Latin word :
litera which means letter
litteratura means writing
litteratus means learning
 What is Literature?
• For Webster – Literature is anything
that is printed , as long as it is related to
the ideas and feelings of people,
whether it is true, or just a product of
one’s imagination.
 What is Literature?
• true literature is a piece of written works
which undying. It expresses the feelings and
emotions of people in response to his everyday
effort to live, to be happy in his environment
and, after struggles, to reach his Creator.
- Panitikang Pilipino
written by Atienza,
Salazar and Nazal
 WHY STUDY LITERATURE?
• Importance of Literature
* Studying Literature is like looking of the
mirror of life where man’s experiences,
his innermost feelings and thoughts are
reflected.
IMPORTANCE OF
LITERATURE
 IMPORTANCE OF LITERATURE

• Through literature, we learn the

culture across time and space.
 IMPORTANCE OF LITERATURE

• By studying good literature we learn

more about human problems and
difficulties.
• Universality of such problems and ways
to overcome.
• Make ourselves better human being.
 IMPORTANCE OF LITERATURE

• Promote humanity and compassion.

• International understanding and
world peace.
• We understand not only the past life
of a nation but also its present.
 IMPORTANCE OF LITERATURE

• Moreover, we become familiar not

only with the culture of neighboring
countries but also with that of others
living very far from us.
 WHY WE NEED TO
STUDY LITERATURE?
 WHY WE NEED TO STUDY
LITERATURE?
1. We study Philippine Literature so that
we can better appreciate our literary
heritage. We cannot appreciate
something that we cannot understand.
 WHY WE NEED TO STUDY
LITERATURE?
2. Through the study of literature, we
can trace the rich heritage of ideas
handed down to us, by forefathers, then
we can understand ourselves better and
take pride in being a Filipino.
 WHY WE NEED TO STUDY
LITERATURE?
3. Like any other races in the world, we need
to understand that we have a great and noble
tradition which can serve as the means to
assimilate other cultures. Through such a
study, we will realize our literary limitations
conditioned by certain historical factors and
we take steps to overcome them.
 WHY WE NEED TO STUDY
LITERATURE?
4. Above all, as Filipinos, who truly love
and take pride in our own culture, we
have to manifest our deep concern for
our literature and this we can do by
studying the literature of our country.
Bakit Dapat Pag-aralan
ang Panitikang Pilipino?
1. Upang makilala ang kalinangang Pilipino, ---------------------------
malaman ang ating minanang yaman ng ---------------------------
kaisipan at taglay na katalinuhan ng lahing ---------------------------
ating pinagmulan. ---------------------------
2. Upang matalos natin na tayo ay may ------------------
marangal at dakilang tradisyon na nagsilbing
patnubay sa mga imluwensya ng ibang mga
kabihasnang nanggagalin
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