Introduction to

World Literature
Lesson 7:
 Motivation:
Direction: Read and understand the quotes. Share your perception
to the class.

"A room without books is like a

body without a soul."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
 Motivation:
Direction: Read and understand the quotes. Share your perception
to the class.

The world is a book, and those who

do not travel read only one page."
- Augustine of Hippo
 Group Activity: Literary
Time Travel

Instruction:
1. Choose a literary period.
2. Research the key information (characteristics, notable
authors, important works).
3. Include visuals and examples from literature to illustrate the
characteristics of that period.
 Group Activity: Literary
Time Travel
4. Present it using a PowerPoint presentation (Min. of 5 slides
and Max. of 8 slides).
5. Prepare 5-item questions for the quiz.

(Note: Leaders will send me the questions with answer keys

about their presentation for encoding on Google Form).
 Literature
-is a body of work that can be written, oral, or visual,
containing imaginative language that realistically
portrays thought, emotions, and experiences of the
human condition.
 Importance of
Literature
Why study literature?

Reading and studying Literature in very important for various

reasons as outlined by (Shimmer Chinodya, 1992:36).
1. Literature improves your command of language
2. It teaches you about the life, cultures and experiences of
people in other parts of the world.
3. It gives you information about other parts of the world which
you may never be able to visit in your lifetime.
4. It entertains you and provides useful occupation in your free
time.
 Importance of
Literature
5. It makes you a wiser and more experienced person by forcing
you to judge, sympathize with, or criticize the characters you
read about.
6. It gives information which may be useful in other subjects, for
example, in Geography, Science, History, Social Studies, and so on.

WORLD LITERATURE

• Is considered in global context.

• It suggests to the sum of total world’s national literature and
also the circulation of work into the wider world beyond
country’s origin.
 Literary Periods

OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE

• Also known as ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD
• Most literatures are ORAL.

Three (3) Conquests:

 Literature Periods
✓ Different letters
✓ Different grammar(Why say so?)
✓ Different spelling (THEE - YOU) - have – haveth)
• Song of Beowulf

FAMOUS WORKS
• Beowulf

FAMOUS AUTHORS
• Caedmon
• Cynewulf
 Literature Periods
THE MIDDLE ENG. LITERATURE (Medieval Period)
✓ Bible Translations

• Stories are about kings and noble people

• Focused on Chivalry, Romance & Religion
• Printing Press was invented by William Caxton (1476)

FAMOUS WORKS
• The Canterbury Tales

FAMOUS AUTHORS
• Geoffrey Chaucer
 Literature Periods
THE RENAISSANCE LITERATURE
✓ Old classics rediscovered
✓ Sonnet
✓ Elegy
✓ Pastoral

• The Golden Age of Literature

• Famous for the drama and Theatre
• Stories are about Religion and Faith

FAMOUS AUTHOR
• William Shakespeare
 Literature Periods
THE RESTORATION & 18TH CENTURY(Neoclassical Period)
• Also known as “ENLIGHTENMENT PERIOD”
• Stories about science and logic
• Detective stories
• Form of Essays are introduced

✓ Age of reason
✓ Age of Enlightenment
✓ Rise of the Novel and Journalism
✓ Age of Satire
✓ Age of Poetry
 Literature Periods
THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
✓ Use of everyday language
✓ Imagination essential
✓ Overflowing emotions common
✓ Inspired by untamed nature and exotic far east
✓ Folk traditions and medieval tales of Knights
✓ Gothic novels

• Stories have Medieval period influential

• Famous for Gothic writings and Horror stories
• Themes of the stories are nature and innermost emotions
 Literature Periods
FAMOUS WORKS
• Dracula – Bram Stoker
• Pride & Prejudice, and Emma by Jane Austen

FAMOUS AUTHORS
• Edgar Allan Poe (THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO)
• Jane Austen
• Bronte Sisters
 Literature Periods
THE VICTORIAN PERIOD
✓ Queen Victoria
✓ Transition period
✓ Melancholic and Political poetry

• Free verse poetry is introduced

• Novels are introduced
• Prose Fiction is introduced
• Children’s Literature is introduced
• Stories are about Revolution / Power / Social
 Literature Periods
FAMOUS AUTHORS
• Emily Dickinson
• Charles Dickens
• Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
 Literature Periods
THE POST-MODERN AGE

✓ Literature of this periods exemplifies the improved crafts of

masters. The novel has flourished and writers have risen not
only to popularity but to distinction as well.
• Experimentation of subject matter, style, and form of writing
 Assessment
Instruction:
Create a poster that represent the literary periods.

Material:
Long bond paper
Any source of colors.

Note:
I do accept Digital Poster.
Reminder:
Oral presentation of activity by group
will be on Nov. 9-10, 2023. (Face-to-
face classes).

The submission of the assessment will be

on Nov. 10, 2023.(Face-to-face
classes)
Thank You