Academia de San Lorenzo Dema-ala Inc.

Tialo, Sto. Cristo, City of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan

LESSON #1
Subject: 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World
Name: ________________________________________
Teacher: Mrs. Mary Grace A. Castellon

LEARNING CONTENT: Introduction to Literature

REFERENCE/S: DIWA Senior High School Series
LEARNING TARGET
1.1. identify the geographic, linguistic, and ethnic dimensions of Philippine literary history from
precolonial to the contemporary

LEARNING CONCEPT
21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World
- all literary works written and published at the latter part of the 21st century (from 2001
onwards).

What is 21st Century 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

• Through literature, we learn the culture across time and space.

• 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.
• Promote humanity and compassion.
• International understanding and world peace.
• We understand not only the past life of a nation but also its present.
• 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?

1. We study Philippine Literature so that we can better appreciate our literary heritage. We
cannot appreciate something that we cannot understand.
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.

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.

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.

Mrs. Mary Grace A. Castellon

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