PHILIPPINE LITERATURE

Chinese Writing- CALLIGRAPHY

Egyptian Writing- HEIROGLYPHICS

First Epic- GILGAMESH

Greatest Lyric Poem- PSALMS OF KING DAVID
Song Offerings- GITANJALI

Collection of Stories- 1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS

Collection of Animal Stories- AESOP'S FABLE
Most Important Work of Old English Literature- BEOWULF

Longest Epic of India- MAHABHARATA

Oldest Collection of Indian Fables- PANCHATANTRA
Collection of Indian Sacred HYMNS- RIGVEDA
Collection of Indian Sacred TEXTS- UPANISHAD
Medieval German Epic- NIBELUNGENLIED

Greatest English Writer- W. Shakespeare

Greatest Sonnet Writer- W. Shakespeare
ROMEO AND JULIET- W. SHAKESPEARE
HAMLET- W. SHAKESPEARE- to be or not to be
Bard of Avon- W. Shakespeare
MACBETH- W. SHAKESPEARE- power
MERCHANT OF VENICE- W. SHAKESPEARE

Father of English Literature- GEOFFREY CHAUCER

Morning Star of English Literature- GEOFFREY CHAUCER
CANTERBURRY TALES- GEOFFREY CHAUCER

Father of Horror Stories- EDGAR ALLAN POE

Father of Detective Stories- EDGAR ALLAN POE
THE RAVEN- EDGAR ALLAN POE
ANABEL LEE- EDGAR ALLAN POE
CASK OF AMONTILLADO- EDGAR ALLAN POE

THE ADVENTURE OF TOM SAWYER- MARK TWAIN

THE ADVENTURE OF HUCKLE BERRY FIN- MARK TWAIN

GOD SEES THE TRUTH BUT WAITS- LEO TOLSTOY

ANNA KARENINA- LEO TOLSTOY
Mythical Geographer- HOMER
ILIAD AND ODYSSEY- HOMER
Father of English Essay- FRANCIS BACON
Father of Printing- JOHANNES GUTTENBERG
Greatest Orator- CISERO

Filipino Sonnet Writer- OPHELIA DIMALANTA

Filipino American Theme- BIENVENIDO SANTOS
Filipino Hispanic Theme- NICK JAOQUIN (QUIJANO DE MANILA)

Indian Shakespeare- KALIDASA

Indian National Poet- RABINDRANATH TAGORE

Proletarium Literature- SALVADOR LOPEZ

French Novelist and Playwright- BALZAC
Foremost French Short Story Writer- GUY DE MAUPASSANT

THE REPUBLIC- PLATO

ORAN/ QUR'AN- MOHAMMAD
ANALECTS- CONFUCIUS
ANTIGONE- SOPHOCLES
OEDIPUS REX- SOPHOCLES

AENEID- VIRGIL
RAMAYANA- VALMIKI
DIVINE COMEDY- DANTE K
RUBARAYAT- OMAR KHAYYAM

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE- JAMES AUSTEN

UNCLE TOM'S CABIN- HARRINET BEECHER STOWE
PARADISE LOST- JOHN MILTON
HARRY POTTER- JOAN KATHLEEN (J.K.)
A CHRISTMAS CAROL- CHARLES DICKEN

ROAD NOT TAKEN- ROBERT FROST

CHRONICLES OF NARNIA- CAROL LEWIS
THE LITTLE PRINCE- ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPERY
SCARLET LETTER- NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS- ABRAHAM LINCOLN

GITANJALI- RABINDRANATH TAGORE
ROWLING DON QUIXOTE- MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
PEOPLE YOU NEED TO KNOW AS AN ENGLISH MAJOR
1. He is the first Asian writer to receive the Nobel Prize. — Rabindranath Tagore
2. He is considered as the greatest English writer and also known as the “Bard of Avon”. — William Shakespeare
3. He is known as the Father of horror stories. — Edgar Allan Poe
4. He is known as the Father of Essays. — Francis Bacon
5. He is a Filipino writer whose stories and poems depict Filipino-Spanish cultural beliefs and traditions. — Nick
Joaquin
6. He was the first Filipino National Artist for Literature awarded in 1973. — Jose Garcia Villa
7. He is a Filipino migrant whose fiction stories reflect the Filipino’s concept of American culture. — Bienvenido
Santos
8. He is known as the greatest Indian writer of all time.” — Kalidasa
9. He is called the “Morning Star” of English literature. — Geoffrey Chaucer
10. He is the first man to replace myth with natural laws. — Thales of Melitus
11. He is regarded as the greatest haiku poet. — Matsuo Basho
12. He is recognized as the Father of American literature. — Washington Irving
13. He was the first mythical geographer who was recognized due to his vivid descriptions of lands and people
encountered by his hero, Ulysses. — Homer
14. He is a famous composer from Angono, Rizal, and was given a National Artist Award. — Lucio San Pedro
15. He is known as the master of “local color” because of his Pickwick Papers. — Charles Dickens
16. He is a Philippine National Artist awardee for Literature, and used free verse and espoused the dictum, "Art for art's
sake“. — Jose Garcia Villa
17. She wrote the most exquisite love poems of her time in “Sonnets from the Portuguese”. — Elizabeth Barrett
Browning
18. He is a Japanese poet who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1968. — Yasunari Kawabata
19. He is known as the Father of Tragedy. — Christopher Marlowe
20. He is the first black Nigerian writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986. — Wole Soyinka