PHILIPPINE

LITERATURE

Prof. Ma. Sheila T.

Cabidog

Literature deals with:

Emotions dreams
Experiences adventures
Ideas
fantasy
Reality
Society
Thoughts people
Views
culture

How is Literature
communicated?
-Oral / verbal - (mouth, radio,
etc)
-Written (books, mags, internet,
cp)

Literature evolves and

transforms.
Its aesthetic value makes it a

ADVANTAGES OF STUDYING
PHIL. LITERATURE:
Helps us grow intellectually
Exercises our emotions
Links us with the world
Appreciate other culture
Develop critical thinking

GENRES OF LITERATURE:
I. POETRY
II. PROSE FICTION
III. DRAMA
IV. NON-FICTION PROSE

DENOTATION AND
CONNOTATION
Goodbye means:
A packed suitcase
An empty house
A broken heart
A promise of a new
beginning

ACTIVITY:
A pen is
A box means
Men are
A kiss is
Women are A raindrop is
A smile is
Hello means
Summer is You are / I am

PROBLEMS IN LITERATURE:
1. DATABASE which of the
many?
2. TRANSLATION not exact
3. INTERPRETATION many
dialects

Talamitam
Salipawpaw
Hatinig
Lagusnilad
Salamisim
Panimdim
Dagitab
Sipnaya
Binhisipan
Miksipat
Tingwirin
Agsikap
daktinig

ventana
quisame
la mesa
manzanas
pizarra
ventelador
castanas

DIMENSIONS OF
LITERATURE:
1. DOMINANT
institutionalized
2. RESIDUAL borrowed
version
3. EMERGENT popular,
modern

Examples:
-DOM: Cinderella (European princess)
-RES: Cinderella (Chinese Royalty)
-DOM: Dyesebel (classic Pinay sirena)
-RES: The Little Mermaid
-DOM: Juan Tamad Sells a Talking Parrot
-RES:
Suka Saptati (India)
Alf-laila-wa-laila (Middle East)

Source Study study the main

source
Influence Study trace the
influences
Plagiarism is difficult to prove
Who is to say that robbing a
people of its language is less
violent than war?
Ray Smith

TYPES OF PROSE FICTION:

Myths extraordinary stories usually
about god
Legends origin of things, places, etc
Fables non-human chars. acting as
humans
Parables allegorical Biblical stories
Epics stories about local
heroes/heroines
Short Stories can be read in one
sitting
Novelettes longer than short stories

MYTHS:
Earliest stories by our forefathers
God is made in the image of man
Universal in nature
Verbal literature / no authors
Motifs are: creation, nature,
adventure
Ex: The First People