21 st Century Literature

from the Philippines

and the World

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 Module 3
Landscape of Philippine
Fiction

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Philippine Fiction

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 Filipinos love dramatic stories.
We can easily relate to the characters in the story,
easily putting ourselves in the character’s shoes.
Some examples:
-The optimistic little girl who is tormented by evil relatives;
-The poor rich girl who has everything but can never be as
optimistic as the poor protagonist.
-The antagonist who has a vendetta against everyone but gets
the wittiest lines in the TV show.

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 Mara Clara

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 Mara Clara

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 Flor de Luna

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 Anna Liza

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 But, in reality…
no matter how we can relate to the story in the TV
show, fact remains that these are all works of
fiction, which means that they are just products of
the human imagination, and not true.
Fiction may sometimes coincide with what’s
happening in real life, but they are just
circumstantial.

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 Objectives:
1. Appreciate the contribution of the
canonical Filipino writers to the
development of national literature.
2. Explain the literary, biographical,
linguistic, and sociocultural contexts and
discuss how they enhance the text’s
meaning and enrich my understanding.

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GuesSING GAME
MOVIE Time!
Playing JOEPARDY

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SOUNDTRACK MOVIE ARTIST DIALOGUE

$100 $100 $100 $100

$300 $300 $300 $300

$500 $500 $500 $500

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 Video clips of
Movie spoofs of Star Cinema
movies that gained popularity in
the Philippines.

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 Small Gr oup Discussion
(SGD)
Watching Video clips of
Movie spoofs of Star Cinema
movies that gained popularity in
the Philippines.

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Question Guide:
1 . W h a t wa s t h e v i d e o a l l a b o u t ?
2 . H o w d i d yo u f i n d t h e v i d e o c l i p s o f
spoofs?
3 . W h a t h a ve yo u n o t i c e d w i t h t h e
characters in the video clips ?
4 . W h i c h v i d e o c l i p o f s p o o f s d o yo u
l i k e b e s t ? D o e s t h e c h a r a c t e r i n yo u r
choice signify/represent something ?

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 Techniques of
Fiction

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 Character
• the one you relate with, converse with, or
listen to the thoughts of
• the way he or she changes as the story
progresses become the driving force of
fiction
• the reason that you as a reader will be
interested or disinterested as you read
Moonleaf
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 Character
• he / she may be kind, rich, confusing,
annoying, bratty, complicated, ever-
changing
• holds the key whether the fiction will be
good or not
• also serve as symbols of a story

Moonleaf
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 Symbolism
• in short story, may use a character, object,
or event to signify something else from
its original meaning

Moonleaf
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 The God Stealer
by F. Sionil Jose

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Francisco Sionil Jose
or
F. Sionil Jose

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 He is a fictionist, essayist, and novelist,
 He is currently considered as one of the
most widely read Filipino authors.
 His works have been translated into many
languages worldwide.
 His usual themes are social struggle and
strife in Philippine society.
 He was awarded as a National Artist for
Literature in 2001.

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 The God Stealer
Summary

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 It is short story that encapsulates perfectly
how characters in fiction respond to the
choices they make and what they do to attain
these choices.
 It is the author’s most anthologized work of
fiction.

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• the story became a 1st prize winner
during the 1959 Palanca Awards
• it is included in the book by Jose with
a similar title, “The God Stealer and
Other Stories.”

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1. If you were Philip’s
character, how would you
feel regarding your
ancestral home and
traditions?

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 2. Who are the main
characters of this story?
How have they changed
throughout the narrative so
far? How do you think will
these changes affect the
conclusion?

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3. How do the two main
characters in the story
“The God Stealer”
responded to each other
before and after the death
of Philip’s grandfather?

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4. What did Sam want,
and how did he get it?

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 5. What did Philip want,
and why did he not get it?

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 (SGD) Small Group Activity
Write a close analysis and
critical interpretationof
The God Stealer following
the given guide questions .

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Guide Questions:
1. What do the names Philip Latak and Sam
Christie signify ?
2. 2. Do the events in the story present a
character with cultural identity, beliefs
and customs ?
3. Does the friendship that developed
between the two characters present the
colonized and the colonizer ? Support
your answer.

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 Rubric:
Criterion Description Score

10 points 7 points 4 points

VISUAL The presentation is The presentation is The presentation has
visually appealing, moderately poor visual appeal,
APPEAL with harmonious appealing visually, with unbalanced
colors, shapes, and with generally color combinations,
sizes of figures in harmonious colors, shapes, and sizes of
the presentation. shapes, and sizes of figures in the
figures in the presentation.
presentation.

COHESION The presentation shows The presentation shows The presentation is

all the elements of some of the elements confusing; it does not
fiction and blends it of fiction t and blends show all the elements of
well in the close it in the close analysis the techniques of fiction
analysis and and interpretation . and these do not blend
interpretation . well in the close analysis
and interpretation .

CREATIVITY The presentation is The presentation is The presentation is

unique, interesting, and somewhat unique and unoriginal and it is not
innovative. It is a fun to read and watch. pleasant to read and
pleasure to read and watch.
watch.

Score
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Agreement:
Have an advance reading on the selection
“The Sadness Collector”. Research on the
life and works of Merlinda Bobis.
The Sadness Collector
by Merlinda Bobis

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Sometimes, someone may feel the
same way as you do regarding an
event, but he or she may act
differently. It is up to you to
assess whether you agree with his or
her actions or not.

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 Thank you and
May GOD Bless us all!!!

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Mylene I. Escanillas
Angono NHS
Division of Rizal

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