21 CENTURY

ST

LITERATURE FROM
THE PHILIPPINES
TO THE WORLD
JAYSON T. CABRERA
“SIR JHAY”

MAJOR IN SOCIAL SCIENCE

Objectives:
• Define what is literature.
• Familiarize the three
genres of literature.
• Identify the similarities
and differences of each
genre
 What is
Literature?
LITERATURE means
•Is any collection of written work,
but mere highlights as a writing
specifically considered to be an
art especially in a form of prose
fiction, drama and poetry.
LITERATURE means
• Literature is a method of
recording, preserving, transmitting
knowledge and entertainment and
can have social, psychological,
spiritual and political role.
LITERATURE means
•The term derives from Latin “
literature/litteratura” which
simply means writing form with
letter, grammar and learning.
•In ancient history we have the so
called oral literature and later on
transcribe.
Example of literature
• Biography
• Diaries
• Memoir
• Letters
• Essay
• Poems
• Stories
• Role play
 Literature Art Forms
•PROSE
•POETRY
•DRAMA
Definitions:
PROSE
•Is made up of sentences and
paragraph without any metrical
(or rhyming structure
Definitions:
POETRY
•Written in lines and
stanzas instead of
sentences and paragraphs.
Definitions:
DRAMA
•Is a piece of writing that tells
story; it is performed on a
stage and uses dialogue.
Similarities of Poetry, Prose and Drama
• All three can be a form of
entertainment
• Used to express feelings and ideas.
• Effective if read and deliver loud.
• Can follow rules or be absolutely
lawless in their form.