INTRODUCTION TO

LITERATURE
 LITERATURE
CANNOT EXIST
WITHOUT
?
 Language Literature

• Macro Skills • Values

• Technical • Aesthetic
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LITERATURE DEFINED
1. LITERATURE CAME FROM THE
LATIN WORD LITTERATURA WHICH
MEANS LETTERS.
2. LITERATURE IS AN ART.

LITERATURE EXPRESSES THE

FEELINGS OF PEOPLE TO SOCIETY, TO
THE GOVERNMENT, TO HIS
SURROUNDINGS, TO HIS
FELLOWMEN, AND TO HIS DIVINE
CREATOR. - BRO. AZURIN
3. LITERATURE IS ANY
ARTISTIC CREATIVE PIECE
WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL,
WHICH WE CAN ENJOY
REPEATEDLY. - E.A. MANUEL
HOWEVER, LITERATURE IS NOT ONLY ENCLOSED IN THOSE
MEANINGS. LITERATURE IS ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING
THAT REPRODUCES LIFE EXPERIENCES.
LITERATURE AND ITS
SIGNIFICANCE
 IS IT REALLY SIGNIFICANT?
AREN’T WE ALL HERE JUST TO
PASS THE SUBJECT?
1. LITERATURE IS MAN’S
VEHICLE FOR SELF-
EXPRESSION.
2. LITERATURE IS A TOOL FOR
CULTURAL TRANSMISSIONS.
3. STUDY OF LITERATURE
HELPS US GROW PERSONALLY
AND INTELLECTUALLY.
ELEMENTS OF
LITERATURE
1. FORM

- talks about general

structure of the
literary piece.
2.
CHARACTERIZATION

- characters in literature could be products of

the writer’s imagination, or they could be the
very compelling point-of-view that the writer
thinks in.
3. STYLES
- are the specific techniques and designs that a
literary writing employs to prolong his or her
grip of the reader’s interest.
COMMON FORMS OF
LITERATURE
CONTEMPORARY
FORMS OF
LITERATURE
1. HYPERPOETRY

- sometimes called “Cyberpoetry,” presents

poems that include verses or lines linked through
hyperlink mark-ups.
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Tonight, I’m uncaging myself from you;
From the pain, from the heartache, and from the hope of
an us.
‘Tis a decision I have to make and
A risk I have to take.
For as much as I want you,
As much as I want to pursue you,
I’m just done with the chase.
WORTH THE FALL
I knew that I was on
The losing side
When I chose to hold on
To the possibility of an us.
But I didn’t let go of you
Despite the pain and of the frustration,
For I knew that even amidst the heartaches
That staying in love with you brings,
You were, after all, worth the fall.
2. BLOG
- “web log” is a
website created to
contain and manage
user-made articles
or posts that are
updated regularly.
3. TEXT TULA

- is a poem
produced and
shared through the
use of a mobile
phone’s messaging
4. CHICK LIT
- is a genre of
fiction that
generally talks
about women and,
their different
struggles,
specifically staged
in modern times.
5. SPECULATIVE
FICTION

- is a fiction genre that dwells

on issues on alternate imagined
scenarios
6. FLASH
FICTION
- is a fiction genre
that presents one-
sitting-long-of-
reading texts. The
longest text in the
genre of Flash
Fiction is only said
to have 1000 words.
“LITERATURE ANTICIPATES
LIFE. IT DOES NOT COPY IT
BUT MOLDS IT TO ITS
PURPOSE.”
- OSCAR WILDE