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Lit Week 1
Lit Week 1
st
Century
Literature
The 21st century in literature
refers to world literature
produced during the 21st
century. Literature written
from (roughly) the year 2001 to
the present.
21st Century
Literature
Importance
What is the importance of 21st century literature?
Contemporary
J a panese Period &
Period Modern Period
PRE – COLONIAL
PERIOD
(1565)
The pre-colonial literature includes
all literature produced before the
Spanish colonization like chants,
proverbs, songs, and folk narratives.
– Flippant in nature
Examples:
Examples:
– highlights the sufferings and death of Jesus Christ done during the Lenten
season
• Awit - Set in dodecasyllabic quatrains
– Metrical romance
– E . g. Florante at Laura
SPANISH I N F LU E N C E S I N
LITERATURE
• Corrido – set in octosyllabic quatrains
– Metrical romance
– Created by animating figures made from cardboard, which are projected onto a white screen
SPANISH I N F LU E N C E S I N
LITERATURE
• Tibag (to excavate) - dramatic reenactment of St . Helena’s search for the Holy Cross
– A ritual is performed based on a legend about a princess who dropped her ring into
the middle of the sea who offered her hand in marriage to anyone who can retrieve it
• Duplo - Replaced the Karagatan
– The roles are taken from the Bible and from proverbs and saying
OFor Living
OFor Propaganda
CONTEMPORARY & M O D E R N
PERIOD
OPeriod of Activism (1970-1972)
OPeriod of New Society (1972-1980)
OPeriod of the Third Republic (1981-1985)
ORebirth of Freedom (1986-1999)
O21st Century (2000-present)
CONTEMPORARY & MODERN
PERIOD
• Substantial awards in film-making
• Popularity of Taglish