LITERATURE

Define lieterature.
Distuinguish different literary genre

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

This course aims to engage

students in appreciation and critical
study of 21st Century Literature
from the Philippines and the World
encompassing their various
dimensions, genres, elements,
structures, contexts, and traditions.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Study and appreciation of

the literature of the region
where the school is located
in relation to the literature
of the other regions of the
country.

PERFORMANCE
STANDARD

The learner will able to demonstrate

understanding and appreciation of 21 st
century Philippine literature from the
regions through:
A written close analysis and critical
interpretation of literary text in terms
of form and theme, with a description
of its context derived from research;
and

LETS SEE WHAT WE

KNOW!

Answer the following

questions with True or False:
Write true is the true if the
statement is true and false if
the statement is false.

QUESTIONS:

1.Simile is a figure of speech

that compares two unlike
objects with the use of the
words such as; as, like,
resembles and others.
2.Allusion is reference to some
well known place, event or

QUESTIONS:

3. Metaphor is a comparison of
two unlike objects without the
use of words such as; as, like,
resembles and other words.
4. Hyperbole is giving human
attributes to non-human.

QUESTIONS:

5. Irony is a figure of speech

which meaning is opposite to
what is written or given.
6. Personification is a figure of
speech using a part to mean a
whole.

QUESTIONS:

7. Symbol is a thing that

stands for another thing.
8. Onomatopoeia is
imitation of sound.

QUESTIONS:

9. Parody describes one thing

by using another thing closely
related with it.
10. Settings refer to the
people involved in the story.

QUESTIONS:

Identify the answers of the

following questions:
1. It is a series of actions in the
story.
2. The people involved in the
story.
3. It is the problem of the
characters.

ANSWERS:
1. TRUE

10. FALSE

2. TRUE

1. PLOT

3. TRUE

2. CHARACTER

4. FALSE

3. CONFLICT

5. TRUE

4. POINT OF VIEW

6. FALSE

5. THEME

7. TRUE
8. TRUE
9. TRUE

SCORE /
INTERPRETATION

SCORES

INTERPRETATION

15

Excellent

14 -13

Very Good

12 - 11

Good

10 - 9

Satisfactory

8 -below

Needs Improvement

GROUP ACTIVITY

Go to your respective group.

For 10 minutes list down 15
titles of novels, short stories,
songs plays, and poems that
you are familiar with. Simply
write the title.

LITERATURE

Latin littera; <letter> the

art of
written works
Literary translated:
acquaintance with letters
[as in the arts and letters]

LITERATURE

written works (such as poems, plays, and

novels) that are considered to be very
good and to have lasting importance
books, articles, etc., about a particular
subject

printed materials (such as booklets,

leaflets, and brochures) that provide
information about something
Source: Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary

LITERATURE

Literature is a term used to

describe written and sometimes
spoken material. Derived from
the Latin litteraturameaning
"writing formed with letters,"
literature most commonly refers
to works of the creative
imagination, including poetry,

LITERATURE

Literature in its widest sense:

Embraces all compositions in
writing or print which preserve
the:
*results of observation
*thought, or
*fancy

EXPLAIN

EVERY RACE HAS ITS

OWN LITERATURE

LITERARY GENRE

GENRE [zhan ra] as distinctive

type or category especially of literary
composition. Some words related to
genre include: style, category, kind,
class, sort of and type. Generally
there are two types of literature
namely, prose and poetry.

PROSE

Writings that use the

ordinary language of the
people.

POETRY

Applies rhyming that

makes it
different from the
other.

LITERARY GENRE

LITERATURE
CLASSIFIED AS
PROSE
1. Novel

LITERATURE
CLASSIFIED AS
POETRY

2. Short Story

2. Lyric

3. Essay

3. Drama

1. Epic

PROSE

NOVEL

A long narrative prose dealing

with human experience through
connected sequence of events.
It is compose of chapters.
Common length: 50-100 pages/
17,000-40,000 words

SHORT STORY

It deals with a very few characters

and a single event.
Common length: 3,500-7,500 words
Usually focuses on one incident,
has a single plot, a single setting, a
small number and covers a short
period of time

ESSAY

It is dealing with a very

particular subject.
The term essays first
applied to the self- reflective
musings.

POETRY

EPIC

It deals with the life of

heroism of a hero.

LYRICS

It is taken from the word

lyre, a musical
instrument. It is a poem
intended to be sung.

DRAMA

It is taken from the world

dran to act or to move.
It is a genre that imitates
human experience intended
to be acted on stage.