21st Lit

1. 21ST CENTURY
LITERATURE

2. READING LITERATURE
CLOSE READING
VISUALIZE
Good readers create
mental images and
sensory images as they
read.

3. READING LITERATURE
CLOSE READING
USE BACKGROUND
KNOWLEDGE
Good readers use what they
already know to help them make
connections to what they are
reading.

4. READING LITERATURE
CLOSE READING
MAKE INFERENCES
Good readers use their
background knowledge and
the text to make predictions,
answer questions, and draw
conclusions.

5. READING LITERATURE
CLOSE READING
ASK QUESTIONS
Good readers are constantly
asking questions before, during,
and after reading to help them
understand the text.
What questions do you usually ask?

6. READING LITERATURE
CLOSE READING
DETERMING IMPORTANCE
Good readers find the main
ideas and themes as they
are reading.
Provide examples.

7. READING LITERATURE
CLOSE READING
SYNTHESIZE INFORMATION
Good readers keep track of
their thoughts as they read.
How?

8. Oral Quiz
Read and analyze the
following. Say ‘Naks’ if you
agree and ‘Nyek’ if you don’t.
Be ready to defend your
answer.

9. READ AND ANALYZE THE FOLLOWING. SAY ‘NAKS’ IF YOU
AGREE AND ‘NYEK’ IF YOU DON’T.
BE READY TO DEFEND YOUR ANSWER.
1. Literature teaches
the significance of life.
HOW?

10. WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THESE EXAMPLES?

11. 2. Local color refers to the
techniques in writing by
which native or indigenous
symbols or images are
integrated in the context of
the literary text.

12. What is context?
How is the use/integration of
native symbols or images in
the context helpful in
understanding the literary
text?

13. I stopped Labang, climbed down, and lighted the
lantern that hung from the cart between the
wheels.
"Good boy, Baldo," my brother Leon said as I
climbed back into the cart.
Now the shadows took fright and did not crowd so
near. Clumps of andadasi and arrais flashed into
view and quickly disappeared as we passed by.
Ahead, the elongated shadow of Labang bobbled
up and down and swayed drunkenly from side to
side, for the lantern rocked jerkily with the cart.
How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife
Manuel Arguilla

14. Just like:
WHY?

15. Almost like:
Memes, Hugot
lines, etc.
WHY?
Which is better?

16. 3. Poetry is a type of literature,
which can be characterized by
its ordinariness of form and
structure and strong
resemblance to man’s pattern
of everyday speech.

17. 4. Literature is both an art
and a form of communication.
Is it an effective medium?

18. What is the message here?

20. What is the
message
here?

21. What is the
message here?

22. LITERATURE AS AN ART
"ART FOR ART’S SAKE”

23. 5. “Dulce” refers to excellence of
literary form which relates to the
idea that literature must have
aesthetic value or sense while
“utile” refers to what literature
can offer to its readers in effect.

26. 6. Literature mirrors and
highlights significant human
experiences.

29. 7. The timelessness of thought
and of idea relates to the notion
that a work of literature must
reveal a theme and must reflect
a condition, which is applicable
to the world as a whole.

31. 8. Exposition means the action of
untying of events built upon in the
rising action of the plot; it refers to
the final outcome of the main
complication in a play or story.

32. 9. A novel is a kind of a fictional
prose work, which has a single
complication and may involve few
characters.
10. A work of fiction is said to be
drawn from the author’s
imagination.

33. 11. Language is the prime
medium of literature.
12. The villain is a character in
a fictional work who always
opposes the principal
character.

34. Defining Literature
(Scholars have given some legitimate
definitions pertaining to how they perceive
literature.)

35. Defining Literature
Literature is from a Latin word
litteratura, which means
acquaintance with letters or writing,
and from litteratus, learning.

36. Defining Literature
Literature covers both oral and
written forms of works, which
manifest expressive or
imaginative quality, nobility of
thoughts, timelessness, and lastly,
universality (Literary Standards).

37. HOW DO WE
DISCRIMINATE
LITERATURE FROM
OTHER FORMS OF
TEXTS?

38. CAN WE
CONSIDER THESE
AS EXAMPLES OF
LITERATURE?

39. 1.Textbook
2.Research
3.Application Letter
4.Examination Papers
5.News Articles

40. Literary Standard
1. Universality- appeals to everyone, regardless
of culture, race, sex, and time which are all
considered significant.
2. Artistry- it has aesthetic appeal and thus
possesses a sense of beauty.
3. Intellectual Value- it stimulates critical thinking
that enriches mental processes of abstract and
reason, making man realize the fundamental of
truths of life and its nature.

41. Literary Standard
4. Suggestiveness- it unravels man’s
emotional power to define symbolism,
nuances, implied meanings, images and
messages, giving and evoking visions
above and beyond the plane of ordinary life
and experience.
5. Permanence- endures across time

42. Literary Standard
6. Style- it presents peculiar ways on how man
sees life as evidence by the formation his or her
ideas, form, and structure, and expressions, which
are marked by their memorable substance.
7. Spiritual value- uplifts the spirit and the soul by
bringing moral value that has power to motivate
and inspire.

43. HOMEWORK
Provide one example
literary work for each
literary standard. Write a
brief explanation to defend
your answer.

44. Literature and history
are closely interrelated,
however they also have
differences.

45. Literature may be figments of
the imagination or events devoid
of truth, which have been written
down, while history is made up
of events that happened.

46. GROUP TASK:
Think of a popular song that you
know and perform the song in class.
(Preparation: 3 mins., Presentation:
2 mins.)

47. GROUP TASK:
Processing Questions:
(1) What realities in life have you heard or
seen in the presentation?
(2) How were you able to relate or connect
your personal experiences in the connect or
message of the song?
(3) What values or lessons have you gained
from the presentations?
(4) From the task, how will you explain the
importance of literature?

48. Why Do We Need to Study
Literature?
… Philippine Literature?

49. Why Do We Need to Study Philippine
Literature?
(1) To appreciate our literary heritage;
(2) To understand our noble traditions;
(3) To take pride in our culture;
(4) To trace our roots and identity as
Filipinos; and
(5) To gain insights, realizations, and values.