2. What is Philippine Literature?
A product, a reflection of a reaction to the period,
place and people who produced it.
3. What is Philippine Literature?
Body of works, both oral and written, that Filipinos,
whether native, naturalized, of foreign born, have
created about the experience of people living in or
relating to Philippine Society. It is composed or
written in one of the Philippine languages, in Spanish,
in English and in Chinese as well.
4. What is Philippine Literature?
May be produced in the capital city of Manila and in
the different urban centers and rural outputs, even in
foreign lands where descendants of Filipino migrants
use English or any of the languages of the Philippines
to create works that tell about their lives and
aspirations.
5. What is Philippine Literature?
A collection of texts, both oral and written, whether
published as books, serialized in periodicals, recorded in
tapes and etc,… which are created by Filipinos of all
ages and stock, of different languages both local and
foreign (including the Fil-Ams and OFW writings and
literatures around the globe), in forms indigenous or
barrowed as adapted which portray the experiences of
Filipinos.
8. For us to realize our literary
limitations conditioned by certain
historical factors so we take steps to
overcome them;
9. To understand that we have a great and
noble tradition which can served as
means to assimilate other cultures.
10. To show that as Filipinos who truly
love and take pride in our own
culture, we have to manifest our deep
concern for our own literature and
this we can do by studying the
literatures of our country.