This document provides an overview of a literature course focusing on 21st century Philippine literature. It discusses how to analyze texts through close reading, differentiate between close analysis, critical interpretation, and adaptation. It also explains denotative vs. connotative meaning and provides tips for close analysis like determining author's purpose and point of view. Students are given examples and activities to practice close analysis, critical interpretation, and writing an adaptation of a provided flash fiction.

1. 21st Century Literature
from the Philippines and
the World

2. Quarter 1
Module 1

3. Writing Close
Analysis, Critical
Interpretation, and
Adaptation of 21st
Century Philippine
Literature

4. Picture
Analysis!

5. Directions:
Analyze the pictures to discover
our next lesson. Clues are also
provided to help you answer the
mystery words.

6. Close Analysis

7. Critical Interpretation

8. Adaptation

9. What I Need to Know
Differentiate close analysis, critical
interpretation, and adaptation from one
another;
01
02
Analyze varied genres of the 21st
Century Philippine Literature;

10. Write a close analysis and critical
interpretation of these texts; and
03
04 Write an adaptation of the texts.
What I Need to Know

11. Analization &
Interpretation
of Literary Text

12. Denotative VS. Connotative
To analyze and interpret a literary text,
one of the reading skills that you must
have is the ability to understand the
denotative and connotative meaning of
a word.

13. Denotative VS. Connotative
Denotation refers to the literal or
dictionary meaning of a word.
Connotation refers to its figurative or
symbolic meaning.

14. Denotative VS. Connotative
Writers often deviate from the literal
meaning of words for more striking
expressions.

15. Example:
Denotative Meaning Connotative Meaning
Falling drops of
condensed water
from the atmosphere
Implies that the
author is sad
Rain

16. Let’s Try!
Denotative Meaning Connotative Meaning
River

17. Let’s Try!
Denotative Meaning Connotative Meaning
Dawn

18. Let’s Try!
Denotative Meaning Connotative Meaning
Snake

19. Mystery
Thriller
Drama
Historical
What is It
Magical
Fantasy
Sci-Fi
Romance
Comedy
Horror

20. Am I
enough?
James
Read
Reading alone is not
enough to decode
and discover the
author’s emotions.

21. Close Analysis
Close Analysis must be done in order to
identify and examine the small details of the
text to fully grasp the whole context. It is like
studying every single organ to understand
how the entire human body works.

22. How can someone make
a close analysis?
Close analysis is done through close reading
which refers to the intensive examination of a
text’s language and literary devices, creating
a detailed map of the text’s possible
connotations and implications.

23. Determine the author’s purpose
by knowing the person’s
background and his/her purpose
for writing the material.
Tips in Close Analysis in Reading

25. Joey Ayala
LUMAD is a Bisayan term meaning “native” or “indigenous”.
It is adopted by a group of 15 from a more than 18 Mindanao
ethnic groups in their Cotabato Congress in June 1986 to
distinguish them from the other Mindanaons, Moro or Christian.

26. Tips in Close Analysis in Reading
Understand the mood used by the
author to achieve that purpose.
Mood refers to the literary
element that evokes feelings
through words and descriptions.
Evoke means to bring
to mind or recollection

28. Tips in Close Analysis in Reading
Determine the author’s point of
view by identifying:
a. the issues involved in the text
b. the different sides of the issues

29. Pag-ibig sa
Tinubuang Lupa

30. Andres Bonifacio

31. Critical Interpretation
● Reader’s own view, understanding, or explanation to
what he or she has read.
● It also pertains to a clear argument about the text’s
deeper meanings. It requires careful attention to the text’s
contradictions, tensions, and ambiguities.
● One way to interpret a literary text is to recognize the
cultural context of the text and the reader, and how it
might influence the reader’s interpretive conclusions.

35. Literary Adaptation
Literary adaptation is the process
of converting a literary text into a
new genre, such as converting a
novel into a film.

38. Activity Time!

39. Independent Activity 1
Directions: Read and analyze the flash fiction below.
One day, I went home crying. I looked at myself in
the mirror and saw a miserable young man. I told
an old folk that I was robbed, but instead of
getting his empathy, he suddenly mocked and
laughed at me. I was confused until I learned that
his name was “society”.

40. Close Analysis & Critical Interpretation
of a Flash Fiction
Directions: Answer the following guide questions..
1. What do you think is the mood used to achieve the purpose of the
author?
2. What do you think is the purpose of the writer in writing his flash
fiction?
3. Why did the old folk laugh and mock the young man who was
robbed?
4. What do you think is the social issue that the author wanted to
raise?

41. Flash fiction is defined as a very short
story. It can convey deep truths and
universal human emotions and can
resonate with readers from all walks of
life in just a few short paragraphs unlike
the traditional short story.
Flash Fiction

42. Independent Activity 2
Directions: For adaptation, create your own flash fiction based
upon your close analysis and critical interpretation of the given
sample. Write your adaptation on a one whole sheet of paper.
Criteria for Grading:
Relevance of the Topic 5
Creativity in delivering the content 5
Quality of writing and proofreading _5_
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Literary Adaptation