21st Century Lit PPT For Ayuban
21st Century Lit PPT For Ayuban
21st Century Lit PPT For Ayuban
BACKGROUND OF
THE PHILIPPINE
LITERATURE
What is
Literature?
The word Literature is
derived from the Latin
term Litera, which means
letter.
It has been defined differently by various
authors.
Some loosely interpreted literature
as any printed matter written within
the book, a magazine or a
pamphlet.
Others defined, literature a fruitful
reproduction of man’s manifold
experiences blended into one
harmonious expression.
Because literature deals with ideas,
thoughts and emotions of man,
literature can be said to be the story
of man.
Man’s love, griefs, thoughts, dreams and
aspirations coached in beautiful
language is Literature.
In order to know the history of the
nation’s spirit, one must read its
literature. Hence it is, that to
understand the real spirit of a
nation, one must ”trace the little rills
as they course along down the
ages. Broadening and deepening into the
great ocean of thought which men
of the present source are presently
exploring” .
Brother Azurin, said that, literature
expresses the feelings of people
and society, to the government, to
his surroundings, to his fellowmen,
and to his Divine Creator.
The expressions of one’s feelings,
according to him, maybe a thoughts
of love, sorrow, happiness, hatred,
anger, pity, contempt or revenge. .
How literature
connected to history?
In your own words,
what is literature?
Why we need to study
Philippine Literature?
We can can enumerate
reasons for studying
literature. Here are but a
few…
We can better appreciate
our literary heritage.
We cannot appreciate something we do not
understand. Through a study of our literature, we can
trace the rich heritage of ideas handed down to us
from our forefathers. Then we can understand
ourselves better and take pride in being a Filipino.
Like the other races of the
world. great and noble tradition which can
We need to understand that we have a