Asean Literature

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ASEAN LITERATURE - “Tata Selo” is based on real-life reform issues and

recurring political cruelties in the Philippines.
Narrative Convention in Writing - Type of Conflict: Man vs. Society
Fiction VIETNAM LITERATURE
• Plot Poetry – literature that is written in verse and emphasizes

• Setting the rhythmic use of words to create imagery.
• Theme
• Character Types of Poetry:
• Conflict 1. Lyric Poetry – refers to a short poem, often with
• Point-of-view songlike qualities that expresses the speaker’s
Plot personal emotions and feelings.
2. Narrative Poetry – tells a story, often using the
• Backstory – tells the event of the story that voices of both a narrator and characters; the
happens before the present story entire story is usually written in metered verse; do
• Chekhov’s Gun – tells of an inherent object not need to rhyme.
inserted in the narrative 3. Descriptive Poetry – mainly describes the subject
• Medias Res – narration that starts in the middle – whether it be a person, an animal, or an
of the story inanimate object – often in great detail, rather
• Narrative Hook – catchy character in a bad than telling a story or expressing one’s feelings.
situation wins in an unexpected situation
• Cliffhanger – places the main character in a Subtypes of Poetry:
perilous situation with no resolution 1. Sonnet – 14-line poem that written in iambic
Style pentameter.
• Shakespearean or English (ABAB,
• Hyperbole – a purposeful exaggeration not CDCD, EFEF, GG)
meant to be taken literally • Petrarchan or Italian (ABBA, ABBA,
• Metonymy – in which the name of an object or CDECDE); named after Francesco
concept is replaced with a work closely related Petrarca; consists of 12-line or 14-
to or suggested by the original hendecasyllabic lines in parts. FIRST:
• Euphemism – is the substitution of an agreeable Octave; SECOND: Sestet
or inoffensive expression for one that may offend • Octave – eight-lines iambic
or suggest something unpleasant pentameter (10 syllables). ABBA ABBA
• Oxymoron – is a self-contradicting word • Sestet – six ines of iambic pentameter
(10 syllables). CDECDE
PHILIPPINE LITERATURE 2. Haiku – short, unrhymed poem that adheres to a
Kwento ni Mabuti specific thee-line, seventeen-syllable.
3. Elegy – the poet or speaker expresses grief,
Writer: Genoveva Edroza-Matute, born on January 13, sadness, or loss.
1915 4. Limerick – a five-line poem that consists of a
single stanza, an AABBA rhyme scheme and
- Isang tanyag na kwentista sa wikang Filipino whose subject is a short, pithy tale or description.
- Nagturo sa loob ng 46 taon at nagretiro bilang 5. Ballad – form of narrative verse that is
dekana ng Dalubhasang Normal ng Pilipinas considered either poetic or musical.
(Philipine Normal University). 6. Ode – short lyric poem that praises an individual,
- Nagtamo ng kauna-unahang Gawad Palanca an idea or an event.
para sa Maikling Kwento noong 1951 para sa 7. Epic – long, often book-length, narrative in verse
kanyang kathang Kwento ni Mabuti. form that retells the heroic journey of a single
- Ginawaran ng Sentrong pangkultura ng Pilipinas person, or group of persons.
ng Gawad CCP para sa Sining noong 1992.
- Pumanaw noong March 21, 2009 sa edad na 94. Sound Devices
1. Alliteration
2. Assonance
Tata Selo 3. Consonance
Writer: Rogelio Sicat 4. Onomatopoeia
5. Rhyme
- Profilic novelist, playwright and short story writer 6. Rhythm
- “Tata Selo” won the second prize in the Carlos
Palanca Award for 1963. Figurative Devices
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1. Simile
2. Metaphor
3. Personification
4. Irony
5. Metonymy
6. Synecdoche
Vietnam Literature consists of two parts, namely folk and

written literature.
• Folk literature – oral literature

• Written literature – includes kanji, “chu Nom”
(Nom letters) and “chu Quoc ngu” (national
language) literature
Poetry has traditionally been highly prized in Vietnam.
Three main types of Vietnamese Literature:
1. Truyen (traditional oral literature)

2. Han Viet (Chinese-Vietnamese literature)
3. Quoc Am (modern literature, or anything written
in the romanticized quoc ngu alphabet)
❑From the early 20th century, “chu Quoc ngu” (national

language) was widespread nationwide. With the
development of printing technology, together with
exposure to Western and Eastern literature.
❑ Literature in Vietnam witnessed a great number of

new literary genres, in which prose occupied an
important position in the literature forum with poems
reigned before. Changes in literary life appeared with
the advent of the New Poetry movement in the 1930s.
❑ This was a modern movement to liberate Vietnamese

poetry from the restrictive rules of classical Chinese
poetry. In the field of prose, the activities of “Tu Luc Van
Doan” group influenced by the West created a modern
Vietnam novel. Vietnam literature from this period set a
presence of many movements. It can be named of
them, such as works in romanticism, works according to
realism, or works associated with politics – revolutionary
literature flow.
Vietnamese Literature Example
• The Cherished Daughter Mother

- Anonymous (c. 1700 AD)
- trans. Nguyen Ngoc Bich from Word Poetry: An
Anthology of Verse from Antiquit
• A School Boy’s Apology by Le Thanh Huan
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ASEAN LITERATURE - “Tata Selo” is based on real-life reform issues and

Fiction VIETNAM LITERATURE

• Plot Poetry – literature that is written in verse and emphasizes

Vietnam Literature consists of two parts, namely folk and

• Folk literature – oral literature

Poetry has traditionally been highly prized in Vietnam.

Three main types of Vietnamese Literature:

1. Truyen (traditional oral literature)

❑From the early 20th century, “chu Quoc ngu” (national

❑ Literature in Vietnam witnessed a great number of

❑ This was a modern movement to liberate Vietnamese

Vietnamese Literature Example

• The Cherished Daughter Mother

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