Ilocano Literature

ACTIVITY 1
 Write about what being a friend means to

you. Describe what friends do and how they
behave with each other and with other
people. What happens when friends disagree?
LECTURE
 Essay is an an analytic, interpretative, or critical
literary composition usually much shorter and less
systematic and formal than a dissertation or thesis
and usually dealing with its subject from a limited
and often personal point of view
 A famous English essayist Aldous Huxley defines

essays as, ―a literary device for saying almost
everything about almost anything.
HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY?
 An essay is a focused piece of writing that

develops an argument or narrative based on
evidence, analysis and interpretation
 To write an essay, there are three main stages:
 Preparation: Decide on your topic, do your research, and
create an essay outline.
 Writing: Set out your argument in the introduction,
develop it with evidence in the main body, and wrap it up
with a conclusion.
 Revision: Check the content, organization, grammar,
spelling, and formatting of your essay.
PARTS OF AN ESSAY
1. Introductory paragraph accomplishes three
purposes:
 It captures the reader‘s interest
 It suggests the importance of the essay‘s topic
 And it ends with a thesis sentence.
 Often, the thesis sentence states a claim that

consists of two or more related points.
 In the thesis, You are telling the reader what
you think are the most important points which
need to be addressed in your essay.
2. Body paragraph begins with a topic
sentence.
 If the thesis contains multiple points

or assertions, each body paragraph
should support or justify them,
preferably in the order the assertions
originally stated in the thesis.
3. Concluding paragraph usually restates the
thesis and leaves the reader something about
the topic to think about.
 If appropriate, it may also issue a call to act,

inviting the reader to take a specific course
of action with regard to the points that the
essay presented.
ACTIVITY 2
 Tell the story of your life. Start with your

birth and continue the adventure up to the
present. Tell about major events of your
life,family, friends, where you’ve lives and
what you like to do.
Deadline: Nov.12 at 12:00 PM

ILOCANO
LITERATURE
 Is one of the most colorful regional Filipino
literatures
 It is one of the most active tributaries to the
general Philippine literature next to Tagalog,
Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Bikol and Pangasinense
 Prior to the Spanish colonial period, the
Ilocano literature is purely alive in form of
written and oral literature
 When the Spaniards arrived in Ilocos Norte in
1572, it took a toll on Ilocano literature
 During the Spanish era, Ilocano poetry
was heavily influenced by Spanish
poetry.
 Today, Ilocano writers are known to
have published their works in foreign
countries.
 Contemporary Ilocano writers are also
known to bag numerous major awards
in the most prestigious Philippine
literature award giving body, the
Palanca Awards.
TWO OUTSTANDING ILOCANO WRITERS RECOGNIZED
1. Reynaldo Duque
2. Dioniso Bulong
 Were recognized by the National

Commission for the Culture and the
Arts (NCCA)
F. SIONIL JOSE OR FRANCISCO
SIONIL JOSE
 (Born in 3 December 1924) Is a Filipino
journalist and fictionist. He was declared a
National Artist for Literature in 2001 and has
been called a Philippine national treasure.
 In the late fifties Jose founded the Philippine
branch of PEN, an international organization
of poets, playwrights, and novelists.
 In 1965 he started his own publishing house
SOLIDARIDAD, and a year later he began
publishing the remarkable Solidarity, a journal of
current affairs, ideas, and arts, still going strong
today
 His works are available in 28 languages.
 He has been awarded numerous fellowships and
awards, most notable being the 1980 Ramon
Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and
Creative Communication Arts, the most
prestigious award of its kind in Asia, and most
recently, and the 2004 Pablo Neruda Centennial
Award from Chile.
ACTIVITY 3
 Read the story of F. Sionil Jose
entitled Yabang and answer the
processing questions.

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ACTIVITY 1

 Write about what being a friend means to

 A famous English essayist Aldous Huxley defines

 An essay is a focused piece of writing that

 Often, the thesis sentence states a claim that

 If the thesis contains multiple points

 If appropriate, it may also issue a call to act,

 Tell the story of your life. Start with your

Deadline: Nov.12 at 12:00 PM

 Were recognized by the National

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