World Literature

Literature:
Its Definitions (Lesson 1) Functions (Lesson 2) Forms (Lesson 3)
At the end of this module, you should be able to:
• a. Analyze exceptional literary texts produced in different
continents in the context of gender sensitivity and climate change.
• b. Understand the significant roles played by the different literary
texts in the historical make up in the respective continent.
• c. Broaden students’ cultural background about other
countries’ traditions, customs, beliefs, etc. through reading various
literary works.
• d. Identify the significant historical movements that shaped the
literature of the world.
 World Literature
(Lesson 1)
Literature: Its Definitions

Objectives:
1. Define literature
2. Express appreciation of literature through the given examples
3. Answer the comprehension test relevant to the lesson
Reminder:

•Please do the “ENGAGE” task

Literature
•Literature shapes our thinking
•Literature is in our culture
Balagtasan
•Damrosch (2009)
• “its most general, literature
simply means written with
letters – really, any text at all.”

Flip-top Battle
Questions:
• 1. If literature means “written with
letters,” can we argue that anything
unwritten is NOT a literature at all?
Justify your answer.

• 2. What oral/written literary pieces

can be found in your locale? (Name
five if you can)
Defining it
•“Knowledge of
Books”

•What is the
significance of
Middle English? Caxton
Middle Printing
English: Press
1150-1500 England
1476
•Who is Literature?
•Characteristics
•Functions
 Characteristics
of literature
• Wilson (2018) offered five
essential qualities
• Theme
• Explanation of the relevance
• Compelling idea
• Good style and grammar
• Genuine-ness
 World Literature
Literature: Its Functions
[Part 2]

Objectives:
1. Define literature
2. Express appreciation of literature through the given examples
3. Answer the comprehension test relevant to the lesson
 What are the two important functions
(Hall, 1941)?

FUNCTIONS How does Hall see literary production?

OF
LITERATURE What is the ration of the types of Lit being
produced now?

What are the three approaches to lit?

FUNCTIONS
OF LIT
FUNCTIONS
OF LIT
What other functions of lit do you know?

•From the e-scholar

FUNCTIONS OF LITERATURE
 World Literature
Literature: Its Forms
[Part 3]

Objectives:
1. Define literature
2. Express appreciation of literature through the given examples
3. Answer the comprehension test relevant to the lesson
Genres

•What genres of literature are

you MOST/ familiar with?

•FICTION vs NON-FICTION
Name that GENRE!
FANTASY vs
FICTION

MYTHICAL
vs
SCIENTIFIC
Read an e-copy here:
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What other interesting genres can
we engage with?
of Gods and other mythical characters…
Filipino Deities
- plot set in the past
- attention on manners and social
conditions
Non-fiction

•Biography/autobiography
•Essay
•Narrative non-fiction
•Speech
The Lit theories: Why? What for?

•Read on the different literary theories to

familiarize yourselves with the approaches to
reading lit
Literary Theories
TEST YOURSELF