Dimensions of Literary

Text
M1L2
 Identify the geographic, linguistic, and ethnic
dimensions of literary text.

objectives Analyze a literary text using the formalist

approach

Appreciate the various dimension of literary

text by examining the geographic, ethnic and
linguistic dimension of literary text.
 introduction
We have learned from the first lesson of the
richness of Philippine Literature from the Pre-
colonial Period to Contemporary Period. Indeed,
we can say that it has come a long way. In this
lesson, we will examine a literary text and analyze its
geographic, linguistic and ethnic dimensions.

To understand literature, it is necessary that you ask

yourself certain questions, such as “Why does the
author use this particular type of imagery?”, “Why
does the author choose such words?”.

To develop your critical analysis skills, you have to

observe the author's style and intent carefully. Aside
from reading the literary text, we also want you to
think, react, and give meaning to it.

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word
jumble
 Unscramble the letters in order to form a word.
1. ACHORPAP
2. AMROMSILF
3. RTIIISCCM
4. ARTRAIVEN
5. AGEEMSS
6. ANTZASS
7. DAREER
8. GAMESI
9. ELZAYAN
10. RATELIRETU

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 Whose Face Do I Behold
(Muyin Para Niῆu)
Translated By: Florentino Hornedo

Whose face I do behold, mirrored

Upon the water I have boiled to drink?
I do not dare to think to prolong the vision.
If I die, bury me not
At the Cross of San Felix; bury me
Under your fingernails, that I may
Be eaten along with every food you eat, that I may
Be drunk along with every cup
Of water you drink.

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 1. Who is the speaker in the poem?

2. Who is being addressed in the poem?

3. What situation is being anticipated by the narrator?

4. What is the message of the poem?

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 THE IVATANS

Inhabiting the Batanes, a chain of small islands at the northernmost

point of the Philippines, were the Ivatans. Of the island chains, only
three islands were inhabited: Batan, Itbayat, and Sabtang. The Ivatans
of today are considered to be the Christianized surviving group of the
ancient people who once inhabited all the islands of Luzon and
Taiwan. The ancients spoke a language, Chirin nu Ibatan, or simply
Ivatan; an Austronesian language spoken exclusively in the Batanes
Islands was characterized by the dominant use of the letter “v”, as in
valuga, vakul, and vanuwa. In addition, each Ivatan dialect was unique
to a specifc island: The Northern dialect spoken in Basco, the capitol;
Itbayat in Itbayat Island; and Southern Sabtang in Sabtang Island.

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 the ivatans
Place of Origin: Batanes
Also known as: Home of the Winds
Topographic Description: northernmost and the smallest province in the country
Population: 37 657
Religion: the Ivatan are basically Catholic
Livelihood: farming and fishing
Famous For: vakul (traditional headdress); dakay (historical house)
Languages: Ivatan, Ilocano, Tagalog, and English

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 dakay

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 vakul

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 talugong, pasiking, and kanayi

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 proverbs
1. Ivatan: Ipangudidi mu u mapya nanawu.
English: Carry with you good teaching, always bear in
mind sound advice.

2. Ivatan: Matakaw ava dimu u kasulivan.

English : Nobody can steal your knowledge.

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 formalism
Also called Russian Formalism or Russky Formalism,
innovative 20th-century Russian school of literary criticism.
It began in two groups: OPOYAZ, an acronym for Russian
words meaning Society for the Study of Poetic Language,
founded in 1916 at St. Petersburg (later Leningrad) and led
by Viktor Shklovsky; and the Moscow Linguistic Circle,
founded in 1915.
Other members of the groups included Osip Brik, Boris
Eikhenbaum, Yury Tynianov, and Boris Tomashevsky.

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 formalism
focus on the formal elements of a work - its
language, structure, and tone; they offer
intense examinations of the relationship
between form and meaning within a work,
emphasizing the subtle complexity of how
a work is arranged.

i.e. how such things as diction, irony, paradox,

metaphor, symbolism, plot,
characterization, rhyme, or narrative technique
develop the overall meaning of the
piece.

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 formalism

A formalist reads literature as an

independent work of art rather than as a
reflection of the author’s state of mind
or as a representation of a moment in
history. Such things as biography, history,
politics, and economics, for example, are
considered far less important than the
writing’s form. Words and image shape
the work itself.

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application
THE FIRST STEP IN THE FORMALIST
APPROACH IS TO READ WITH AN
ACTIVE AND CRITICAL MIND WHILE
PAYING ATTENTION TO THE
DETAILS OF THE LITERARY PIECE.
STUDY WHO IS NARRATING, WHO
ARE THE CHARACTERS, AND HOW
ARE THESE CHARACTERS REVEALED
TO THE
READERS.
CAREFULLY EXAMINE HOW IT IS
WRITTEN IN NARRATIVE FORM
OR IN STANZAS.
NOTE THE WORD THAT APPEALS
TO THE SENSES, MORE
SPECIFICALLY LOOK FOR IMAGES,
SIMILES, METAPHORS, AND
SYMBOLS USED IN THE LITERARY
TEXT.
HOW THESE PARTS WORK
TOGETHER WILL TELL YOU THE
THEME AND THE MESSAGE IT
CONVEYS. IT ANSWERS THE
QUESTION WHAT IT IS ABOUT.
 Whose Face Do I Behold
(Muyin Para Niῆu)
Translated By: Florentino Hornedo

Whose face I do behold, mirrored

Upon the water I have boiled to drink?
I do not dare to think to prolong the vision.
If I die, bury me not
At the Cross of San Felix; bury me
Under your fingernails, that I may
Be eaten along with every food you eat, that I may
Be drunk along with every cup
Of water you drink.

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application
THE FIRST STEP IN THE FORMALIST
APPROACH IS TO READ WITH AN
ACTIVE AND CRITICAL MIND WHILE
PAYING ATTENTION TO THE
DETAILS OF THE LITERARY PIECE.
STUDY WHO IS NARRATING, WHO
ARE THE CHARACTERS, AND HOW
ARE THESE CHARACTERS REVEALED
TO THE
READERS.
CAREFULLY EXAMINE HOW IT IS
WRITTEN IN NARRATIVE FORM
OR IN STANZAS.
NOTE THE WORD THAT APPEALS
TO THE SENSES, MORE
SPECIFICALLY LOOK FOR IMAGES,
SIMILES, METAPHORS, AND
SYMBOLS USED IN THE LITERARY
TEXT.
HOW THESE PARTS WORK
TOGETHER WILL TELL YOU THE
THEME AND THE MESSAGE IT
CONVEYS. IT ANSWERS THE
QUESTION WHAT IT IS ABOUT.
 CoÑotations
PAOLO MANALO

1. I’m like tripping right now I have suitcase fever.

2. Dude, man, pare, three people can be the same.

3. Except he’s not who he says he is, pare. He’s a sneeze with Chinese blood: Ha Ching!

4. Naman, it’s like our Tagalog accent, so they won’t think we’re all airs; so much weight it means
nothing naman.

5. Dude, man, pare, at the next stop we’ll make buwelta. So they can see we know how to look
where we came from.

6. It’s hirap kaya to find a connection. Who ba’s puwede to be our guide?

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 CoÑotations
PAOLO MANALO

7. Dude, man, can you make this areglo naman?

8. Make it pabalot kaya in the mall. So they can’t guess what you’re thinking. That’s what I call a
package deal.

9. Who says ’coz should be shot.

10. Only kolehiyalas make tusok the fishballs. Us guys, dude, pare, we make them tuhog.

11. Talaga, she said she’d sleep with you? Naman pare, when she says talaga, it means she’s lying.

12. Hey, wala namang like that-an.

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application
THE FIRST STEP IN THE FORMALIST
APPROACH IS TO READ WITH AN
ACTIVE AND CRITICAL MIND WHILE
PAYING ATTENTION TO THE
DETAILS OF THE LITERARY PIECE.
STUDY WHO IS NARRATING, WHO
ARE THE CHARACTERS, AND HOW
ARE THESE CHARACTERS REVEALED
TO THE
READERS.
CAREFULLY EXAMINE HOW IT IS
WRITTEN IN NARRATIVE FORM
OR IN STANZAS.
NOTE THE WORD THAT APPEALS
TO THE SENSES, MORE
SPECIFICALLY LOOK FOR IMAGES,
SIMILES, METAPHORS, AND
SYMBOLS USED IN THE LITERARY
TEXT.
HOW THESE PARTS WORK
TOGETHER WILL TELL YOU THE
THEME AND THE MESSAGE IT
CONVEYS. IT ANSWERS THE
QUESTION WHAT IT IS ABOUT.
thank you
rhenmar armario
rhenmar.armario@deped.gov.ph
0948-414-5366