PHILIPPINE

LITERATURE
COURSE SYLLABUS
PROGRAM OUTCOMES:
 PO1 Possess broad knowledge of language and literature
for effective learning.
 PO2 Use English as a global language in a multilingual
context as it applies to the teaching of language and
literature.
 PO3 Acquire extensive reading background in language,
literature, and allied fields.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
 Philippine Literature is a study of literary genres in all the regions
of the country written at different period in Philippine history.
Varied genres are carefully selected to show how culture, tradition,
race, attitudes, beliefs and customs shaped the Filipino people.
 In this course, students will learn to value the vast literary heritage
left by Filipino writers of past to present. Literature will come alive
in the classroom as students do literary interpretations through
individual and group tasks. Students’ appreciation of literature will
be gauged through a mix of product and performance-based
assessment like role plays, group presentations and the like.
COURSE LEARNING
OUTCOMES
CLO1 Appreciate the breadth and depth of Philippine literature
and cultivate in them a sense of nationalism and social concern.
CLO2 Aims to establish a global perspective by contextualizing
Philippine literature within Asian and Western literary traditions.
CLO3 It also introduces students to the basic elements of fiction,
poetry and drama through a close reading of the literary pieces.
CLO4 Develop the students’ critical thinking and aesthetic sense
through an in-depth analysis and evaluation of representative Philippine
texts utilizing various theoretical tools/concepts and modes of reading.
LESSONS
 Definition of Literature
 Genres of Literature
 Elements of a Story
 Figurative Language
 Pre-Colonial Philippine Literature
 Philippine Literature During the Spanish Colonization
 The First Books
 Modesto De Castro’s Urbana ate Feliza
 AT A BANQUET
LESSONS
 Florante at Laura
 Philippine Literature During the American Period
 Greta Garbo by Deogracias A. Rosario
 Rice by Manuel E. Arguilla
 Desire by Paz Latorena
 America Is In The Heart
 Philippine Literature Under the Republic
 Philippine Literature in the Contemporary Period
LITERATURE: AN
INTRODUCTION
Literature comes from the Latin word
"LITERA" which literally means an
acquaintance with letters, the root definition of
literature. It is a body of literary productions,
oral, written or visual, containing imaginative
language that realistically portrays thoughts,
emotions, and experiences of the human.
condition
LITERATURE DEFINED
 Literature is language in use that provides insights and
intellectual stimulation to the reader. As one explores
literature, he likewise discovers the beauty of language.
 Literature is a product of a particular culture that
concretizes man's array of values, emotions, actions, and
ideas. It is therefore a creation of human experience that
tells about people and their world.
LITERATURE DEFINED
 Literature is an art that reflects the works of imagination, aesthetics,
and creative writing which are distinguished for the beauty of style or
expression as in fiction, poetry, or drama, in distinction from
scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge.
 Literature is defined as written works which deal with themes of
permanent and universal interest, characterized by creativeness and
grace of expression such as poetry, fiction, essay etc.
 It can also be defined as an expression of the emotions, thoughts,
beliefs, aspirations, dreams and goals of humanity in general and of
man in particular
IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY OF
LITERATURE
 It expresses our emotions, beliefs and aspirations
 2. It reflects the ideologies and philosophies of life.
 3. It informs, entertains and teaches a lesson and sentiments.
 4. It allows one to discover himself and grow through the exposure
to the beliefs, attitudes, values, customs, and traditions of the
people of the world.
 5. It enables the reader to appreciate literary masterpieces and value
the meaning of life.
IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY OF
LITERATURE
 6. It allows us to understand literary trends and techniques.
 7. It gives us the distinctive qualities of literary works and
ideas peculiar to a certain group of people or nation.
 8. It makes us realize the universality of events in human
life which we need to understand and accept.
 9. It enables students to understand the values of other
peoples of the world.
WHY DO WE STUDY
PHILIPPINE LITERATURE?
 1. appreciate literary heritage
 2. 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.
 3. understand that we have a great and noble tradition which can
serve as the means to assimilate other cultures4. realize our literary
heritage
 5. manifest our concern for our own literature by studying the latter.
1790S – GENERAL NAPOLEON
BONAPARTE TO JOSÉPHINE
BONAPARTE
A few days ago I thought I loved you; but since I last
saw you I feel I love you a thousand times more. All
the time I have known you, I adore you more each
day; that just shows how wrong was La Bruyére’s
maxim that love comes all at once. Everything in
nature has its own life and different stages of growth.
I beg you, let me see some of your faults: be less
beautiful, less graceful, less kind, less good…
1812 – LUDWIG VAN
BEETHOVEN TO HIS
IMMORTAL BELOVED
 Even in bed my ideas yearn towards you, my Immortal Beloved, here and there joyfully, then
again sadly, awaiting from Fate, whether it will listen to us. I can only live, either altogether
with you or not at all.

What longing in tears for you — You — my Life — my All — farewell. Oh, go on loving me —
never doubt the faithfullest heart

Of your beloved

Ever thine.
Ever mine.
Ever ours.
Mahal kong Remy,
Muli ko na naman hinawakan ang aking panitik upang sa
pamamagitan nito ay minsan ko pang idaing at manik-luhod na hingin
sa iyo ang katugunan ng aking pinipithayang banal na hangarin.
Masakit talos mo na Remy na ang puso ko ay walang tanging
kayamanan liban sa isang pagsuyo na pagkadalisay.
Sa mga sandaling ang tapat kong pag-ibig ay iyong idamay sa mga
kahirapang aking dinaranas, ang magiging katulad ko ay isang
halamang salat sa mapagbigay na buhay ng ulan at init ng araw.
Kaya’t tapatin mo ako Remy, tapatin mo ang dalisay kong hangarin sa
iyo. Maawa ka! Kaawaan mo ang isang pusong nagmamahal sa iyo
ng tapat at dalisay. Huwag ka nang magmaramot sa akin. Huwag
mong ikait sa akin ang iyong matamis na “oo” na malaon ko ng nais
na makamit.
Subalit habang ang puso ko ay nag-iibayo sa pagmamakaawa
sa iyong matamis na kasagutan ay lalo kang waring
nagwawalang bahala. Bakit, bakit kaya, Remy, hindi mo ba
talos na ang hindi mo pagsagot sa aking mga liham ay aking
ipinaghihirap. Wala ka kayang pusong katulad ng sakin, wala
ka bang ni katiting na pagtingin sa akin?
Hindi mo ba talos na ang hindi mo pagsagot sa mga karaingan
ng isang kaluluwang sa iyo’y umiibig ng tapat at dalisay ay
isang pusong wagas ang pagmamahal ang maaring masiphayo
hanggang sa malamig na libingan?
Hanggang dito na lamang at baka ikamuhi mo ang kababawan
ng aking liham. Remy, inaasahan kong ihuhulog mo sa aking
puso ang iyong awa!