L1 | LITERATURE

• LITERATURE

  • Latin: “littera” and “belles lettres”
  • Beautiful writings
  • Knowledge from books and studying
  • Everything that has ever written
  • A story of man
  • Deals with ideas, thoughts, emotions of man
  • Faithful reproduction of life
  • Illuminates life
• LITERATURE

  • Doesn’t yield much unless we bring something of ourselves to it.
  • Offers an experience in which we should participate as we read
  • Is an art
  • We learn the innermost feelings and thoughts of people
  • Express the feelings of people to society, to the government, and surroundings.
• WHY STUDY LITERATURE

  • To trace the rich heritage
  • To better appreciate our lifelong heritage
  • To realize our literary limitations and takes steps to overcome them
  • To understand ourselves better and take pride in being a Filipino
• STANDARDS OF A GOOD LITERATURE

  1. ARTISTRY
  2. INTELLECTUAL VALUE
  3. PERMANENCE
  4. SPIRITUAL VALUE
  5. SUGGESTIVENESS
  6. UNIVERSALITY
• ARTISTRY

  • Appeals to our sense of beauty
  • Should appeal to our creative sides with beautifully crafted phrases and sentences
• INTELLECTUAL VALUE

  • Stimulates thoughts; Making us realize fundamental truths about life and human nature. 
• PERMANENCE

  • A great literature endures
  • Written work’s ability to stand the test of time.
• SPIRITUAL VALUE

  • Elevates the spirit by bringing out moral values which makes us a better person
  • Has the capacity to inspire
• SUGGESTIVENESS

  • Stirs creative imagination
  • Rely on emotional power to convey nuances, symbolism, implied meanings, and messages.
• UNIVERSALITY

  • Forever relevant in terms of its theme and conditions 
  • Appeals to almost all readers