introduction to 21st literature

• literature is the written record of man’s best thoughts, feelings, and emotions
• from the book — Hoard of Thunder by Dr. Geronimo Abad, it is clear that Philippine literature has evolved overtime.
• Abad added that during the 1st phase - struggle with language, durng the 2nd phase - issue of alienation & social commitment, during the 3rd phase - period of activism and the issue of nationalism & national identity, during the 4th phase - issue of universal human rights, globalization, ecology, & changing moral order.
• Dalisay noted that literature is derived from Western ways of writing and is influenced by Western writers.
• Literature can give wisdom to the modern society about life, interpret our own life & emotions, form of entertainment, connect to people and find meaning from their own life.
• Saguinsin said that through literature, people understand the needs for explanation of every matters in the world for future advancements of people’s lives.
• Austria and Fausto said that studying literature is to study the nature of man and bring us back from a certain and to a place we’ve never seen before.
• literature of power - imagination, fiction
• literature of knowledge - fact-based, reality, non-fiction
• examples of literature of power el filibusterismo, noli me tangere, ibon adarna, wattpad stories, comics, marvel
• examples of literature of knowledge: research papers, encyclopedia, almanacs
• teacher - Kristian Dale P. Almazora