21st century literature of the Philippines and world

• The history of Philippine literature can be traced back to the Pre-Spanish Period (1565), where Filipino customs and traditions are reflected in folk stories, old plays, and short stories shared initially through oral traditions.
• 21st century literature from the Philippines and the world is accessible to a global audience through various mediums, including print, digital, and audio formats.
• 21st century literature from the Philippines and the world explores a variety of themes, including social issues, personal experiences, and cultural heritage.
• The 21st century is a significant period in the history of Philippine literature as it marks the emergence of new literary genres and styles.
• If given a chance to time travel and go back to a particular period of History of Philippine Literature, I would choose the 21st century.
• Tanaga is a form of poetry that has 17 syllables and is allegorical in meaning.
• The Period of New Society, from 1972 to 1980, saw almost all themes in writings deal with the development or progress of the country, such as the Green Revolution, family planning, proper nutrition, environment, drug addiction, and pollution.
• The Period of Activism, from 1946 to 1970, saw the once aristocratic writers develop an awareness for society and hold pens and write on placards in red paint the equivalent of the word MAKIBAKA (To dare!).
• The Period of the third Republic, from 1981 to 1985, was a stage of the nation that had an effect on Philippine literature.
• The Post EDSA Period, from 1986 to present, has seen changes in newspapers, books, and other publications.
• The Literary Revolution, a period from 1946 to 1970, saw the youth become completely strong and rebellious, as evidenced in literature and on the streets.
• Karaniwang Anyo is a popular poem written in the early post-liberation period where rhyme scheme and verse are not prescribed.
• The early post-liberation period, from 1946 to 1970, was marked by a "struggle" of mind and spirit caused by the sudden emancipation from the enemy and the wild desire to see print.
• The First Quarter Storm of 1970, a period of economic and social unrest, saw campus newspapers expressing rebellious emotions.
• The Palanca Awards, launched in the 1950s, is a source of inspiration and tribute to Filipino writers who shaped and redefined the landscape of Philippine literature.
• As a new era begins, the moments of the glorious, bloodless revolution were commemorated in books such as "People Power" and "Bayan ko".
• Spiritual value is the ability of the literary works to inspire its readers by lifting the reader’s spirit and nourishing it through some sort of realizations or enlightenment.
• Universality, related to the idea of permanence, suggests that good literature should appeal and relate across culture, gender, and time.
• Literature traces its etymology to the Latin word “litera” which means “letters”.
• For Henry van Dyke, one of the celebrated men of letters in American literature, literature is “writings which interpret the meanings of nature and life, in words of charm and power, touched with the personality of the author, in artistic forms of permanent interest”.
• Literature are those written works that talk about life that are written in an exquisite language.
• Rene Wellek, a literary critic and scholar, defines literature as a creative act and an art form.
• Thomas de Quincey classifies literary works into two kinds: the literature of knowledge and the literature of power.
• Literature, as defined by Milagros Tanlayco, Professor Emerita from the University of Santo Tomas and literary scholar, is a record, oral and written, of man’s thoughts, man’s experiences, man’s values in a language that is expressed, in language that is beautiful, presented in a manner that is unforgettable.
• Literature with the capital L suggests that it serves as an valuable contribution in history or otherwise making its presence enduring and considerably timeless.
• Long, in his book “English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World”, came up with the seven literary elements, which serve as the barometer to determine whether a specific work is literary.
• Suggestive value in literature is felt when readers are moved, with good literature showcasing suggestive value eliciting an emotional response from the readers making them more involved within the text.
• Permanence in literature means that the ideas contained in the work are still relevant even today, with good examples being the classical works of Louis May Alcott (Jo’s Boy’s, Little Women) and Jane Austen (Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice).
• Style in literature refers to the way the writer expressed themselves in their work.
• Permanence in literature is the ability of good literature to endure time across culture, gender, age, and history, with its essence anchored on the idea that all human beings experience things in universality.
• Intellectual value in literature is characterized as thought-provoking, enabling active participation from the readers by filling in the gap in the expertly crafted text.
• Artistry in literature pertains to the technicalities of the composition of the work, usually based on how others aesthetically view a literary work whether in the author’s writing technique or in the mastery of how the message of the text is conveyed.
• Literature with small l is a kind of literature that is categorically “popular for a certain amount of time”.
• Pre-Spanish Period (1565): Filipino customs and traditions reflected in folk stories, old plays, and short stories shared through oral traditions.
• Pre-Spanish Period (1565): Ancient Filipinos developed their own alphabet, different from the one introduced by the Spaniards.
• Pre-Spanish Period (1565): Legends are prose that tell about the origin of a thing, place, location, or name.
• Dr. Jose P. Rizal was one of the Filipino heroes who fought for freedom, known for his books and writings such as "Noli Me Tangere" and "El Filibusterismo".
• During the Japanese Period (1941-1945), Filipino literature experienced renewed attention as writers turned to write in Filipino and other vernacular languages.
• The Period of Enlightenment (1872-1898) saw the reawakening of the Filipino spirit after the martyrdom of the three priests Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora.
• Propagandists emerged during this time, intellectual men who were educated in Europe and pushed for the liberation of the Philippines from Spanish rule.