21st literature (long quiz)

• Literary approach


  an interpretation, analysis, and judgment of a text helps a reader better engage with or challenge that writing
• Feminist literary criticism


  draws on the ideas of feminist theory to critique literature, considering how literature portrays and is influenced by patriarchal narratives
• Formalism literary theory


  focuses on the stylistic purity of a work of literature rather than its social contexts and authorial intent
• Formalism literary theory


  it is possible to interpret a text without having any information on its author or its social or historical background
• Marxist literary criticism


  examines how literature becomes part of the superstructure, how literature becomes a site for ideological battles and propaganda, and how it portrays class struggles and conditions of the world
• Queer theory


  interprets and critiques the representation of LGBTQIA identities and themes in literature, often challenging heteronormative perspectives and binary categorizations of gender and sexuality
• Reader response


  analysis that focuses on how readers are actively engaged in the creation of meaning in a text.
• Reader response


  The implied reader is the reader that the text expects to react to, pick up on, interpret and experience aspects of the text in a certain way
• Victor Dennis T. Nierva


  A poet, teacher, journalist, theater actor, translator, graphic designer, and a cultural advocate from Naga City
• Victor Dennis T. Nierva


  Some of his writings are also available in his site Makuapo ni Handiong
• Victor Dennis T. Nierva

  • Antisipasyon asin iba pang rawitdawit sa Bikol asin Ingles (2017)
  • Doros asin mga Anghel (2012) - a Bikol translation of John Doone’s Holy Sonnets and Selected Works
  • Boarding the Train
• Kristian S. Cordero

  • A poet, fictionist, translator, filmmaker
• Kristian S. Cordero


  A recipient of various awards including the Madrigal-Gonzales Best First Book Award, the Philippine National Books Award, the Gintong Aklat Awards and the Southeast Asian Writers’ Award
• Kristian S. Cordero

  • Mga “Tulang Tulala” (2004)
  • “Santigwar: Mga Rawitdawit sa Bikol asin Filipino”  (2006)
  • “Pusuanon: Mga Bersong Bikol” (2008), all written in the vernacular
• Honesto "Jun" Pesimo Jr.

  • A Bicolano writer, teacher
  • Founding member of Kabulig-Bikol
  • one of the editors of Bangraw kan Arte, Literatura asin Kultura
  • Edited the book entitled Girok: Erotika published by Kabulig- Bikol in 2017
• Honesto "Jun" Pesimo Jr.

  • The author of Bagyo sa Oktubre (2009) 
  • Sa Ngaran kan Aki, Sa Ngalan ng Anak (2020) and '

  Di na Kita Kilala, Umaga (2023).
• Estelito Baylon Jacob


  A well-known Bicolano writer, teacher, and painter
• Estelito Baylon Jacob


  He is the current councilor of Kabulig Bikol.
• Estelito Baylon Jacob

  Works:

  • Mga Nirukitdukit
  • Pinagrok
  • Kamrang
  • Magindara
• Maria Lilia A. Realubit

  • a Bikol writer, retired professor of the College of Education of the University of the Philippines
• Maria Lilia A. Realubit

  • recipient of the Studentship of Balagtas from the Union of Writers in the Philippines (UMPIL), and Masirang Kabikolan star (Lifetime Achievement Award) in the Premio Tomas Arejola for Bikolnon Literature in 2004.
• Maria Lilia A. Realubit


  the founder of Kabulig Bikol and Bikol Heritage Society, Inc.
• Maria Lilia A. Realubit

  Works:

  • Bikol Poetry Galore At Last A Report
  • Philippine Drama: Twelve Plays in Six Regional Languages
• Merlinda Bobis

  • a poet, a writer, a dancer and a visual artist from Legazpi City
  • Her play Rita's Lullaby was the winner of the 1998 Awgie for Best Radio Play and the international Prix Italia of the same year Her collection of short stories, "White Turtle", won the Steele Rudd Award in 2000 for the Best Collection of Australian Short Stories, and the Philippine National Book Award in the same year
• Merlinda Bobis


  She is also a recipient of the Gintong Aklat Award for her novel Banana Heart Summer, and the 2016 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction for her book, Locust Girl: A Lovesong
• Merlinda Bobis

  Works:

  • Rita's Lullaby (play)
  • White Turtle (collection of short stories)
  • Fruit Stall
  • Banana Heart Summer
  • Locust Girl: A Lovesong
• Marissa "Issa" Reorizo-Redburn

  • from San Pascual, Masbate
  • Bikolano writer
  • Former teacher and one of the editors of Bangraw kan Arte, Literatura asin Kultura with Estelito Jacob at Honesto Pesimo, Jr.
• Marissa "Issa" Reorizo-Redburn

  • Panelist at Saringsing Writers Workshop
  • Former VP of Kabulig-Bikol and president of Parasurat Bikolnon
• Marissa "Issa" Reorizo-Redburn

  Works:

  • Dain Linaw an Hinaw
  • Aurea
  • Burak
  • An Tambobong nin Literaturang Bikolnon
• Aida B. Cirujales


  considered as the Tigsik Queen of Bicol

  a finalist in the rawitdawit (poetry) category of the Premio Arejola in 2007
• Aida B. Cirujales

  • several of her writings can be read at the Bicol Standard-Bicol News
• Aida B. Cirujales

  Works:

  • "Tigsik" published by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)
  • Tanog mo, tanog ko
• Abdon M. Balde Jr.

  • a contemporary Bicolano writer in Bikol, Filipino, and English
  • Poet laureate of Albay
  • awarded as one of the Outstanding Bikolano Artists for 2009 in Literary Arts category in Naga City, and Southeast Asian Writers Awards for the Philippines in Thailand last 2009.
• Abdon M. Balde Jr.

  Works:

  • 100 Kislap
  • Hunyango sa Bato
  • Mga Pangarap at Pangitain
• Multimedia

  • An electronic application
• Multimedia


  where every type of information can be represented, stored, transmitted and processed digitally
• Multimedia


  also known as Digital Media
• Canva

  • A robust design tool, it can be used in education to create projects that look great and help teach students the basics of digital design. 
  • Melanie Perkins, Cliff Obrecht, and Cameron Adams founded it in Perth, Australia.
• Adobe Photoshop


  A software extensively used for raster image editing, graphic design, and digital art. It was developed in 1987 by the American brothers Thomas and John Knoll.
• Google Slides


  An online presentation app that lets you create and format presentations and work with other people