ANALYZING LITERATURE IN A VOLATILE AND UNCERTAIN WORLD

• VUCA

  Volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous
• Cold War


  Period of tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies that lasted from the end of World War II until the collapse of communism in the USSR
• The Cold War was a war driven by contradicting ideologies, not entirely revolving around weapons and bloodshed
• In the Cold War, the two powerful nations competed for world domination in terms of political alliance, military power, economic advancement, technological achievements, and cultural influence
• The pursuit for a better nuclear weapon technology filled the world with chaos and fear, which was considered as one of the worst drawbacks of the Cold War
• VUCA


  Originally coined by the United States Army War College to describe the tremendous effect of the conflict between the United States and Soviet Union on the world
• The concept of VUCA was eventually adopted and used by business organizations as a specific model to address needs for leadership training, strategy planning, and crisis management
• Volatility


  Characterized by vulnerability to rapid, sudden, and frequent change
• Uncertainty


  Unpredictability of outcomes
• Factors that make the modern world volatile and uncertain

  • Technology issues
  • Environmental problems like global warming
  • Religious and political wars
  • Increasing poverty rate
  • Organized crimes
  • Global pandemic
• Amidst a volatile and uncertain world, some things do not change, such as our values system
• Unchanging values


  • Love for family
  • Good leadership
  • Value of friendship
  • Respect
  • Empathy
  • Faith
  • Courage
  • Resilience
  • Grit
  • Adaptability
  • Kindness
• Literature


  An effective vehicle for teaching and promoting unchanging values
• Major literary standards that make literature effective

  • Moral value
  • Spiritual value