2. Definitions of Literature
Literature is any form of writing which deals with the
significant human experience – his society and his
experiences – which is artistically conceived for aneffect
(Malonzo, 2014).
Literature is the enactment of human possibilities, or a
vehicle that will help us discover more about ourselves and
the meaning we can make of life (Malonzo, 2014)
Literature broadly refers to any collection of written or oral
work, but it morecommonly and narrowly refers to writings
specifically considered to be an art form,especially prose
fiction, drama, and poetry, in contrast to academicwriting
and newspapers (Wikipedia).
3. Literature as Significant Human
Experiences
What defines a piece of writing as great
literature? One of the elements that sets
literature apart from writing purely for the
purpose of entertainment and escapism is its
commentary on the human condition. The
human experience in literature contains
themes about life and society that are relatable
to readers. There are endless themes related to
4. Here are the following themes:
parent-child relationship
death
loneliness
conformity
growing up
aging
human rights
charity
equality
materialism
5. Purposes of Literature
To improve your command of language
To teach you about life, culture, experience of people in other
parts of the world
To give you information about other parts of the world which
you may never be able to visit in your lifetime
To entertain you and provide useful occupation in your free
time
To make you a wiser and more experienced person by forcing
you to judge, sympathize with, or criticize the characters you read
about
To help you compare your own experience with experiences of
other people
To give you information which may be useful in other subjects,
6. DEFINITIONS OF PROSE
Prose is ordinary language.
Prose is written in sentences and paragraphs that may
include dialogue.
Most of the literature we read is written in prose.
It is a form or technique of language that exhibits a
natural flow of
speech and grammatical structure.
It is derived from the Latin word prosa which means
straightforward.
7. DIVISIONS AND TYPES OF PROSE
Fiction- this pertains to a narrative form, in any medium,
consisting of people, events, or places that are imaginary. In
other words, it is not based strictly on history or fact.
Examples: short stories, legend, fairy tale letters, folk tale
memoirs, novels, short stories, fables, myths etc.
Non-Fiction- It is any document or content that purports in
good faith to represent truth and accuracy regarding
information, events, or people.
Examples: essay, report, personal narrative, memoirs, letter,
article, journal, biographies etc.
8. STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF PROSE
Sentence – group of words that express a
complete thought.
Paragraph - sentences that are grouped
together.
Dialogue – words or sentences that quote what
a person has said.
9. DEFINITIONS OF POETRY
It refers to those expressions in verse, with measures,
rhymes, lines, stanzas, and melodious tone.
Poetry is an expressive form of writing. It allows the
author to share an idea or insight with others in a
meaningful way.
Poetry is not written in sentences and paragraphs like
prose. Instead, it uses different structures that make it
interesting to read.
It came from the Greek word poiesis which means
making.
10. DIVISIONS AND TYPES OF POETRY
Lyric Poetry- in earlier days, it was meant to be sung to the
accompaniment of
musical known as lyre.
a. simple lyric- embraces a wide variety of poems and is
characterized by subjectivity, imagination, melody, and emotion.
b. song- short lyric poem which has a specific melodious quality
and is
intended to be sung.
c. sonnet- a poem expressing of 14 lines with a formal rhyme.
d. elegy- a poem expressing lament or grief for dead.
e. ode- most splendid type of lyric poetry.
11. Narrative Poetry- it tells a story following an order of
events. It includes
a. ballad- short simple narrative poem composed to be
sung and is orally told from one generation to another.
b. metrical romance- a long rambling love story in verse
which is centered around the adventures of knights and
lords, and their royal ladies during the age of chivalry.
c. epic- a long majestic narrative poem which tells the
adventures of a traditional hero and the development of a
nation.
12. Dramatic Poetry- it has the elements that are closely related
to drama because it is written in dramatic form or make use of a
dramatic technique. It includes:
a. dramatic monologue- a combination of drama and poetry
which represents the speech of a character in a particular
situation at a critical moment.
b. soliloquy- passage spoken by the speaker in a poem of a
character in the play except that there is no one present to hear
him except the audience or the reader.
c. character sketch- poem which the writer is concerned less
with complete or implied matters of a story, but rather with
arousing sympathy or antagonism for, or some interest in an
individual.
13. STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF POETRY
Verse – one line of poetry.
Stanza – group of verses.
Rhythm – beats or accented syllables.
Meter – pattern of beats or accented
syllables.
Rhyme – syllables that sound similar
15. At the end of the session:
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
Describe literature as significant human experience.
Enumerate the purposes of Literature
Differentiate between prose and poetry and drama
Differentiate fiction and nonfiction
Enumerate well-known Filipino authors and international
authors
List down Literature competencies in English Kto12 Curriculum
Objectives
16. Warm-up Activity:
What are your views on the Nature of Literature and Its
Genre?
A. Overview on the Nature, Function and Value of Literature
Literature can be defined as an expression of human
feelings, thoughts, and ideas whose medium is language,
oral and written.
It is not only about human ideas, thoughts, and feelings
but also about experiences of the authors.
It can be medium for human to communicate what they
feel, think, experience to the readers.
17. Literature Based on Different Point of Views
a. Literature is art.
b. Literature is language.
c. Literature is aesthetic.
d. Literature is fictional.
e. Literature is expressive.
f. Literature is affective.
g. Literature is everything in print. It means any writing
can be categorize as literature
18. c. Ideological function – shapes our
way of thinking based on the ideas
of other people. Literature also
displays a person’s ideology placed
in the text consciously and
unconsciously.
d. Moral function. Literature may
impart moral values to its readers.
The morals contained in a literary
text, whether good or bad are
absorbed by whoever reads it, thus
helps in shaping their personality.
19. e. Linguistic function. Literature
preserves the language of every
civilization from where it originated.
They are also evidences that a certain
civilization has existed by recording
the language and preserving it
through wide spans of time.
f. Cultural function. Literature orients
us to the traditions, folklore and the
arts of our ethnic group’s heritage. It
preserves entire cultures and creates
an imprint of the people’s way of living
for others to read, hear and learn.
20. g. Educational function. Literature
teaches us of many things about the
human experience. It is used to
portray the facets of life that we see,
and those that we would never dream
of seeing.
h. Historical function. Ancient text,
illuminated scripts, stone tablets, etc,
keeps a record of events that
happened in the place where they
originated.
21. Value of Literature (Importance of Literature)
a. Literature improves your command of language.
b. It teaches you about the life, cultures and experiences
of people in other parts of the world.
c. It gives you information about other parts of the
world which you may never be able to visit in your
lifetime.
22. d. It entertains you and provides useful occupation in
your free time.
e. It makes you a wiser and more experience person by
forcing you to judge, sympathize with, or criticize the
characters you read about.
f. It helps you compare your own experiences with the
experience of other people.
g. It gives information which may be useful in other
subjects for example in Geography, Science, History,
Social Studies, and so on.
23. 5 Main Genres of Literature
1. Fiction. It features imaginary characters and events. This genre is often broken up into
five subgenres: fantasy, historical fiction, mystery, and science fiction.
2. Nonfiction. It tells the story of real people and events. Examples include biography,
autobiographies, or memoirs.
3. Drama. A drama or play is a story created specifically for a stage performance. The most
renowned author of drama was William Shakespeare – the writer of Macbeth, Hamlet,
Romeo and Juliet.
4. Poetry. In this style of writing, words are arranged in a metrical pattern and often
(though not always) in rhymed verse. Renowned poets include Cumminge, Robert Frost
and Maya Angelou.
5. Folktale. Folktale is also referred to as mythology. It tells stories of originally oral
literature and is meant to pass on particular moral lessons. These tales often have a
timeless quality, dealing with common concerns that are relevant despite the time period.
24. Literature as Significant Human Experiences
The human experience in literature contains themes about life
and society that are relatable to readers. Themes related to the
human experience encompass any commentary on society or
human nature, such as death, relationships, human right, or
conformity.
People think that words do not mean anything to anybody but,
literature is a reflection of the human experience because it allows
people to look back on their memories like Martin Luther King, Jr.,
and it also allows the reader to learn a life lesson through other’s
experiences like the author Sandra Cisneros.
25. Literature allows people to share human experiences through
imagery in their words. Martin Luther King, Jr. uses imagery in his
“I Have a Dream” speech. He says, “Negro is still sadly crippled by
the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination”. King
uses words like “manacles and chains” to relate to the experience of
the slaves. He wrote this in time of segregation, it was after slavery,
but he is pointing out that the black is still not free of the past they
are trying to get over. He is connecting with his audience to share
one human experience.
26. Literature allows people to learn through other people’s
experiences and learn life lessons because they can see
through other people’s thoughts and memories.
Literature allows writers or readers to look back on their
memories because they can relive the memory or experience
through words.
27. Purposes of Literature
One of the chief purposes of literature is a
means of exploring what is to be human. It is
also a way of communicating with others about a
huge range of ideas and concerns. Literature
helps us to understand people, societies, events,
and culture
28. Prose vs Poetry vs Drama
Prose is the normal language (sentences and
paragraphs) people use when writing or speaking. It is
not poetry and does not have a meter or rhythmical
pattern. Magazines, articles, encyclopedias, and essays
are all written in prose. Stories are also usually written
in prose.
29. Poetry. Poetry creates word pictures, describes
moments, or expresses feelings: There are many different
forms of poetry. Two examples of poem forms are free
verse and lyrical poems. A free verse poem does not
rhythm. A lyrical poem uses imagery to express a feeling
and uses rhythm, regular meter, and rhyme.
30. Drama. Drama is a story that is acted out in front of
people, or an audience. A drama can be a play, a puppet
show, a song, or dance story that a person on stage
performs for a group of people. Plays are written in a
special form, which helps you to picture what is
happening on stage. This special form is called a script. A
script contains the list of characters, the lines the
characters say, and the stage directors.
31. Poems are written in lines and stanzas instead of
sentences and paragraphs. Prose is made up of
sentences and paragraphs without any metrical (or
rhyming) structure.
32. Drama is a piece of writing that tells a story; it is
performed on a stage and uses dialogue. Although each
is a distinctive style of writing, the main similarities
are: all three can be for entertainment; all three are
used to express ideas or feelings; all three can be more
effective if read aloud; and all three can follow certain
rules, or be absolutely lawless in their form.
33. Fiction vs Nonfiction
Fiction refers to literature created from the
imagination. Mysteries, science fiction, romance,
fantasy, checklit, crime thrillers are all fiction genres.
Examples of classic fiction include: To Kill a Mocking
Bird by Harper Lee and A Tale of Two Cities by Charles
Dickens.
34. ‘Nonfiction’ refers to literature based in fact. It is the
broadest category of literature. The Nonfiction
Department has books and videos in many categories
including biography, business, cooking, health and
fitness, pets, crafts, home decorating, languages, travel,
home improvement, religion, art and music, history,
self-help, true crime, science and humor.
35. Fiction is fabricated and based on the author’s
imagination. Short stories, novels, myths, legends, and
fairy tales are all considered fiction. While settings plot
points, and characters in fiction are sometimes based on
real-life events or people, writers used such things as
jumping off points for their stories.
36. Nonfiction is factual and reports on true
events. Usually Nonfiction has a higher standard
to uphold than fiction.
37. Survey of Authors
1. Filipino Authors
a. Jose Rizal – Noli Me Tangere
b. Francisco Balagtas – Florante at Laura
c. Amado V. Hernandez – Mga Ibong Mandaragit
d. Nick Joaquin – The Woman Who Had Two Novels
e. F. Sionil Jose – Po-on A Novel
f. Lope K. Santos – Banaag at Sikat
g. Miguel Syjuco – Illustrado
h. Lualhati Bautista – Dekada ‘70
i. F.H. Batacan – Smaller and Smaller Circles
j. Bob Ong – ABNKKBSNPLAKO?! (Aba nakakabasa na pala ako)
38. 2. Foreign Authors
a. Victor Hugo (French) – Les Miserables, and Notre – Dame de Paris
b. William Shakespeare – Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Merchant of
Venice
c. Jonathan Swift – Gulliver’s Travels, A Tale of Tub
d. Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe – Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeships and Elective
Affinities
e. Alexander Dumas – The Count of Monte Cristo, and The Three Musketeers
f. Charles Dickens – Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol
g. George Elliot – The Mill on the Floss, Silos Marner
h. Leo Tolstoy – War and Peace, and Anna Karenina
i. Mark Twain – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
j. Homer – The Iliad and The Odyssey
39. Literature Competencies in English Kto12 Curriculum
Refer to
1. www.deped.gov.ph>2019/01
2.www.mx.unoi.com>2014/10/13>competenciesinEnglishf
orPrimaryStudents
3.www.scribd.com>document>EnglishKto12Competencies
Grade7-10/NonverbalCommunication
4.www.depedk12.com>...>MELCsDepEdk12MostEssentialL
earningCompetenciesMatrix(MELCs)-DepEd
41. Performance Tasks:
PT1 Identification: Give the word or group of words described in the sentence.
______________ 1. It is fabricated and based on the author’s imagination. ______________
2. It is factual and reports on true events. ______________
3. These are written in lines and stanzas instead of sentences and paragraphs.
______________ 4. This is a story that is acted out in front of people or an audience.
______________ 5. It is made up of sentences and paragraphs without any metrical
structure.
6. It is an expression of human feelings, thoughts, and ideas whose medium is
language, oral and written. ______________
7. This is also referred to as mythology. ______________
8. It can be a play, a puppet show, a song, or dance story. ______________
9. It can be in the form of free verse or lyrical. ______________
10. Magazines, articles, encyclopedia, and essays are written in this form.
42. PT2
Enumeration: Enumerate the following.
1-5 Functions of Literature
6-10 Values of Literature
11-15 Famous Filipino Authors
16-20 Famous Foreign Authors
21-25 Competencies in Teaching English in the K12
Curriculum
45. Key people
Choose three leaders for Black History Month using Bing.com and discuss their lives and
accomplishments. Here are some examples:
Bayard Rustin was a close advisor to
Martin Luther King and an American
leader of the civil rights movement. Rustin
organized and led several protests,
including the 1963 March on Washington.
Jesse Owens was an American track and
field athlete and four-time gold medalist
in the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany.
Owens specialized in the sprints and the
long jump.
Zora Neale Hurston was an American
author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. In
1937, she published her famous novel,
Their Eyes Were Watching God.
46. Arts and literature
Provide examples of art and literature that are
significant to Black History Month. Here are a
few examples:
• The writing of James Baldwin
• The music of Miles Davis
• The artwork of Alma Thomas
47. How to celebrate
List some ways you can celebrate Black History Month.
Here are a few examples:
• Discover African American artists
• Read African American authors
• Listen to African American musicians
• Learn important moments of African American history
48. Conclusion
Provide a brief summary of your presentation.
Remind the audience what you covered in the previous slides.