Philippine LiteratureMs HANNAH PAPASIN-MARIVELES

Ideas on Literature

Not all literature are created equal! There are bad books just as there are good ones.

Ideas on Literature

Quality should not be confused with commerce (Pop Lit is not necessarily better.)

Good literature are those that: Reflect tradition and culture prevailing at that time

(Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, Le Morte d’ Arthur); Like art, have high aesthetic standards and values.

Philippine Literature are different forms of literature that were

prevailing in the country during its: Pre-colonial, Colonial Contemporary periods.

Philippine Literature...

Has been shaped by Filipino’s culture and tradition, whether it is in oral or written form.

Is brought about and reflects major upheavals in specific periods in the country.

Furthermore...

Characters in Philippine literature has permeated popular myth because of our colonial past.