21st CENTURY REVIEWER NOTE: How does literary non-fiction

differs from fiction?

 Literature - It is the mirror of society - The story elements are based on real-
which reflects societal norms, culture, life, not imaginary
tradition, experiences etc.
 Poetry
The term derives from Latin word: -is an imaginative awareness of
experience expressed through meaning,
litteratura which means, writings, sound and rhythmic language choices to
litteratus means learning evoke an emotional response.

or litera which means letter. It has been known to employ meter and
rhyme.
**Philippine Literature existed even
during Pre-Colonial Period. -It is a genre of literature that uses
rhythmic and aesthetic of language to
 Pre-colonial Period- Existed before evoke meaning.
Spanish occupation in the 1500 and is
oral in nature and is full of ideas about - Example
life, its blessings from birth to grave. “Listen my children and you shall
hear, Of the midnight ride of Paul
- This is the period wherein chants, Revere”
proverbs, songs, and folk narratives
first emerged. NOTE: Rhyme Scheme, Rhythm,
and Stanzas can be found in a poem.
 Colonial Period
It is a period in the history of Philippine  Quatrain
literature where the Spanish, American, and - It refers to a four-line poem.
Japanese
come to our country.  Folktale. It is characteristically
anonymous, timeless and placeless tale
 Spanish Period circulated orally among people.
-This is a period where an emphasis on
morality and religion was common in literary  Fable is a short story that cater the
forms such as Corrido, Pasyon, and Cenaculo. children native Filipinos. These stories
use animals as character that represent a
-During this era, there were many recreational particular value or character.
plays performed by Filipinos such as
Cenaculo, Panunuluyan, and Zarzuela.  Drama is a composition in prose or
verse presenting in dialogue or
pantomime story involving conflict or
 American Period more contrast of character, especially on
English as a medium of instruction was intended to be acted on a stage: a play.
introduced in the schools as intellectual
language of education during this period. It may be any situation or series of
events having vivid, emotional,
FOUR MAJOR GENRES OF conflicting or striking interest.
LITERATURE
1. Poetry -It is performed before an audience in a
2. Drama theatre, radio, or television.
3. Fiction
4. Non-Fiction  Proverbs are statements that are
considered as wise, usually given by
parents or elders of the community.
  Imagery is an an element in poetry that  Digi-Fiction
refers to the image or picture created in -A literary genre which combines three media:
the minds of readers that helps give light book, movie/video and internet website.
to the main idea.
-“39 Clues” book series by Scholastic, where
 Love Songs stories are told using the combination of book,
- Also known as Courtship songs that are video, and website, is an example of Digi-
used by young men to capture the heart Fiction.
of the girl that they love.
 Doodle Fiction
 Legends - A Literary presentation where the author
These stories usually come with a moral incorporates doodle writing and drawings and
lesson that give credit to supernatural handwritten graphics in place of the traditional
powers, supernatural occurences and out- font Spanish Period .
of-this-world native imagination.
 Text-Talk Novel
 Riddles - Stories told almost entirely in dialogue,
Statement that contain superficial words, simulating social network exchanges
but they function figuratively and are in
the form of questions.  Chick Lit
-It is a genre fiction which addresses issues of
 Alibata modern womanhood, often humorously and
It is the first Filipino Alphabet. lightheartedly.

 Rhythm Blog
- Last words or sounds match each other. -It is a website that contains short articles
posted and changed regularly.
 Haiku
- In Japanese poetry, it is a seventeen- Hyper Poetry
syllable poem of three lines arranged in Digital literature that uses links and includes
lines of five-seven- five. parts that move or mutate.

Manga
Fiction It is a comic book or book series published in
-It refers to book and stories about imaginary Japan.
people and events.
Examples: Flash Fiction
- legends, Stories characterized by their brevity. It could
- folktales, range from a word to a thousand.
- short stories, and
- any novels Graphic Novel
Narrative work in which a story is told using a
comic form.
Non- Fiction
-It is about real events and facts, rather than EXAMPLE OF LITERARY WORKS
stories that have been invented.
 Legend: Maria Makiling
 Science Fiction  Myth: The Story of Bathala
-It is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with  Fable: Ang Kuneho at ang Pagong
imaginative concepts such as futuristic science  Folk Song: Leron Leron Sinta
and technology, space travel, time travel, a  Epic: Darangen
parallel universe and extraterrestrial life.
Break a leg! You can do it.
- -Ma’am Gab