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Survey of Philippine Literature in English

This document discusses Philippine literature in English and defines literature. It provides a definition of literature as anything printed related to human ideas and feelings, whether factual or imaginary. It also summarizes the key functions of literature as: 1) entertainment, 2) socio-political commentary, 3) shaping ideology, 4) preserving language, 5) documenting culture, 6) education, 7) recording history, and 8) imparting morals. The document emphasizes that literature expresses human feelings about society, government, surroundings, and serves important cultural, educational, and historical purposes.

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Survey of Philippine Literature in English

This document discusses Philippine literature in English and defines literature. It provides a definition of literature as anything printed related to human ideas and feelings, whether factual or imaginary. It also summarizes the key functions of literature as: 1) entertainment, 2) socio-political commentary, 3) shaping ideology, 4) preserving language, 5) documenting culture, 6) education, 7) recording history, and 8) imparting morals. The document emphasizes that literature expresses human feelings about society, government, surroundings, and serves important cultural, educational, and historical purposes.

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Survey of

Philippine
Literature in
English
What is
Literature?

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1.
Literature
Definition
Literature
> The word literature is derived
from the Latin term litera
which means letter.

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Literature
> Some loosely interpret
literature as any printed
matter written within a
book, a magazine or a
pamphlet.
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Literature
> For Webster, literature is
anything that is printed, as
long as it is related to the ideas
and feelings of people, whether
it is true, or just a product of
one’s imagination.
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Literature
> Brother Azurin, said that
“literature expresses the feelings
of people to society, to the
government, to his surroundings,
to his fellowmen and to his Divine
Creator"
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Functions
of
Literature
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Functions of
Literature
o Entertainmen o Cultural
t o Educational
o Socio- o Historical
o Moral
political
o Ideological
o Linguistic 12
1. Entertainment
Function
o known as pleasure reading
o It is consumed for the sake
of one’s entertainment

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2. Socio-Political
Function
o Literature shows how
society works around them.
o It helps the reader see the
political and social
constructs around him/her
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2. Socio-Political
Function
o Also shows the state of the
people and the world around
him

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3. Ideological Function
o Ideology is a manner or the
content of thinking
characteristic of an
individual or group.

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3. Ideological Function
o Literature shapes our way of
thinking based in the ideas of other
people.

o Literature displays a person’s


ideology placed in the text
consciously or unconsciously.
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4. Linguistic Function
o Literature preserves the language of every
of a civilization from where it originated.

o They are evidences that a certain


civilization has existed by recording the
language and preserving it through wide
spans of time.

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5. Cultural Function
o Literature orients us with the traditions,
folklores, and arts of our ethnic group’s
heritage.

o It preserves entire cultures and creates an


imprint of the people’s way of living for
others to read, hear, and learn.

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6. Educational
Function
o Literature teachers us many things about
human experience.

o It is used to portray the facets of life that


we see, and those that we would never
dream of seeing.

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7. Historical Function
o Ancient text, illuminated scripts, stone
tablets

o Keeps a record of events that happened in


the place where they originated.

o Serves as time capsules of letters which


are studied by the scholars and researchers
today. 21
9. Moral Function
o Literature may impart values to its
readers

o The morals contained in the literary


text, whether good or bad, are
absorbed by whoever reads it. Thus, it
helps in shaping one’s personality.
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The Importance
of
LITERATURE
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Why We
Need to
Study
Philippin
e
Literatur
e?

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Thanks!

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