21ST CENTURY

LITERATURE FROM THE

PHILIPPINES AND THE
WORLD
GROUP ACTIVITY!
GUESS THE AUTHORS
Note: The group with the highest
score will be given additional 5pts to
written test.
DIRECTION: MATCH THE
FOLLOWING TITLES
WITH THEIR AUTHORS
Direction: Match the following titles with their authors

1. Animal Farm A. Ernest Hemingway

2. The Great Gatsby B. Robert Louis
3. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Stevenson
Hyde C. George Orwell
4. The old Man and
the Sea
D. Mark Twain
5. The Adventure of E. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Huckleberry Finn
Anglo-American Literature

Anglo is a prefix indicating a relation

to the Angles, England, the English
people, or the English language.
Anglo is a late Latin prefix used to
denote English. The word is derived
from Anglia, the Latin name for
England.
Anglia and England both mean land
of the Angles.
What is Anglo-American Literature?
American literature is tied with an in-
depth knowledge of the significant
historical events that shaped its
identity.
Anglo-American literature is
characterized as containing themes
that aim to identify oneself from that
of the society that bleeds itself within
the text.
 1. NATIVE AMERICAN PERIOD

The Native Americans of East Coast met the new 16 th

and 17th-century visitors from Europe with
enthusiasm. They regarded these men as strange but
were delighted with the steel knives, mirrors, copper
kettles , and other intriguing novelties. The
indigenous tribes were more than accommodating
and hospitable. Without their aid, the first waves of
settles would not have survived in the land they knew
little about.
 1. NATIVE AMERICAN PERIOD

But this time the Europeans disregarded all respect

for the valued land and resources and instead
displayed insatiable greed and arrogance. The
Europeans soon pursued their intent to conquer this
continent with brutal attacks and invasion. The Native
American soon realized that the invaders would arrive
in overwhelming numbers, as many “ as the stars in
heaven.”
 1. NATIVE AMERICAN PERIOD
Native American Period presented orally. The Native
American literature connects the Indian people to the
earth and its life through a spiritual kinship. European
settlements were followed by the arrival of
missionaries who converted Indians to Christianity
and educated them in religious schools.
The first Native American writer to be published in
English was Samson Occom. Although raised as a
typical boy at 16 he began to study English, he was
converted to Christianity and then served as a
missionary among New England Indians.
2. THE COLONIAL PERIOD

European nations came to the America

to increase their wealth and broaden
their influence over world affairs. The
Spanish were the first Europeans to
explore the New World and the first to
settle in what is now the United
States.
The history of Colonial American
literature begins with the arrival of
English-speaking Europeans in that
would later the United States.
2. THE COLONIAL PERIOD

John Smith is credited with initiating

American literature. His chief books included
 A true relation of… Virginia…(1608)
 New England
 The Generall Historie of Virginia
 The Summer Isles.
Although these volumes often glorified their
author, they were openly written to explain
colonizing opportunities to Englishmen.
 2. THE COLONIAL PERIOD

Some writers acknowledge British

allegiance, but others stressed the
differences of opinion that spurred the
colonists to leave their homeland.
The utilitarian writings of the 17th-
century included biographies, treatises,
accounts of voyages, and sermons.
There were achievements in drama or
fiction.
 2. THE COLONIAL PERIOD

Many of the people who settled in the

New World came to escape religious
persecution. The colonists flourished
with some assistance from Native
Americans. The earliest colonial
literature consisted mainly of religious
and political tracts.
3. THE AMERICAN RENAISSANCE or AMERICAN ROMANTIC PERIOD

This period is commonly accepted to be the greatest

period of American literature.
The wrench of the American Revolution emphasized
differences that had been growing between American and
British political concepts.
As the colonists moved to the belief that rebellion was
inevitable, fought the bitter war, and worked to found the
new nation’s government, they were influenced by a
number of very effective political writers
such as Samuel Adams and John Dickenson. But two
figures loomed above these-Benjamin Franklin and
Thomas Paine
3. THE AMERICAN RENAISSANCE or AMERICAN ROMANTIC PERIOD

Benjamin Franklin, born in 1706, had started to

published his writings in his brother’s
newspaper, the New England Courant, as early
as 1722. This newspaper championed the cause
of the “Leather Apron” man and the farmer and
appealed by using easily understood language
and practical argument. Franklin’s self-attained
culture, deep and wide, gave substance and skill
to varied articles, pamphlets, and reports that
he wrote concerning the dispute with Great
Britain, many of them extremely effective in
stating and shaping the colonists’ cause.
3. THE AMERICAN RENAISSANCE or AMERICAN ROMANTIC PERIOD

Thomas Paine, went from his Native England

to Philadelphia and became a magazine
editor and then, about 14 months later, the
most effective propagandist for colonial
cause.
His pamphlet ”Common Sense” did much to
influence the colonists to declare their
independence. The American Crisis papers (
December 1776- December 1783) spurred
Americans to fight on through the blackest
years of the war..
4. THE NEW NATION
In the postwar period some of these
eloquent men were no longer able to win a
debate. Thomas Paine and other reformist
lacked the constructive ideas that appealed
to those interested in forming a new
government. Others fared better- for
example, Benjamin Franklin, whose tolerance
and sense showed in addresses to the
constitutional convention, Literature during
this time were leaning towards giving
insight into problems of government.
4. THE NEW NATION
A different group of authors, however,
became leaders in the new period-Thomas
Jefferson and the talented writers of the
Federalist papers, a series of 85 essays
published in 1787 and 1788 urging the
virtues of the proposed new constitution.
They were written by Alexander Hamilton,
James Madison, and John Jay.
4. THE NEW NATION

More distinguished for

insight into problems of
government and cool logic
than for eloquence, these
works became a classic
statement of American
governmental, and more
generally of a republican,
John Jay
theory. At the time they were
highly effective in influencing
James Madison
legislators who voted on
Alexander Hamilton the new constitution.
4. THE NEW NATION

Hamilton who wrote perhaps 51

of the federalist papers became
a leader of the federalist party,
and as first secretary of the
treasury, wrote messages that
were influential in increasing the
power of national government at
the expense of the state
governments.
Alexander Hamilton
 MINI PT 1
 Construct a Comprehensive Timeline Infographic.
 Complete the timeline by providing appropriate images
of what you think greatly represents the nature of the
discussed Anglo-American Literary Period
 Write a brief description capturing what one should
know about the specific literary period
 Submission will be a day after the discussion of the
Contemporary American Literature to Present.
TO BE CONTINUED…