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21 CENTURY
LITERATURE
From the Philippines and the World
Midterm – Module 1
Dimensions of Philippine Literary History and
Representative Texts and Authors from
Each Region in the Philippines
NAME: _________________________________________________
SECTION: _________________________ DATE: ________________
Prepared by:
MA. KARINA T. CORROS
Teacher - I
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Representative Texts from Regions
esson1 and Provinces
Introduction
Literature plays a vital role in our lives. It mirrors human experiences and it
lets you go around the world and learn and experience different cultures. It
comes in various forms like poetry, riddles, stories, legends etc.
Main Islands in the Philippines:
o Luzon
o Visayas
o Mindanao
Our country is divided geographically into 17 regions. What makes it more
interesting is the rich number of ethnic groups and the dialects each region
has. Also, this region is represented by their provinces.
Fay-Cooper Cole
o the author of Traditions of the Tinguian: A Study of Philippine Folk-
Lore. He also worked as Assistant Curator of Malayan Ethnology of the
Field Museum of natural History in Chicago. He collected the Tinguian
stories from 1907-1908 when he stayed with the Tinguian in Abra for a
year and four months. He credited the help of Dumagat, a Tinguian
tribesmen. Cole also noted that his translation “follow closely the
language of storytellers rather than to offer a polished translation.”
Mabel Cook Cole
o the compiler and annotator of Philippine Folk Tales published by A.C.
McClurg & Co. in 1916. She was the wife of Fay- Cooper Cole and he
contributed his photographs of the communities to her book. She spent
four years with the different tribes of the Philippines.
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Sample Folktales and Myths
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Lesson
esson2 Dimensions of Philippine Literature
Dimensions of Philippine Literary History
Geography
o the study of places and the relationships between people and their
environments
Language
o a system of conventional spoken, manual (signed), or written symbols
by which individuals express themselves
Ethnicity
o a notion that refers to social entities sharing real or putative ascriptive
features like a common origin or cultural-linguistic legacy which
assumedly command special collective commitment, as well as their
retention and transmission
Here is an example on how to identify the geographic, linguistic and ethnic
dimensions of a literary piece. Read the epic below and note the dimensions:
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Dimensions Analysis
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