21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World

Which of the following refers to a puzzling questions about something

which call for the audience to guess the thing being described?

• Legend

• Proverbs

• Riddles

• Sayings

These became a means for our ancestors to explain the occurrence of supernatural events, the beginning of cultural traditions, and the existence of mysteries.

• Legend

• Epics

• Myths

• Folk Tales

Expression of one’s feelings, may be through love, sorrow, happiness, hatred, anger, pity, contempt, or revenge.

• Literature

• Equation

• Religion

• Music

What is the best example of Literature?

• Movies like the Avengers, Harry Potter Series and Star Wars.

• Books like The Bible, Koran etc.

• Products like Shampoo. lotion and soap.

• Best Inventions like Cars, Cellphones and Trains.

 

Read and analyze the following text. The following lines are excerpt from the Homer’s Iliad, particularly the farewell between Hector and his wife Andromache.

 

His wife Andromache then makes a tearful speech to Hector, begging him to be more careful and stay behind the battlements more often. For with Hector gone she and her son will be alone in this world:

“But Hector you are father and honored mother and brother to me, as well as my strong husband. Please feel pity for us, stay here on the battlements, so you do not make an orphan of your child and your wife a widow.”

 

“Wife, I too have thought upon all this, but with what face should I look upon the Trojans, men or women, if I shirked battle like a coward? I cannot do so: I know nothing save to fight bravely in the forefront of the Trojan host and win renown alike for my father and myself. Well do I know that the day will surely come when mighty Ilius shall be destroyed with Priam and Priam’s people, but I grieve for none of these- not even for Hecuba, nor King Priam, nor for my brothers many and brave who may fall in the dust before their foes- for none of these do I grieve as for yourself when the day shall come on which some one of the Achaeans shall rob you forever of your freedom, and bear you weeping away.”

 

Question: What line from the excerpt implies pride?

•   “Wife, I too have thought upon all this, but with what face should I look upon the Trojans, men or women, if I shirked battle like a coward? I cannot do so: I know nothing save to fight bravely in the forefront of the Trojan host and win renown alike for my father and myself.”

• “But Hector you are father and honored mother and brother to me, as well as my strong husband. Please feel pity for us, stay here on the battlements, so you do not make an orphan of your child and your wife a widow.”

•    “Well do I know that the day will surely come when mighty Ilius shall be destroyed with Priam and Priam’s people, but I grieve for none of these- not even for Hecuba, nor King Priam, nor for my brothers many and brave who may fall in the dust before their foes-“

• “…for none of these do I grieve as for yourself when the day shall come on which some one of the Achaeans shall rob you for ever of your freedom, and bear you weeping away.”

 

It is a type of Filipino poem, consisting of four lines with seven syllables each with the same rhyme at the end of each line.

• Mobile Textula

• Haiku

• Tanaga

• Spoken Poetry

 

A Legend is a traditional story or group of stories told about a particular person or place.

• True

• False

• Maybe

• No Answer

 

The word derives from a Latin word "litera" which means ________.

• Words

• Alphabet

• Later

• Letter

This is a long narrative divided into chapters.

• Novel

• Drama

• Play

• Short story

Other than The Bible and The Koran. What are the other examples for Literatures that highly influenced the world?

• Percy Jackson series

• Burberry Tales

• The Odyssey

• God of stones