Defining

Literature
Ms. Pauline Navarro
 Routines!
Dauntless Dialogues
Two students will be assigned per session. Each of them has to pick three random
statements. They will be given one minute to think of a scenario where they can use said
statements in a dialogue. They’ll present it to the class afterwards.

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 Include the following:
Noodle earrings, pumpkin pie,
zombie apocalypse, you do note

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Preparing requirements
Name: Level and Section:

Performance Tasks Score Major Requirements Score

1 Long Test

2 Pre-Finals Test

3 Semestral Exam

4 GRASPS

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Targets!
◉ Need to know: definitions of literature; effects of
individuality and globalization to literature
◉ Must understand: how we affect literature and how it
affects us
◉ Must be able to: distinguish what literature is or is not;
analyze literary texts and understand the context in which
they were made
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Group 1: Teachers
Group 2: Librarian and English
Teachers
Group 3: Administrators
Group 4: Students
Group 5: Visitors and other Non-
Teaching employees
Activity: Pulse Walk
Students will go around the campus
for 20 minutes and interview select
people. They will ask them their
definition of literature and the most
memorable literary piece they’ve
read. Afterwards, they will go back to
the classroom to consolidate their
answers.
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Definitions of Literature
Oxford Dictionary Merriam-Webster Dictionary
“pieces of writing that “the body of written works produced
are valued as works of in a particular language, country, or
age or the body of writings on a
art, especially novels, particular subject (scientific, art,
plays and poems” etc.)”

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Definitions of Literature
Literature, in its Etymologically, the term is derived
from Latin litaritura / litteratura
broadest sense, is any
which means “writing formed with
written work. letters,” although some definitions
include spoken or sung texts.

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Literature is the story
of humanity and the
reflection of the
world.

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 1.
Literature as a Story of
Humanity
Literature is a Story of Humanity
◉ Literature is a combination of the
narratives of a certain culture or society.
◎ Who are the subjects?

◎ What are the kinds of stories?

◎ What do the themes and concepts

reflect?
Literature
represents
human
stories and
experiences.
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 2.
Literature as the
Reflection of the World
Literature is a Reflection of the World
◉ Literature is not only a reflection of
ourselves but also of the community we
live in.
◉ More often than not, we write about what
is happening to us and around us.
Literature
reflects
universal
experiences.

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 3.
Major Forms of
Literature
 Major forms of Literature
Poetry - a form of Prose - a form of language that Drama - literature
literary art that uses possesses ordinary syntax and intended for
aesthetic and natural speech rather than performance.
rhythmic qualities rhythmic structure; in which
of language to regard, along with its
evoke meanings in measurement in sentences
addition to, or in rather than lines, it differs from
place of, ordinary poetry. (Novel, novella, short
intended meaning. story)
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