BABIA, JANE ALLYSSA E.

BSED – ENGLISH 3B

Exercise:

 Answer the following questions comprehensively: 

1. What are the common literary themes present in the works of popular authors? (15 points) 

 The early English works were distinguished by melodrama, surreal speech and a subtle
focus on local color. Themes expressing the search for the Philippines' identity, the literary
content eventually imbued the centuries-old Spanish and American influence with the
Philippines' Asian history. The primary topics of Philippine literature center on the
country's pre-colonial cultural heritage and its socio-political history. During the Spanish
period and the first half of the 20th century most of the literature of the Philippines was
written in Spain, English, Tagalog or other native Philippine Language. The literature of the
Philippines comprises the stories of prehistory and the colonial heritage of the Philippines.
Then epics transmitted from generation to generation originally by oral tradition in pre-
Hispanic Philippine literature.

2. What are the purposes of the authors in literary pieces? (10 points)  

 They want us to know real-life circumstances in young people's experiences in the literary
works on display. This leads us to environmental awareness, national unity and other
concerns. This is an instrument of respect and pride in the origins, history and culture of
Filipino readers. Both literature and literacy of Philippines is important to all Filipinos. The
authors allow us to link to the writers' minds and be able to see their thoughts and ideas
and become one with them. Hence, some of them could even control the minds of the
audience by their way of writing or the flow of their literary works.

3. Make connections with the authors’ life and their works. (15 points) 

Based on the video attachment that was link on our Google classroom, these were some
notable people that were mentioned in the video, but these people were just an example
and actually there are many of them, there are lot of Philippine authors that were notable
and famous for their literary works.

 Nick Joaquin - He was well known as a historian of the brief Golden Age of Spain in the
Philippines, as a writer of short stories suffused with folk Roman Catholicism, as a
playwright, and as a novelist. Joaquin wrote his works in English. The novel The Woman
Who Had Two Navels (1961) examines his country's various heritages.
 Carlos P. Romulo - Carlos P. Romulo (1899-1985) was an author and the foremost diplomat
of the Philippines. He was the only Filipino journalist to win the Pulitzer Prize and the first
Asian to serve as president of the UN General Assembly (1949). He also gained prominence
as America's most trusted Asian spokesman.
 Jose Rizal - Rizal was a polymath, skilled in both science and the arts. He painted, sketched,
and made sculptures and woodcarving. He was a prolific poet, essayist, and novelist whose
most famous works were his two novels, Noli Me Tángere and its sequel, El filibusterismo.
  Ricardo Lee - Lee is a towering figure in the film industry, a writer whose films constitute
some of the most canonical works of Philippine Cinema's Second Golden Age. It begins with
a memory of a mother and an aswang
 Francisco Balagtas - Francisco Balagtas y de la Cruz, commonly known as Francisco
Balagtas and also as Francisco Baltazar, was a prominent Filipino poet during the Spanish
colonial period of the Philippines. He is widely considered one of the greatest Filipino
literary laureates for his impact on Filipino literature
 Lev Nikolayevich- Leo Tolstoy is known primarily for having written the masterpieces War
and Peace (1865–69) and Anna Karenina (1875–77), which are commonly regarded as
among the finest novels ever written.
 William Shakespeare- The most famous among his tragedies are Hamlet, Othello, King Lear
and Macbeth. Shakespeare also wrote 4 poems, and a famous collection of Sonnets which
was first published in 1609.
 James Joyce- James Joyce was an Irish novelist, poet and short story writer. He published
Portrait of the Artist in 1916 and caught the attention of Ezra Pound. With Ulysses, Joyce
perfected his stream-of-consciousness style and became a literary celebrity.
 Charles Dickens- Charles Dickens is one of Britain's most famous authors. His writing
includes books such as Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol - books that are still very widely
read today. He wrote about things that many people before him had avoided writing about,
like the lives of poorer people.
 Gustave Flaubert- Gustave Flaubert, (born December 12, 1821, Rouen, France—died May 8,
1880, Croisset), novelist regarded as the prime mover of the realist school of French
literature and best known for his masterpiece, Madame Bovary (1857), a realistic portrayal
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 James Joyce is known for his experimental use of language and exploration of new literary
methods, including interior monologue, use of a complex network of symbolic parallels,
and invented words, puns, and allusions in his novels, especially Ulysses (1922) and
Finnegans Wake (1939).

4. Identify at least three (3) authors which impressed you the most. Give reasons for doing so. (20
points) 
 Jose Rizal- Aside of being a doctor, intellectual and patriot. He helped to inspire the
Philippine Revolution from 1896 to 1898, which ended over two centuries of Spanish rule.
Especially, in his political writings that inspired the Philippine revolution and ultimately
led to his execution by the Spanish colonizers.
 William Shakespeare- His literary works about life, love, death, revenge, grief, jealousy,
murder, magic and mystery makes me impressed about him. He wrote the blockbuster
plays of his day - some of his most famous are Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet which was still
very famous today, and Hamlet.
 Carlos P. Romulo- Aside of being a general in the US army he helped lead the island
territory through the brutality of World War II and into an independent future. He also he
helped secure Congress’s support in rebuilding the Philippines. Known as the “General”
among his colleagues on the Hill, Romulo was a champion of global democratic reforms and
later served as president of the United Nations General Assembly.

Reflection:
 How do authors influence your way of thinking? Write a short reflection.   (10 points)
By reading
more local works, we'll be able to
appreciate them and their own skills as
Filipino authors.
We could even learn from them and
become author ourselves as we also
develop our own
critical thinking by reading
By reading
more local works, we'll be able to
appreciate them and their own skills as
Filipino authors.
We could even learn from them and
become author ourselves as we also
develop our own
critical thinking by reading
By reading
more local works, we'll be able to
appreciate them and their own skills as
Filipino authors.
We could even learn from them and
become author ourselves as we also
develop our own
critical thinking by reading
By reading
more local works, we'll be able to
appreciate them and their own skills as
Filipino authors.
We could even learn from them and
become author ourselves as we also
develop our own
critical thinking by reading
 We are all influenced by the environment around us, and have distinct, individual experiences
that affect our personality. In the same manner, an author is impacted by his history when he
writes. His written work has had a major influence on gender, race and socio-economic
position. The more you know the author, the more the messages that are important to its
work may be understood. Writing enhances the thinking process and helps to build critical
thinking abilities, since a person must explain ideas effectively and argue that higher order
thinking is cultivated. Writers can explain all their thoughts to them while responding to
complicated issues and how they can solve them.