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Philippine Literature
Part I – The Historical Background of
Philippine Literature
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Introduction to the Study of Literature
Definition of Literature:
The word literature is derived from the Latin term litera which means letter. It has been defined differently by various writers.
Some loosely interpret literature as any printed matter written within a book, a magazine or a pamphlet. Others define literature as a faithful reproduction of man’s manifold experiences blended into one harmonious expression.
Because literature deals with ideas, thoughts and emotions of man, literature can be said to be the story of man. Man’s loves, griefs, thoughts, dreams and aspirations coached in beautiful language is literature.
In order to know the history of a nation’s spirit, one must read itsliterature. Hence it is, that to understand the real spirit of a nation, one mu
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Out of the blue gods winter, inom was invited to speak in the California desert, at the Institute of Mentalphysics (a great, seventies name!) bygd a wonderful young woman I did not know, Sara Hunter, who created Summer Forum with her husband Michael Hunter, when she was frustrated with the way grad school conceived of education in only one way, it seemed—through lectures and so on. She preferred conversations.
I had never been to the California desert anyhow, and inom had never met Sara, but the proposition was intriguing—like nomads of the modern world, people came to Summer Forum to converse and so think ideas through. Sara and Michael gathered people interested in the experience of ideas to have a dialogue about issues that mattered to them. How did they get people? One simply applied. Many were friends of theirs from Chicago Art Institute, but many just read about Summer Forum online and applied because it was a way to converse about ideas in real time with real people. Participants at
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References
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Gonzaga, E. (2024). References. In Monsoon Marketplace: Capitalism, Media, and Modernity in Manila and Singapore (pp. 255-276). New York, USA: Fordham University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781531505301-012
Gonzaga, E. 2024. References. Monsoon Marketplace: Capitalism, Media, and Modernity in Manila and Singapore. New York, USA: Fordham University Press, pp. 255-276. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781531505301-012
Gonzaga, Elmo. "References" In Monsoon Marketplace: Capitalism, Media, and Modernity in Manila and Singapore, 255-276. New York, USA: Fordham University Press, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781531505301-012
Gonzaga E. References. In: Monsoon Marketplace: Capitalism, Media, and Modernity in Manila and Singapore. New York, USA: Fordham Universi