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    GINTO – Juan Abad 3. MALAYA – Tomas Remigio 4. WALANG SUGAT – Severino Reyes 3 GROUPS OF WRITERS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO PHILIPPINE LITERATURE DURING THIS PERIOD A. Writers in Spanish – honoring Rizal and other heroes B. Writers in Tagalog – conditions of the country‚ one’s native tongue C. Writers in English – imitation of American themes and methods A. LITERATURE IN SPANISH Cecilio Apostol wrote poems for Rizal‚ Jacinto‚ Mabini & all other heroes A RIZAL Fernando Ma. Guerrero shared with

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    Children ’s language and children ’s literature How does the absence of parents function to provide order (or disorder) in literature written for children? Children ’s literature is an essential part of their linguistic‚ social‚ and cultural development‚ providing more than just entertainment‚ as West stated: “when I am writing for adults‚ I ’m just trying to entertain them. But a good children ’s book does more than entertain. It teaches children the use of words‚ the joy of playing with language

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    Does War Affect Literature? Many writers use the environment‚ political issues‚ or social issues as inspiration to their work. During romanticism nature imagery was a common occurrence in literature. However does on particular issue effect writers so much that a new literature movement is sprung from it? I pose the question what were considerable differences between Victorian literature and Modernism and how did the Great War play apart in those differences? Was it because of the war that there

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    death‚ downfall‚ and destruction‚ outlining the effect that divided society has on an individual. In Thomas C. Fosters novel‚ How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines‚ he talks about the reasons behind authors purposes of choosing to use blindness as a long lasting motive in their works of literature: “Clearly the author wants to emphasize other levels of sight and blindness beyond the physical. Moreover‚ such references are usually quite

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    Argument for the inclusion of ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ by Gabriel García Márquez into the canon of literature. F.R Leavis stresses the ‘importance of characteristics such as complexity‚ aesthetic unity‚ literary language‚ subject matter’. By examining the themes and patterns in ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’‚ we can see the complex effects created by the author‚ a mix of comedy with tragic irony whilst still retaining inventiveness throughout the plot and characters. I think a prominent

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    Analysis of Southern Gothic Literature Southern Gothic literature‚ which is a sub-genre of the Gothic writing style‚ is unique to the American South. Southern Gothic literature has many of the same aspects as Gothic literature; it focuses on topics such as death‚ madness‚ and the super natural as well has having many mystical‚ bizarre‚ violent‚ and grotesque aspects. These tools are used "to explore social issues and reveal the cultural character of the American South (Wikipedia)." The authors

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    Teaching and using multicultural literature in the classroom is very important for teacher to encourage students to read books that are culturally diverse. It is very important for students to become diverse and learn about their friend family traditions. By introducing multicultural literature in the classroom you are preventing prejudices and stereotypes from your students minds and to the rest of their lives. When deciding if a work is appropriate to bring in to the classroom. The work needs

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    Title: Make Way for Ducklings Author: Robert McCloskey Illustrator: Robert McCloskey Publisher: The Viking Press Date of Publication: 1941 Genre: Picture Book Short Synopsis: Mr. and Mrs. Mallard fly north to look for a place to live. Their first choice is the Public Garden in Boston‚ but when Mrs. Mallard is almost run over by a bike she decides that it is not a good place to bring up a family. They finally decide on a spot on the Charles River and meet a Policeman called Michael

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    Misinterpretation of Rushdie The Prophet’s hair is one of the strong short stories just like Satanic Verses and Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie. Author Rushdie is under the influence of multi-cultural ethnicity. Rushdie talks about a story of stolen hair which is accepted as a sacred‚ holly belongings of the founder of the Islam‚ The Prophet Muhammed. Author has a different perspective in terms of looking at the scene and scenario. Thus‚ he is misunderstood and misinterpreted while he depicts

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    This chapter from How to Read Literature Like a Professor starts off as if Thomas Foster‚ the author‚ is having a conversation with the reader like they are in the same room. When one looks at the title‚ he preconceives a notion that it will be a formal‚ more academic book when what he truly finds is a casual writing style that makes the reader feel more at ease. Foster begins to introduce a conditional situation about a fictional character named Kip who is described as run of the mill; The story

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