IMPORTANCE WHY WE STUDY PHILIPPINE LITERATURE

Why do we need to study Philippine Literature?

·              Whatever nationality you are it is always very important to study the literature of your country. In doing so you are not only learning about the historical aspects of your land, but you are also keeping alive the thoughts, beliefs and cultural variations of your ancestors that differentiate your country from the rest of the world. 

·              A country's literature also tells us about its civilization in a form other than straight fact. Literature is usually one person's description of a situation told through their own personal feelings; eyewitness testimony to historical events that we were not present at.  Writers have a talent for bringing the past back to life with emotive language and metaphor, helping us to imagine scenarios that may have happened decades, or even centuries, ago.

NOTABLE PEOPLE

  Jose Rizal

  Marcelo H. Del Pilar

  Carlos P. Romulo

  Francisco Balagtas

  Amado V. Hernandez

  Carlos Bulosan

  Teodoro M. Locsin

  Claro M. Recto

NOTABLE WORKS

  Noli Me Tangere

  El Filibusterismo

  Biag ni Lam-ang

  Ibong Adarna

  Florante at Laura

  Doctrina Christiana