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21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World is a senior high school core subject (under the K–12 curriculum in the Philippines) that focuses on studying contemporary literary texts produced in the 21st century both locally and globally. It highlights how literature reflects current issues, innovations, and cultural identities.

Here’s a structured overview:
📖 Definition

21st Century Literature refers to writings published from the year 2000 onwards.

It includes works in different forms such as print, digital, spoken word, film, blogs, and other multimedia platforms.

It mirrors modern issues like globalization, technology, migration, identity, and socio-political challenges.

🎯 Learning Competencies

Familiarize with contemporary Philippine literature (short stories, poetry, drama, creative nonfiction).

Explore global literature from Asia, Africa, North & South America, and Europe.

Analyze texts using literary approaches (formalism, sociocultural, feminist, etc.).

Appreciate the relationship of literature with society, history, and human experience.

Create original literary works that reflect 21st-century themes and issues.

✨ Key Features of 21st Century Literature

Digital and Interactive – e-books, hypertext, Wattpad stories, fanfiction, blogs, vlogs.

Multimodal – combines text with images, sound, video, and animation.

Diverse voices – emphasizes marginalized groups, LGBTQ+, indigenous peoples.

Globalized themes – migration, identity crisis, environmental issues, social justice.

Collaborative and participatory – readers can interact with texts (e.g., comment sections, online forums).

📚 Examples
From the Philippines:

Bob Ong (contemporary Filipino novels blending humor, satire, and social commentary)

Jessica Zafra (essays and short stories)

Ricky Lee (Para Kay B, screenplays, novels)

Wattpad writers like Jonaxx

From the World:

Haruki Murakami (Japan, magical realism)

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria, feminism, identity)

Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games, dystopian fiction)

J.K. Rowling’s later works, fanfiction culture, and online serials

📝 Importance of Studying 21st Century Literature

Builds critical thinking and awareness of present-day issues.

Encourages creativity and innovation in literary expression.

Develops cultural sensitivity and global perspective.

Strengthens digital literacy as literature is now consumed through technology.
📚 Examples of 21st Century Literature
Philippines

Bob Ong – humorous and satirical novels.

Ricky Lee – Para Kay B, screenplays, and novels.

Lualhati Bautista – feminist novels (Dekada ’70, republished and still relevant).

Wattpad authors (e.g., Jonaxx) – popular online novels among the youth.

World

Haruki Murakami (Japan) – surreal, magical realism (Kafka on the Shore).

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria) – feminist and postcolonial works (We Should All Be Feminists).

Suzanne Collins (USA) – The Hunger Games series (dystopian).

Paulo Coelho (Brazil) – inspir

1. 21 ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD

2. Hello, Philippines and Hello, World!

3. Objectives: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: Identify representative texts and authors from Asia.

4. Attendance: If you were to date someone you love in one of the cities in the world, where would it be? Why?

5. Activity 1: Across the Globe

6. Activity 1: Across the Globe NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA EUROPE AFRICA ASIA AUSTRALIA ANTARCTICA

7. Activity 1: FOUR PICS, ONE IDEA _ S _ _ _ _ _ T _ _ _ _ _ _ E ASIAN LITERATURE

8. Representative Texts and Authors from Asia Asia, the largest continent in the world, has a vast literary tradition in terms of scope and length of existence. Literature in the Eastern hemisphere prospered and mirrored the developments in religion, war, and politics .

9. REGIONS OF ASIA EAST ASIA SOUTH & SOUTHEAST MIDDLE EAST CENTRAL ASIA

10. CHINA One of the world’s cradles of civilization, has started its unbroken literary tradition in the 14th century BCE. The preservation of the Chinese language (both spoken and written), has made the immeasurable prolonged existence of their literary traditions possible. It has retained its reputation by keeping the fundamentals of its identity intact.

11. CHINA Poets like Du Fu, Li Po, and Wang Wei of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the finest era of Chinese literature, has produced world-renowned literary works.

12. DU FU He is also known as Tu Fu . According to many literary critics, he was the greatest Chinese poet of all time . He wrote the poem “The Ballad of the Army Cats” which is about conscription—and with hidden satire that speaks of the noticeable luxury of the court.

13. LI PO He is also known as Li Bai , a Chinese poet who is a competitor of Du Fu as China’s greatest poet. He was romantic in his personal life and his poetry. His works are known for its conversational tone and vivid imagery. He wrote the poem “Alone and Drinking under the Moon” that deals with the ancient social custom of drinking.

14. WANG WEI He was a poet, painter, musician, and statesman during the Tang dynasty (the golden ages of the Chinese cultural history) . He was the established founder of the respected Southern school of painter-poets. Many of his best poems were inspired by the local landscape.

15. MO YAN He was a fictionist who won the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature . His first novel was “Red Sorghum”, and still his best-known work. It tells the story of the Chinese battling Japanese intruders as well as each other during the 1930s. It relates the story of a family in a rural area in Shandong Province during this turbulent time.

16. INDIAN LITERATURE India is the vast land in Southern Asia, extending from the Himalayan Mountains south to the tip of a great peninsula that reaches from out into the Indian Ocean. It is known as “ Land of Prayer ”.

17. INDIAN LITERATURE Sanskrit is the primary sacred language of Hinduism, and a literary language that was in use as a lingua franca in Greater India.

18. INDIAN LITERATURE Indian literature is based on piety, a deeply religious spirit. Indian literary masterpieces are written in epic form.

19. ROOTS OF INDIAN LITERATURE Rig-Veda – made up of hymns in praise of the gods. The hymns are strong, energetic religious expressions comparable to the Old Testament Psalms.

20. 4 Major Text Types in Indian Literature Samhitas – Texts containing mantras and benedictions Aranyakas - Text on rituals, ceremonies, sacrifices and symbolic-sacrifices Brahmanas - commentaries on rituals, ceremonies and sacrifices Upanishads - texts discussing meditation, philosophy and spiritual knowledge

21. KALIDASA He is a Classical Sanskrit author who is often considered ancient India's greatest poet and playwright. He is the author of Shakuntala. H e is called the brightest of the “nine gems of genius”.

22. SHAKUNTALA I t is a story of a king who goes hunting in the woods and meets a beautiful maiden named Shakuntala with whom he falls in love.

23. Panchatantra ( Five headings ) – a book that said to contain the first fables ever written. Fables are stories of animals who behave like human beings.

24. Rabindranath Tagore was a great Indian poet and dramatist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913 and was knighted by the british government in 1915.

25. KOREA Korea’s literary tradition is greatly influenced by China’s cultural dominance.

26. KOREA As early as the 4th century CE, Korean poets wrote literary pieces in Classical Chinese poetry then transformations happened at the 7th century. Hangul , Korean’s distinct writing system and national alphabet, is developed in the 15th century that gave new beginnings of Korean literature.

27. KOREA In contemporary times, the Korean War has made a significant mark on Korean literature. In 1950, the themes present in the literary works are about alienation, conscience, disintegration, and self- identity.

28. Ch’oe Nam- Seon He was considered a prominent historian, pioneering poet, and publisher in the Korean literature. He was also a leading member of the modern literary movement and became notable in pioneering modern Korean poetry. His representative books include: The History of Chosŏn (1931), The Encyclopedia of Korean History (1952), The Annotated Samgukyusa (1940)

29. Ch’oe Nam- Seon One of his works, the poem " The Ocean to the Youth ” made him a widely acclaimed poet. The poem aimed to produce cultural reform. He sought to bring modern knowledge about the world to the youth of Korea.

30. Yi Kwang- su He was also the one who launched the modern literary movement together with Ch’oe Nam- Seon . He was a novelist and wrote the first Korean novel “ The Heartless ” and became well-known because of it.

31. Yi Kwang- su He was a Korean writer, Korean independence activist, and later collaborator with Imperial Japan. Yi is best known for his novel “ Mujeong ” (The Heartless), which is often described as the first modern Korean novel.

32. JAPAN It has a rich and unique literary history even though it has been influenced by the Chinese language and Chinese literature.

33. Japan’s Poetic Genre Haiku - a short descriptive poem with 17 syllables and the diverse forms of theatre Noh - traditional Japanese theatrical form and one of the oldest extant theatrical forms in the world Kabuki - traditional Japanese popular drama with singing and dancing performed in a highly stylized manner.

34. JAPAN Japanese literature reflects simple yet complex, imperfect yet abounding with beauty – the traditional Japanese cultural identity.

35. ABE KOBO He was a Japanese novelist and playwright and also known by the pseudonym of Abe Kimifusa . He wrote the best-known play " Tomodachi " (Friends) which is a story, with dark humor, reveals the relationship with the other, and exposes the peculiarity of human relations in the present age."

36. ABE KOBO He also won the 1967 Akutagawa Award. He also won the 1951 Akutagawa Award for his short novel Kabe (“ The Wall ”).

37. Kimitake Hiraoka He is also known by the pen name Mishima Yukio , the most important Japanese novelist of the 20th century. He was one of the finalists of the 1963 Nobel Prize for Literature and won numerous awards for his works. He wrote the novel “The Temple of the Golden Pavilion” and won Yomiuri Prize from Yomiuri Newspaper Corporation for the best novel.

38. Kimitake Hiraoka “The Temple of the Golden Pavilion”, translated into the English language by Ivan Morris, based on the burning of the Reliquary (or Golden Pavilion) of Kinkaku -Ji in Kyoto by a young Buddhist acolyte in 1950.

39. Ryūnosuke Akutagawa He was a Japanese writer and regarded as the Father of the Japanese short story . He wrote the short story “ Rashomon ” that recounts the encounter between a servant and an old woman in the dilapidated Rashōmon , the southern gate of the then-ruined city of Kyoto, where unclaimed corpses were sometimes dumped.

40. Ryūnosuke Akutagawa The Akutagawa Prize, Japan’s premier literary award was named after him to honor his memory after he died by committing suicide.

41. Haruki Murakami He was a Japanese novelist who won the international award Jerusalem Prize. He also won the Gunzou Literature Prize for his first novel “ Hear the Wind Sing ”.

42. Haruki Murakami It featured episodes in the life of an unnamed protagonist and his friend, the Rat, who hang out at a bar. The unnamed protagonist reminisces and muses about life and intimacy. Murakami’s work has been translated into more than fifty languages.

43. Thank You!