21st Century Literature the World

I. Literary genres, traditions, and forms from different national literature and cultures .

A. ASIAN

1. TEXTS AND AUTHORS

2. LITERARY ELEMENTS, STRUCTURES, TRADITIONS, AND GENRES

3. USES, TECHNIQUES, DEVICES

4. FORMAL FEATURES AND CONVENTIONS OF LITERATURE

(CRITICAL READING STRATEGIES)(CRITERIA)

B. ANGLO-AMERICAN

1. TEXTS AND AUTHORS

2. LITERARY ELEMENTS, STRUCTURES, TRADITIONS, AND GENRES

3. USES, TECHNIQUES, DEVICES

4. FORMAL FEATURES AND CONVENTIONS OF LITERATURE

(CRITICAL READING STRATEGIES)(CRITERIA)

C. EUROPEAN

1. TEXTS AND AUTHORS

2. LITERARY ELEMENTS, STRUCTURES, TRADITIONS, AND GENRES

3. USES, TECHNIQUES, DEVICES

4. FORMAL FEATURES AND CONVENTIONS OF LITERATURE

(CRITICAL READING STRATEGIES)(CRITERIA)

D. LATIN AMERICAN

1. TEXTS AND AUTHORS

2. LITERARY ELEMENTS, STRUCTURES, TRADITIONS, AND GENRES

3. USES, TECHNIQUES, DEVICES

4. FORMAL FEATURES AND CONVENTIONS OF LITERATURE

(CRITICAL READING STRATEGIES)(CRITERIA)

E. AFRICAN

1. TEXTS AND AUTHORS

2. LITERARY ELEMENTS, STRUCTURES, TRADITIONS, AND GENRES

3. USES, TECHNIQUES, DEVICES

 4. FORMAL FEATURES AND CONVENTIONS OF LITERATURE

(CRITICAL READING STRATEGIES)(CRITERIA)

Different Authors and their Written Works (* provide summary)

1. BORIS PASTERNAK. Won a Nobel Prize for his novel DR. ZHIVAGO but was forced by the Soviet
government to turn it down. Pasternak was very disappointed by those orders.

2. GEOFFRY CHAUCER. Wrote “The Canterbury Tales” who helped define the Middle English language.

3. DANTE ALIGHIERI. He is an Italian and he wrote the “Divine Comedy” and the famous “Inferno”.
4. LEW WALLACE. Wrote the “Ben-Hur”.

5. CHARLES DARWIN. Wrote the “On the Origin of the Species” which began a debate between Science
and religion that is still going on today. Darwin gained the information supporting evolution by natural
selection.

6. ROALD DAHL. Wrote the classic children’s novel “Matilda” and entitled his autobiography “Boy”. Also,
authored “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “James and the Giant Peach”. He was married to actress
Patricia Neal.

7. THOMAS GRAY. Wrote the heroic poem “Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of
Goldfishes”.

8. L. FRANK BAUM. Wrote the famous children’s book, “The Wizard of Oz,” a book that would become the
first of a series of fourteen. “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” usually reprinted under the name “ The Wizard
of Oz” was the first of 14 Oz novels written by Baum.

9. MIGUEL CERVANTES. Wrote the “Don Quixote”.

10. KING JAMES I OF GREAT BRITAIN. The Puritans were anxious for a less Catholic edition of the Bible,
and King James I agreed, and ordered a committee of scholars to produce a new translation.

11. HOMER. His works deal DIRECTLY with the Trojan War (not just its aftermath), the Iliad. The Iliad is
the story of the clash of heroes at the end of the Trojan War.

12. EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS. He was an American author who wrote the story, “Tarzan”. Tarzan was
such a popular character that Burroughs wrote over 20 books in the series. “Tarzan of the Apes” was made
into a movie in 1918. The 1934 sequel, “Tarzan and his Mate,” starred Johnny Weissmuller, who was
responsible for the famous “Tarzan” yell.

13. WASHINGTON IRVING. Wrote the short story “RIP VAN WINKLE” IN 1819.

14. EDGAR ALLAN POE. An American poet and fiction writer who wrote the; THE FALL of the HOUSE of
USHER (1839), The RAVEN (1845), The MASQUE of the RED DEATH (1842), and ANNABEL LEE (1849).

15. FRANK STOCKTON. Wrote the classic, clever short story “The Lady and the Tiger.”

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Palaca-Damilisan National High School

NAME:_____________________________ GRADE AND

SEC:___________________________

I. True/False. Directions: Read and understand the following statement carefully. Write YES if the
statement is true and write the correct answer if it’s not.

__________1.”A Low Art,” an excerpt from The Penelopiad has a theme about stereotyping woman as
submissive in the traditional portrayal in the epic and as empowered woman in the new version written by
Margaret Atwood from Canada.
_____________2.Both history and literature are considered branches of the same tree of learning, a
tree which sought to “interpret experience, for the purpose of guiding and elevating man.”

_____________3.The Odyssey and the Iliad by Homer can be considered as part of Roman oral history.

_____________4.Japan was closed from the world in 200 years, from early 17th century to the year 1854,
and this policy is called wabi which means isolation.

_____________5.In 1954, Commodore Matthew Perry had succeeded in making the Shogun sign the
Treaty of Peace and Amity at the Convention of Kanagawa that forced Japan to open their shores to
foreign trade and diplomacy.

_____________6.Herve Joncour, is a Dutch adventurer with the dangerous mission to smuggle silkworm
eggs from Japan that eventually freed by Hara Kei who failed to prove the claim of Joncour that those were
just fish eggs.

_____________7.”The Strangeness of Beauty,” by Lydia de Toyotomi from USA pointed out the
importance of samurai women used to be trained for battle during Edo period.

_____________8.Nakõdo is a honorific traditional Japanese custom whereby unattached individuals are

introduced to each other to consider the possibility of marriage.

_____________9.Uan Empire had cultural practices like slavery and blood sacrifice that would make
modern man cringe.

_____________10.La Malinche or Malinalli, the translator and lover of Hernan Cortes, is considered as
traitor to Mexico and a temptress. Malinche means “The Eye.”

II. Identification. Directions: Read carefully all the items below. Answer the following question/statement
from the boxes provided for you.

11. _________________ Won a Nobel Prize for his novel DR. ZHIVAGO but was forced by the Soviet
government to turn it down. Pasternak was very disappointed by those orders.

12. _________________ Wrote “The Canterbury Tales” who helped define the Middle English language.

13. _________________ He is an Italian and he wrote the “Divine Comedy” and the famous “Inferno”.

14. _________________ Wrote the “Ben-Hur”.

15. _________________ Wrote the “On the Origin of the Species” which began a debate between Science
and religion that is still going on today. Darwin gained the information supporting evolution by natural
selection.

16. _________________ Wrote the classic children’s novel “Matilda” and entitled his autobiography “Boy”.
Also, authored “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “James and the Giant Peach”. He was married to
actress Patricia Neal.

17. _________________ Wrote the heroic poem “Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat, Drowned in a Tub
of Goldfishes”.

18. __________________ Wrote the famous children’s book, “The Wizard of Oz,” a book that would
become the first of a series of fourteen. “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” usually reprinted under the name “
The Wizard of Oz” was the first of 14 Oz novels written by Baum.

19. _________________ Wrote the “Don Quixote”.

20. _________________ The Puritans were anxious for a less Catholic edition of the Bible, and King James
I agreed, and ordered a committee of scholars to produce a new translation.

21. _________________. His works deal DIRECTLY with the Trojan War (not just its aftermath), the Iliad.
The Iliad is the story of the clash of heroes at the end of the Trojan War.

22. _________________ He was an American author who wrote the story, “Tarzan”. Tarzan was such a
popular character that Burroughs wrote over 20 books in the series. “Tarzan of the Apes” was made into a
movie in 1918. The 1934 sequel, “Tarzan and his Mate,” starred Johnny Weissmuller, who was responsible
for the famous “Tarzan” yell.

23. _________________. Wrote the short story “RIP VAN WINKLE” IN 1819.

24. _________________ An American poet and fiction writer who wrote the; THE FALL of the HOUSE of
USHER (1839), The RAVEN (1845), The MASQUE of the RED DEATH (1842), and ANNABEL LEE (1849).

25. _________________ Wrote the classic, clever short story “The Lady and the Tiger.”

III.