LUZON: GENRES

OF URBAN
WRITING
2 1 S T C E N T U RY L I T E R AT U R E F R O M T H E
P H I L I P P I N E S A N D T H E WO R L D
Have you ever downloaded an e-
book? Have you ever tried writing a
literary work using your mobile
phone? What about posting your
poems or stories online? Share your
experiences to the whole class.
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LUZON – It is the most populated island in the Philippines.
In 2010, its population is about 48,520,774 according to NSO.

4 Major Ethnic Groups:

1. Tagalog
2. Ilokano
3. Kapampangan
4. Pangasinense
5. Bicolano

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94% of the population
in Luzon has achieved
functional literacy!
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One of the biggest technological
advancement of the twentieth century is
the invention of the internet, which has
solidified the dawning of the Information
Age. Instead of being a citizen of a
particular country, we become netizens of
the world.
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Creative nonfiction – literary work that can be an essay , a
journal article, a research paper, a memoir, or a poem; it can
be personal or not, or it can be all of these. According to
Lee Gurkind, the word creative refers to the use of literary
craft, the techniques fiction writers, playwrights, and poets
employ to present nonfiction – factually accurate prose
about real people and events – in a compelling, vivid,
dramatic manner. The goal is to make nonfiction stories read
like fiction so that your readers are enthralled by the fact as
they are by fantasy

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HOMEWORK
Read “Flowers in the Crypt” by Catherine Garcia Dario, a work of creative
nonfiction, and answer the following questions in ne whole sheet of paper:
1. Discuss the grandfather’s life from his youth up to the time he got
married.
2. The narrator of the story , the granddaughter of Exequiel, said that: “[i]t
was almost inevitable that Remedios would come along. “Why does she
say this?
3. After her grandfather “slipped into a coma,” the narrator shares that
“Lolo was a shell, and so was I.” Explain why the narrator believe this.
4. The story concludes with the narrator joining her family to pray for her
grandfather’s soul. Discuss the events that led to the narrator’s change
of heart toward her grandfather.

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TEXT TULA
A text tula is a tanaga of a fourline poem (quatrain). It
consist of four lines with seven syllables each with the same
rhyme at the end of each line: a 7-7-7-7 syllabic verse with
an AABB rhyme scheme. The modern tanaga still uses the 7-
7-7-7 syllabus count, but rhymes range from dual rhyme
forms (AABB, ABAB, ABBA) to freestyle (AAAB, BAAA,
ABCD). Traditionally a tanaga does not have a title because
tanaga should speak for itself. However, in modern tanaga,
you can opt to give a title.
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EXAMPLE OF TEXT TULA
Nanay koy di napapagod
Araw Gabi’y aming lingkod
Kaya ngayon aking handog
Ginhawa n’ya, akoy tungkod
-Tracer Maranan
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela

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 THANK YOU!

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