1. The different description of Literature.
-Literature is the art of written works.
-People may perceive a difference between "literature" and some popular forms of written works.
-Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.
-The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work.
-The class of writings distinguished for beauty of style or expression, as poetry, essays, or history, in distinction from scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge; belles-lettres.
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*I want to choose the last definition, because as they’ve said literature is the way on how we express our main thoughts or ideas. They share their feelings in a way of writings. And as a reader, we are willing to read those books because we think it is interesting, we get some lesson and we gain more knowledge.
*As you can see in my image, it composes of hearts and a man holding a pen. My explanation here is you cannot make a written work without feelings. Because this is the way on how you can express your ideas, you need to be emotional.
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2. Three different Filipino authors:
FRANCISCO ARCELLANA (September 6, 1916- august 1, 2002)
-he was a Filipino writer, poet, essayist, critic, journalist and teacher.
-he is considered an important progenitor of the modern Filipino short story in English.
-His actual writing, however, started when he became a member of The Torres Torch Organization during his high school years.
-He later on received a Rockfeller Grant and became a fellow in creative writing the University of Iowa and Breadloaf's writers conference from 1956- 1957.
-Arcellana won 2nd place in 1951 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, with his short story, "The Flowers of May."
-His major achievements included the first award in art criticism from the Art Association of the Philippines in 1954, the Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan award from the city government of Manila in 1981, and the Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas for English fiction from the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipino (UMPIL) in 1988. Francisco Arcellana was proclaimed National Artist of the Philippines in Literature in 1990.
ALEJANDRO ROCES
-is a Filipino fictionist, essayist, dramatist and a National Artist of the Philippines for literature. He is also a short story writer and essayist. "Anding", as he is fondly called by friends and family, was born in Manila 13 July 1924.
-He was a captain in Marking's Guerillas during World War II and later on ran a column in the Manila Chronicle and in the Manila Times.
-He was the former president of the Manila Bulletin, and presently runs a column titled "Roses and Thorns" in the Philippine Star. He was a former Secretary of Education and is now President of CAP College Foundation, a distance learning college in Makati City, Philippines. In 2001, he was appointed to as chairman of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB).
-He was named National Artist of Literature in 2003.
-Among the awards he received are the Rizal Pro Patria Award, the Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award in 1970 and the Diwa ng Lahi Award in 1988--both from the city government of Manila, and the Tanging Parangal of the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining in 1990.
BIENVENIDO SANTOS
-is a Filipino-American fictionist, poet and nonfiction writer.
-During World War II, he served with the Philippine government in exile under President Manuel L. Quezon in Washington, D.C. together with the playwright Severino Montano and Philippine National Artist Jose Garcia Villa.
-He received a Rockefeller fellowship at the Writers Workshop of the University of Iowa where he later taught as a Fulbright exchange professor. Santos has also received a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship, a Republic Cultural Heritage Award in Literature as well as several Palanca Awards for his short stories. Scent of Apples, his only book to be published in the United States, won an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation in 1980.
-Santos received honorary doctorate degrees in Humanities and Letters from the University of the Philippines, and Bicol University (Legazpi City, Albay) in 1981. He was also a Professor of Creative Writing and Distinguished Writer in Residence at the Wichita State University (Kansas, U.S.A.) from 1973 to 1982. Santos also received an honorary doctorate degree in Humane Letters from Wichita State University in 1982. After his retirement, Santos became Visiting Writer and Artist at De La Salle University in Manila.
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