MS.

ABEGAIL BRIONES MAGPANTAY

Subject Teacher
• Please show up on time.
• Find a quiet place, free from distraction (siblings, pets,
parents, television, etc.)

• Respect each other’s perspectives (speaking, writing,

appearance)

• Raise your virtual hand/ comment on the chat box if you want to
answer/ ask a question.

• Focus on the classroom conversation and activities.

At the end of this lesson, you should be able to…
1. Identify the geographic, linguistic, and ethnic
dimensions of Philippine literary history from pre-
colonial to the contemporary of Philippine
Literature.
2. Explain the role of literature in addressing
social concerns.
Lesson Overview
•This lesson tackles dramatic situations,
persona, allegory, canon, and
personification through exploring Cirilo F.
Bautista’s “Third World Geography.”
 Oppression is a familiar word in the Filipino
vocabulary. There have been many uses for this term,
whether it describes the oppression of the less
privileged by the elite, or the oppression of gender by a
patriarchal society.
In a way, Filipinos have always had to face
oppression in some form or another, beginning with our
own history of colonization. Eventually, these colonizers
would become conquerors and would prop up
themselves at our expense.
1.Define oppression.
2.Cite instances where Filipinos/ other races
experience oppression.
1. Jose Rizal’s classic
2. Literary expressions of what were
perceived to be abuses by the Spanish
colonizing power.
3. This play became controversial during the
early American period because of its
sharp criticism of the US, particularly in
how their presence stymied the Philippine
revolution.
4. This story re-tells history of the Philippines
by way of allegory, presenting the US as
conspiring with Spain to fool the
Philippines into subservience.
A. Hermenegildo Flores’ “Hibik ng
Pilipinas sa Inang Espanya” and
Marcelo H. Del Pilar’s “Sagot ng
Espanya sa Hibik ng Pilipinas”
B. Jose Corazon “Batute” de Jesus
wrote Sa Dakong Silangan.
C. Aurelio Tolentino’s play,
Kahapon, Ngayon, at Bukas,
D. Noli Me Tangere and El
Filibusterismo
OFFLINE TASK 1:
Respond critically to the following questions.
1. Define oppression and discuss how it
affects Philippine society.
2. Explain dramatic situation and discuss its
effects in a literary work.
 Cirilo F. Bautista was born in 1941 and is a well- known poet,
fictionist, critic, and non- fiction writer.
 He taught creative writing and literature at St. Louis University and at
the University of Santo Tomas. He has also taught in De La Salle
University- Manila and became the professor emeritus.
 He was awarded as a National Artist for Literature by the Philippine
Government in 2014.
 He passed away, May 6, 2018, at the age of 76. He is fondly
remembered as one of this generation’s literary greats, whose works
were expressive of Filipino experience.
 A country without miracles
Sits heavy on the map,
thinking of banana trees rotting
in the sunlight.
The man who watches over it
has commandeered all hopes,
placed them in a sack,
and tied its loose end.
He goes around carrying it
on his back.
 When asked what is inside,
he says, ‘Just a handful of feathers,
just a handful of feathers. ”
That is how light the burden
of government is in peace time—
any tyrant can turn it into a metaphor.
You kneel on the parched earth
and pray for rice. Only the wind
hears your useless worth.
The country without miracles
tries to get up from the page,
but the bold ink and sharp colors
hold it down.
1. The figure of speech used in the lines “A country without
miracles sits heavy on the map, thinking of banana trees
rotting in the sunlight” is ___________.
a. hyperbole
b. metaphor
c. personification
d. simile
2. What has happened to hope in the poem, as described by the lines "The
man who watches over it has commandeered all hopes, placed them in a
sack, and tied its loose end. He goes around carrying it on his back."
a. It has been killed c. It has been stolen
b. it has been conquered d. It has been silenced

3. What are the “feathers" discussed in the poem supposed to be a

metaphor of?
a. The burden of government c. The feathers of dead birds
b. The dashed hopes of people d. The poverty in the country
4. "You kneel on parched earth and pray for rice." This implies that
the people in the poem are
a. angry c. hungry
b. depressed d. thirsty

5. The persona speaking in the poem is

a. a character in the poem c. the author
b. an unbiased observer d. the man who watches over the
country
1. Who wrote the poem?
2. What is the subject of the poem?
3. What is the author’s style in writing poetry?
4. What does the title of the poem suggest
5. What message does the author want convey?
6. What literary devices were used in the poem?
 COLUMN A COLUMN B
1. It refers to the combination of setting, characters,
and action in a poem which is supposed to engage A. Dramatic Situation
the reader.
B. Persona
2. He/she is the speaker, or teller, of the poem; rarely
the poet himself or herself. C. Allegory
3. It refers to symbolic representations of truths or D. Canon
generalizations about human existence.
4. This refers to the collection of works determined by a E. Personification
society to have significant value and importance.
5. It is a figure of speech where a non-human object is
given human qualities.
 REMINDER:
FIRST MONTHLY EXAM
(AUGUST)
August 26 & 27, 2020