ASEAN LITERATURE

10 Country of ASEAN

Thailand

Vietnam

Malaysia

Myanmar

Indonesia

Laos

Philippines

Brunei

Singapore

Cambodia

Literature

the term derives from latin word “Litteratura” which means “learning, a writing, grammar” originally writing formed with letters.

Artistic

sense of beauty

Intellectual Value

literature stimulates critical thinking that enriches mental processes of abstract and reasoning, making man realize two fundamental truth of life and its nature.

Suggestiveness

the emotional power of literature to make us feel deeply and stir our imagination. It should trigger and evokes emotion above and beyond the plane of ordinary life experiences.

Spiritual Value

literature elevates the spirit and the soul and this has the power to motivate and inspire, drawn from the suggested morals or lesson of the different literacy genres. It should present moral values for us to reflect and eventually inspire us to become a better person.

Permanence

literature endures across time and draws out the time factor. It could be read again and again as each reading gives fresh delights and new insights.

Style

literature represents peculiar ways on how man sees life as evidenced by the formation of his ideas, form, structures, and expressions which are marked by their memorable substance.

Universality

literature appeals to everyone, regardless of culture, race, gender, and time which are all considered significant.

Prose

comes from the latin word “prosa” or from the phrase “prosa oration” which means straightforward speech.

Plot

The initiating event, the rising action, conflict, climax, falling action, and ending with the resolution.

Social Setting

the location and time period will dictate the social and cultural.

Poetry

is a type of literature typically written in verse.

Verse

It is the least structured division in the poem. They are each of the lines that make it up. It requires other verses to communicate some message.

Stanza

is the set of verses whose form is repeated throughout a poem, with the same characteristics.

Rhyme

is the equality or similarity of the final sounds of the verses with each other. These can be of two types, consonant or assonant.

Consonant rhyme

It is the one that is established between the verses whose endings, from the last vowel that is pronounced with an accent, are the same, including vowels and consonants.

Assonance rhyme

It occurs only in the vowels of the verses from the last stressed vowel.

Comparison

in writing discusses elements that are similar

contrast

in writing discusses elements that are different.

Narration

is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience.

Convention

are the defining characteristics, or must haves, of a given genre.

Narrative Convention

techniques used by the author in making meaning in fiction.

Time setting

is a period in which the story takes place. Time setting could be a time of the day, season or time period of history.

Place setting

is a place where the story is set. Writers when writing a story used locations to portray the complete story

Backstory

tells the events of the story that happens before the present story.

Chekhov’s Gun

tells of an inherent object inserted in the narratives.

Medias Res

practice of beginning an epic or another narrative by plunging into a crucial situation.

Narrative Hooks

tells a catchy story opening to hook the attention of the readers.

Plot twist

tells a surprise ending

Poetic Justice

tells a reward to a good character and punishes the bad characters.

Cliffhanger

tells and abrupt ending which place the main character in a perilous situation with no resolution.

Flashback

interpreted scene of the story that takes it back in time from the current point in the story.

Flash Forward

tells a scene that takes a narrative to a future time from the current point of the story

Deus- ex Maching

a good character in a bad situation ensures characters win within an unexpected or implausible uses to resolve the situation.

Foreshadowing

indicates or hints something in the later part of the story.

Point of View

refers to who is a telling story or who is narrating it.

Language used

there is a used of figurative languages.

Sensory Detail

mental images of scenes using descriptive words

Dramatic Visualization

description of gestures and dialogue making scene vivid to the readers.

Theme

the underlying message of the central idea which are reflected in character words and actions, events, and other elements.

Emotional Appeal

it moves the emotion of the reader and the audience.

Feminism

is fiction or nonfiction which supports the feminist goals of defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights for women.

New Historicism

a form of literary theory which aims to understand intellectual history through literature and literature through its cultural context,

Formalism

refers to critical approaches that analyze, interpret, or evaluate the inherent features of text.

Tata Selo

writer Rogelio Sikat

Tata Selo

is a poignant short story that revolves around an elderly man named Tata Selo, who grapples with the harsh realities of life in a rural Filipino community.

Truyen

traditional oral literature,

Han Viet

Chinese- Vietnamese literature

Quoc Am

modern literature with Romanized characters

The Khaki Coat

writer Nhat Tien

Old Man Hac

writer Nam Cao

The Kindergarten Teacher

writer Aung Thinn

The Wedding Reception

writer Nyi Pu Lay

The Winter Hibiscus

writer Mingfong Ho

Lilit

is a long form of poetry, one that utilizes different meters in different stanzas to speed or soften the story as it goes along.

Nirat

was another form of epic poetry, one in which it was a farewell and longing towards someone who is no longer there