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21 CENTURY ST LITERATURE Q2 WEEK 3 day 1 Prepared by: ALVIN B.DAR OBJECTIVES: At the end of the session, learners should be able to: 1. define “European Literature”. 2. cite the unique characteristics and features of European Literature. Let’s review! Tell us something about t...

21 CENTURY ST LITERATURE Q2 WEEK 3 day 1 Prepared by: ALVIN B.DAR OBJECTIVES: At the end of the session, learners should be able to: 1. define “European Literature”. 2. cite the unique characteristics and features of European Literature. Let’s review! Tell us something about the unique features of 21st century North American literature, its famous 21st century literary authors, literary genres and  Let’s establishing the purpose of today’s lesson! ACTIVITY TIME!  Guess the symbolic images! Guess the country. FRANCE Guess the country. United Kingdom Guess the structure. The Eiffel Tower Guess the country. France Guess the writer. JOHN MILTON John Milton was an English writer of poetry and prose during times of war, religious change and political upheaval in England. Guess the writer. LEO TOLSTOY Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time. Title of the poem. PARADISE LOST Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books with minor revisions throughout. PARADISE LOST ACTIVITY: Stand up and read the text in the next few slides. Be able to read with conviction and with comprehension. INTRODUCTION TO EUROPEAN LITERATURE Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. Physically and geologically , Europe is the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, west of Asia. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea, to the southeast by the Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea and the waterways connecting the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. To the east, Europe is generally divided from Asia by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, and by the Caspian Sea. See map above for more details INTRODUCTION TO EUROPEAN LITERATURE European literature refers to the literature of Europe. European literature includes literature in many languages; among the most important of the modern written works are those in English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Polish, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Czech and Russian and works by the Scandinavians and Irish. Important classical and medieval traditions are those in Ancient Greek, Latin, Old Norse , Medieval French and the Italian Tuscan dialect of the renaissance. INTRODUCTION TO EUROPEAN LITERATURE European literature, also known as Western literature, is the literature written in the context of Western culture in the languages of Europe, as several geographically or historically related languages. Diverse as they are, European literatures, like Indo-European languages, are parts of a common heritage belonging to a race of proud nations which boast the likes of Homer who wrote Iliad and Odyssey, Virgil who wrote the Aeneid, Dante who wrote Divine Comedy, Chaucer who wrote Canterbury Tales. These, and other literary masterpieces form part of what we call as Western Canon. Let’s analyze! Share insights and your takeaways from the text that you have just read. Let’s discuss! EUROPEAN LITERATURE Western literature, also known as European literature, is the literature written in the context of Western culture in the languages of Europe, and is shaped by the periods in which they were conceived, with each period containing prominent western authors, poets, and pieces of literature. Since beginning in ancient Greece nearly three thousand years ago, European literature has become one of the world’s most influential literary traditions. Although it consists of literature in many different languages hailing from various countries and cultures, this shared cultural heritage has helped Europe maintain a unified field of literature that contains the work of some of humanity’s revered authors. Noteworthy examples like William Shakespeare, Leo Tolstoy, and Victor Hugo have and continue to influence literature worldwide. Characteristics of European Literature: 1. It is written in Indo-European languages. 2. Its origins lie in the Graeco-Roman tradition, and it was later shaped by the spread of Christianity. 3. It reflects the values and beliefs of the Western, or European, world as opposed to those of the Middle East and Asia. European literature includes literature in many languages; among the most important of the modern written works are those in English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Polish, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Czech and Russian and works by the Scandinavians and Irish. BEST EUROPEAN LITERATURE Pride and Prejudice The Little Prince Les Misérables Hamlet Animal Farm Jane Eyre. by Charlotte Brontë, Michael Mason The Lord of the Rings Macbeth by William Shakespeare How did European literature evolve? The Medieval Period (500- The Age of The Romantic 1500) of Enlightenment Movement European (1700- 1800 (1798-1870) literature The Modernist Realism (1820- Naturalism Period (1910- 1920) (1870-1920) 1965 King Arthur is a key figure in all of European literature. The legendary king and the episodes of his life have been echoed in literary texts for several centuries.(The Miracle of the Sword and Stone) John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet and intellectual who served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667), written in blank verse, and widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever written. Paradise Lost has two narrative arcs, one about Satan (Lucifer) and the other following Adam and Eve. It begins after Satan and the other rebel angels have been defeated and banished to Hell, also called in the poem, Tartarus. In Pandæmonium, the capital city of Hell, Satan employs his rhetorical skill to organize his followers; he is aided by Mammon and Beelzebub. At the end of the debate, Satan volunteers to corrupt the newly created Earth and God's new and most favoured creation, Mankind. He braves the dangers of the Abyss alone in a manner reminiscent of Odysseus or Aeneas. After an arduous traversal of the Chaos outside 17th Century Russian Literature Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (August 1828 – November 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time, He received multiple nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and nominations for Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902 and 1910. Born to an aristocratic Russian family in 1828, he is best known for the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877), often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction. Representative Text Anna Karenina Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy tracks the life of aristocrat Anna Karenina and her tryst with Count Vronsky. The novel is staged in the late nineteenth century at the height of major political and social changes in Russia. Anna Karenina includes dozens of characters that portray a realistic account of Russian society during this period. Representative texts and authors from Europe Literature of the Ancient Greece: Oedipus the King SOPHOCLES Oedipus the King” is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles, first performed in about 429 BCE. It was the second of Sophocles‘ three Theban plays to be produced, but it comes first in the internal chronology (followedby “Oedipus at Colonus” and then “Antigone”). It follows the story of King Oedipus of Thebes as he discovers that he has unwittingly killed his own father, Laius, and married his own mother, Jocasta. Over the centuries, it has been regarded by many as the Greek tragedy par excellence and certainly as the summit of Sophocles’ achievements. LEO TOLSTOY LEO TOLSTOY Let’s develop Mastery!  Identify the unique characteristics and features of European Literature through a concept map. (Notebook)  Let’s find practical applications of learning! Cite situations where you may have an application of today’s learning in real life whether at the present or in the future. Let’s generalize learning of today! Define “European Literature” and state its unique characteristics and features. I. Evaluating learning The teacher will give a 10-item Multiple Choice quiz.  ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY: Research on the famous 21st century European writers and their compositions.