This episode is dedicated to the discussion of how literature has flourished. Just as how most of the things in the world have begun, literature, even before it was defined and labeled as the kind in which we know it today, has already been existing.

But how did it look like?

What was its form?

How was it classified?

To answer all the queries we have in mind, we are going to survey the timeline of Philippine Literature and see how it evolved and progress from the time of the Pre-Spanish colonization up until the time of liberation.

For further information about this, you could also refer to these references:

About : What is Oral Literature? (2011, November 11). From University of Cambridge:  http://www.oralliterature.org/about/oralliterature.html

Ang  Alamat ng Pinya. (2017). From Buklat:  https://buklat.blogspot.com/2017/10/ang-alamat-ng-pinya_20.html

Rice,  D, & Peralta, J. (n.d.). Biag ni Lam-Ang Epic. From  https://www.unesco-ichcap.org/eng/ek/sub3/pdf_file/domain1/001_Biag_ni_Lamang_Epic.pdf

Solmerano,  E., Ondevilla, M., Palencia, M., Jerusalem, V., & Cruz, J. (2017). 21st century literature from the  Philippines and the world (2nd ed.). Manila: Fastbooks Educational Supply, Inc.

Now that you have been well acquainted with what literature is and how important it is in our lives, let's now delve deeper into it.

Have you ever wondered why some people love reading literary pieces? What beauty do they see in it? Or have you ever wondered why despite you and your classmates reading the same literary text--say a poem or a short story--you still got different interpretations? In this session, that's what we're going to answer.

Information in this podcast is taken from and/or supported by these sources:

Cruz, A. (2017, March 9). Madonna and the madwoman: on the women of Jose Rizal’s classic Noli Me Tangere.Retrieved from Book Riot: https://bookriot.com/madonna-madwoman-women-jose-rizals-classic-noli-tangere/

Formalism (2020). Retrieved from Shmoop University Inc: https:// www.shmoop.com/study-guides/literary-schools-of-theory/formalism

Napikoski, Linda. (2020, February 11). Feminist Literary Criticism. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/feminist-literary-criticism-3528960

Reader Response Theory Introduction. (2020). Retrieved from Shmoop University Inc:https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/literary-schools-of-theory/reader-response-theory

Solmerano, E., Ondevilla, M., Palencia, M., Jerusalem, V., & Cruz, J. (2017).21st century literature from the Philippines and the world (2nd ed.). Manila: Fastbooks Educational Supply, Inc.

Structuralism. (2020). Retrieved from Shmoop University Inc: https://www.shmoop.com/study- guides/literary-schools-of-theory/structuralism

The Writing Lab, T. O. (1995-2020). Marxist Criticism (1930s-present). Retrieved from Purdue University: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_

writing/writing_in_literature/literary_theory_and_schools_of_criticism/marxist_criticism.html

The Writing Lab, T. O. (1995-2020). Psychoanalytic Criticism (1930s-present). Retrieved from Purdue University:https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_in_literature/literary_theory_and_schools_of_criticism/psychoanalytic_criticism.html

The Writing Lab, T. O. (1995-2020). Structuralism and Semiotics (1920s-present). Retrieved from Purdue University: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_in_literature/literary_theory_and_schools_of_criticism/structuralism_and_semiotics.html

Welcome to the first full episode of "So Lit!" Again, this podcast is dedicated for literature, so if you are a literature student and anyone who's in love with literature, here's the podcast for you.

For this inaugural episode, we would be talking about the things that make up literature. We would make labels and categories. We’d cut and divide the big bulk of literature—its broadness and vagueness—and examine each part that make its whole.

For us to better understand literature, we'd cut it into chunk--its ingredients, forms, categories, and genres, all for the goal of understanding literature and its significance in our lives.

Please see the references below that helped make this episode possible:

Rowling, J. K., author. (1998). Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone. New York:Arthur A. Levine Books

Rexroth, K. (2019, February 22). Literature. Encyclopædia Britannica.  https://www.britannica.com/art/literature

Solmerano, E., Ondevilla, M., Palencia, M., Jerusalem, V., & Cruz, J. (2017). 21st century literature from the Philippines and the world (2nd ed.). Manila: Fastbooks Educational Supply, Inc.

Tan, A. (2001). Introduction to literature (4th ed.). Quezon City: Academic Publishing Corporation.

A lot of you are probably asking of what good literature can do to your life. What’s in it for me? Why should I study it? Does it have any actual relevance in my life? Will I use that in my daily life or will that make me land a job in the future?

If you think that literature is boring or that it does not add anything good in your life, then, I think you got it all wrong. Tune in to this prologue for you to find out.

P.S.

This podcast will also be used as a learning material for Senior High School students. If you aren't one, but is still interested in literature, you can still lend your ears. Enjoy!