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    21ST CENTURY

    LITERATURE
    FROM THE
    PHILIPPINES AND
    THE WORLD
    UNIT 3: LITERARY
    GENRES, TRADITIONS,
    AND FORMS FROM
    DIFFERENT CULTURES

    LESSON 3: EUROPEAN
    LITERATURE
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    EUROPEAN
    LITERATURE
    European Literature, also called Western
    Literature, refers to literature in the Indo-
    European languages including Latin, Greek,
    the Romance languages, and Russian. It is
    considered as the largest body of literature in
    the world.
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    LATIN
    LITERATURE

    4
    MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
    (106 BCE-43 BCE)
    Marcus Tullius Cicero was the
    greatest Roman orator. The first part
    of the Golden Age of Latin Literature
    (70 BC–AD 18) is named after him,
    the Ciceronian period (70–43 BC).
    Using Latin as a literary medium, he
    was able to express abstract and
    complicated thoughts clearly in his
    speeches. One of his well-known
    speeches is Pro Cluentio.5
    VIRGIL
    (70 BCE-19 BCE)
    Virgil (70 BCE–19 BCE),
    the greatest Roman poet,
    was known for Aeneid, an
    epic poem. He wrote it
    during the Augustan Age
    (43 BC–AD 18), the second
    part of the Golden Age.
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    GREEK
    LITERATURE

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    HOMER
    Homer is known for
    the The Iliad and
    the The Odyssey. These
    epics are about the
    heroic achievements of
    Achilles and Odysseus,
    respectively.
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    SOPHOCLES

    Sophocles (496 BC–406 BC)


    was a tragic playwright. He
    was known for Oedipus the
    King, which marks the highest
    level of achievement of Greek
    drama.

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    ITALIAN
    LITERATURE

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    FRANCESCO PETRARCA
    (1304-1374)
    Francesco Petrarca,
    or Petrarch perfected the
    Italian sonnet, a major
    influence on European
    poetry. Written in the
    vernacular, his sonnets were
    published in
    the Canzoniere.
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    GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO
    (1313-1375)

    Giovanni Boccaccio is
    known for Decameron, a
    classic Italian masterpiece.
    The stories were written in
    the vernacular.

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    SPANISH
    LITERATURE

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    MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
    Miguel de Cervantes (1547-
    1616) was known for his
    novel Don Quixote, one of the
    most widely read works of
    Western Literature. Its titular
    character’s name is the origin
    of the word “quixotic,”
    meaning hopeful or romantic in
    a way that is not practical.
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    LOPE DE VEGA
    Lope de Vega (1562-1635),
    an outstanding dramatist,
    wrote as many as 1800 plays
    during his lifetime, including
    cloak and sword drama,
    which are plays of upper
    middle class manners and
    intrigue.
    FRENCH
    LITERATURE

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    GUSTAVE FLAUBERT
    Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880),
    a novelist, was a major
    influence on the realist school.
    His masterpiece, Madame
    Bovary (1857), marked the
    beginning of a new age of
    realism.
    GUY DE MAUPASSANT
    Guy de Maupassant (1850–
    1893) is considered as the
    greatest French short story
    writer. A Naturalist, he
    wrote objective stories
    which present a real “slice
    of life.”
    RUSSIAN
    LITERATURE

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    LEO TOLSTOY
    Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) is
    known for his novels War
    and Peace (1865–1869)
    and Anna Karenina (1875–
    1877). A master of realistic
    fiction, he is considered as
    one of the world’s greatest
    novelists.
    ANTON CHEKHOV
    Anton Chekhov (1860–
    1904) is a master of the
    modern short story and a
    Russian playwright. His
    works such as, "The Bet"
    and "The Misfortune"
    reveal his clinical approach
    to ordinary life.
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