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Ancient, Mysterious, and Beautiful

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Learning about Chinese literature and culture, I have realized the importance of knowing ones heritage and nurturing it for future generations. Literature can say a lot about a counties past and present, it’s what makes them who they are and who they will be and ensuring the survival of literature is remembering the values, practices, and even wrong doings so that they may not be repeated. Literature is the backbone of every country and without it the world would definitely be a darker place

FENIX. R.D

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21st Century literature class was fun and educating. It is one of the most memorable moments of my Senior High School Life. The talk show about sociocultural with San Pascual, Milaor, Ocampo, and others was unforgettable. I think that it was the first group activity we had in the subject. It was unforgettable because I got the chance to work with funny and cooperative members. We finished it perfectly and I can say that our presentation was a success because of the reactions of the audience was the reaction that we hoped for even though one of our props was confiscated and that certain event “confiscation” made me realize that even though we are already in Senior High School, doesn’t mean that we can do everything we want to do, rules are still applicable to us. Another thing that I learned from the 21st Century Literature class is to appreciate the wonder of literature and how it is made. Every country has its own history of literature. Every country has its own style of writing. Learning about the literature of each country felt like we were there and for me, learning the culture/literature of other countries is a privilege because you get to know more about them and their history. I end this reflection with a quote, “The History of Literature is the History of the Human Mind” by William Presscot.

YUSON, C.K.

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Learning about the Chinese Literature, especially the work of Ma Jian made me realize that change can be brought by words and books and sometimes the pen is actually mightier than the sword.  Just like what Jose Rizal did to the Philippines, he tackled issues about the government and oppression in the country. Yes, it mah have cost him his freedom, but he sparked the eyes of revolution whenever someone is reading their works. This made me realize that, words are indeed as powerful as they say they were. Words can produce actions and that is the reason why literature is important to this world. Literature can have a major impact to how the world works and can make changes to the things that must be changed. Literature is a powerful thing in this world and we must not take it for granted. We must value it, cherish it, read about it. After doing all of that, who knows what changes it can do to your life as well.

MAGADIA, C.M.

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Well this year has been a wonderful journey for us as 21st century literature students. Perhaps it could be said that literature is most certainly not boring as it is more than just text or books. It is basically culture and traditions of the author and the destination of the author. Additionally, in our three or four month journey, we have learned that literature has evolved through the ages and that it has been constantly changing even until now. Literature has different styles that intends to suit the masses or the intended audience of that particular time or era. For example, the literature in the classical times like Shakespearian literature is definitely different from the ones that we have right now because we have different tastes than that of Shakespeare’s time.

When it comes to local 21st century literature, I realized that we, Filipinos, can have talent in writhing different genres of literature. Furthermore, Philippine literature, like any literature, has evolved through the ages based on the history of our country. We even have literature way back before we were colonized by the Spanish. While studying this, I actually felt proud to be a Filipino.

As for world literature, the literature presented in class made me realize that world literature and world culture itself is very diverse. Each culture is definitely unique and has their own style of writing according to the theme of their traditions. The discussion made me appreciate the literature of different countries from Asian countries to European and North American countries. We never knew that each culture can be so unique.

Overall, we can say that this class has been an odyssey of various literary texts that shapes the world that we live in. This class has taught the literature that basically we millennials can relate to because the texts are usually written according to our preferred genres. We can also trace back the text’s origins in order to know more about the past culture for we need to study the past so that we can live in the present and prepare for the future. It was a nice experience to actually make an appreciation for these type of literature.

AUSTRIA, A.M.

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I have learned so much in this term that even affect my daily routine. It helps me to change my daily routine because of the lesson that I have discovered like the inspiring works of our Filipino people who have dedicated their life to show what our country could do or what we are capable to do. I was also inspired by their works because of the things that we could learn for the story that they shared with us. I was amazed that I was able to discover my assign World Literature because of that my eyes were open to see the things I didn’t even know that it was practiced by that certain country. So I could say that I was happy that my country is no that cold hearted like China.

MACASAET, L.J.

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Chinese Literature: Truly a Work of Art

We have heard of different literature from all over the world. However, the literature coming from the land of China has caught our attention, particularly about its unique style and theme. We would say that Chinese Literature is what we find interesting and mind blowing.

China is definitely a land of good food, good views, good places, and good literature.

Ma Jian is an artist, photographer, and author of various novels. He has been a member of the No-Name art group, a secret organization that is anti-communism.  For us, he is definitely an outstanding man for he chose to take a risk and give up basically his whole life just for the sake of enlightenment.

Red Dust: A Path Through China is a very nice book to read. We can learn about the author’s personal travels and experiences as he explores the path the people rarely take. The author, Ma Jian, wrote the book Red Dust in order to tackle an important issue. The communist party in Ma Jian’s time is said to be “not human” as they clearly display their abuse of power. However, Ma Jian saw an opportunity to go on his own path of self-realization and enlightenment. I mean, would anyone give up everything just to further know more about the meaning of living life itself. With that being said, sometimes in life, we have to make sacrifices in order to attain something greater.

Ironically, in the end of his journey, he felt unaccepted and rejected by other communities. He then concluded that he belongs solely to the city. We find that this means that we don’t always get what we expect yet hopefully we all get some learnings from experiences.

Just a little trivia: Ma Jian did not just got arrested in China for his anti-communism works but he has been exiled and resided to London. Again, we are impressed about the sacrifice that this man took just to make a stand about his opinion on the oppressive communist party.

To conclude this article, Ma Jian is definitely a connoisseur of fine arts in terms of both literature and artworks. His Buddhist belief led him into an enlightening journey where he made realizations about the society and about his life.

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