21st Century Literature

SEATWORK #1
Name: Grade 11 - St. Benilde July 6, 2018

TOPIC: Reading and Revolution

Answer the following questions:
1. What do you know about the publication of Noli Me Tangere and how it affected the
Philippines?
2. Do you think that novels in the Philippines are as important as they used to be when the Noli
was published in 1887? Are people still inspired by novels?
3. What is it about reading long texts, such as short stories or novels that makes it different
from reading tweets and Facebook status posts? What is the importance of literature for the
Facebook generation?
21st Century Literature

Assigned Reading: The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata, page 3, textbook.