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    Southeast Asian literature comes from 11 countries in the region: the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, and East Timor. The document discusses the roles, genres, and themes of literature from these Southeast Asian countries.

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    Southeast Asian literature comes from 11 countries in the region: the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, and East Timor. The document discusses the roles, genres, and themes of literature from these Southeast Asian countries.

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    Southeast Asian Literature

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    Abiekhay Camillee Unson Lavastida
    Southeast Asian literature comes from 11 countries in the region: the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, and East Timor. The document discusses the roles, genres, and themes of literature from these Southeast Asian countries.

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    Southeast Asian Literature

    Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia,


    Thailand, Burma, Laos,
    Cambodia, Singapore, Brunei,
    Indonesia, East Timor

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    Topics of Discussion
     Role of Literature in the community
    that reads them
     Different Genres
     Themes

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     Roles
    Literature is Education
    Literature is Hope
    Literature is a subversive
    act

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    Literature is Education
     Living History
     Gives a voice to the people
     Conveys quality of life
     Geography - Rural vs. Urban
     Shows people land and relate to it
     Explores relationship between Men
    and Women and identifies gender
    role
     Political Power and its corruption
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    Literature is Hope
     “Even in hopelessness there is
    hope” (Prof. Grant Olson)
     Poem (Burma) “Let’s Go to Tahiti”
     Short Story (Vietnamese) To Live
     Novel (Philippines) Noli Me
    Tangere
     “Writers hope to bring the spirit of
    reform into all spheres of life”

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    Literature is a
    Subversive Act
     A medium for change
     Writers and Readers alike join in
    the act
     Promotes Social Responsibility
    and Social Consciousness

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    Genres
     Traditional Oral Literature- Folktales,
    Proverbs, Riddles, legends
     Religious Narratives and Literature-
    Buddhist Codes and verses, Jataka
    Tales
     Narrative Poetry - Epic Stories
     Non-narrative Poetry - songs, love
    poems etc.
     Historical Novels
     Contemporary Literature - novels,
    short stories, poems
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    Themes
     Animals and Forest
     Supernatural/Mythical Beings and
    their journeys
     Gender Roles
     Strong Familial Relationship, loyalty
    and Identity, Ethnocentricity
     Prostitution
     Rural vs. Urban

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    Themes
     Poignancy of Love Relationship
     Wheels of Fate
     Importance of Reciprocity
     Struggles between humanity and
    poverty
     Strength of Human Character
     Political Corruption
     Nationalism and anti-colonialism

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    Other themes
     Fortune Telling
     Karma, Justice, Responsibility and
    Retribution
     Nature, Society, and Humanity
    uniting together
     Sadness of life
     River is life and society
     The will to love

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