Understanding literature : through cultural experience / Rommel B. Dela Cruz

Includes bibliographical references.

Unit I Life 1 -- My Father's Son 5 -- The Trunk 17 -- The Girl in the Town Fiesta 25 -- Tio Benito 37 -- A Christmas and a Heavenly Chime 45 -- Ludovico 53 -- Love Letters 61 -- A Daughter's Misery and Grief 67 -- Cousin Marcelo and Padre Andong 77 -- Right and Gratitude 87 -- Miss Santillan 97 -- Old David 107 -- Tio Doro 123 -- People of the Soil 131 -- Parting Ways 147 -- A Broken Young Heart 159 -- The Balete Tree 169 -- Unit II Passion 183 -- Pgymalion 187 -- Play as a Literature 193 -- Pygmalion Act 1 197 -- Act II 209 -- Act III 233 -- Act IV 249 -- Act V 259 -- Unit III Death 279 -- Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard 281 -- Annabel Lee 287 -- The Cask of Amontillado 291 -- A Rose for Emily 299 -- Magnificence 309 -- Bibliography 317

This book is an explorative examination of the outstanding magnum opuses from genres not usually included in a local textbook. The literary texts should be rich with human values, feelings and experiences as well as they should also be pique in interest of students to understand the cultures of other people and cherish other art forms.