TY - BOOK AU - Perez, Rodolfo C. TI - Gems: readings in Philippine literature SN - 9789719905905 AV - PL 5531.23 .P47 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - Manila, Philippines PB - Mindshapers Co. Inc. KW - PHILIPPINE LITERATURE (ENGLISH) N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Chapter 1. Philippine folk literature -- Chapter 2. Short stories -- Chapter 3. Poetry -- Chapter 4. Prose narrative (articles and essays) -- Chapter 5. The novel (excerpts) -- Chapter 6. The drama N2 - This book commences with old but dearly-loved and fondly-remembered myths, legends and tales from various regions in the archipelago, demonstrating our unique ethnicity. Their diversity does not fail our interest in knowing how each ethnic group views the world around it, how it attempts to explain the creation of its universe, or how it endeavors to account for the existence human beings ER -