Includes bibliographical references.

Special Acknowledgments -- Acknowledgment -- Preface -- PART I. Clearing the Space: an Introduction to the study of Literature -- PART II. Philippine Literatures: Revisiting the Glorious Era -- PART III. The Creative Imagination: Selected Readings in the Philippine Literature -- Appendix A. Reading and Interpreting the Literary Text -- Appendix B. Three Basic Approaches to interpret Literature -- Appendix C. Literary Appreciation -- Appendix D. Notes on How to Read a Literary Text -- Appendix E. Literary Theories and Criticisms: Some Perspectives -- Appendix F. What Literary Criticism is all About -- Appendix G. Analyzing Fiction -- Appendix H. How to Read a Poem -- Glossary of Literary Terms -- References.

This book, a learning-centered text-manual in Philippine Literatures from pre-colonial to post EDSA is specifically design as introductory course in the study of Philippine literature in the tertiary level.