ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The characters and the setting used were of foreign origin but the nature, gesture and custom are undoubtedly Filipino and the events in the story are similar to the real incidents during that period. Florante and Laura is considered an Awit or a “Song” in English.

Detailed explanation-2: -One of the country’s most enduring literary masterpieces, Florante at Laura – written by 19th century poet Francisco Baltazar, also known as Balagtas – serves as the inspiration for an exhibition at the University of the Philippines Jorge B. Vargas Museum this February.

Detailed explanation-3: -by Francisco Balagtas First published 1838.