21st 1st qt Flashcards
Includes all literature produced before the Spanish colonization
Pre-colonial literature
are varied and distinct. they depict the people’s livelihood, custom and tradition
Philippine folk narratives
characteristically anonymous, timeless, and placeless tale circulated orally among a people
Folktale
features animal characters or inanimate objects that behave like people
Fable
presented as history but unlikely to be true
Legend
portrays a human hero rather than one who is a god
Legend
stories about real people who are famous for doing something brave
Legend
involves supernatural elements and are beyond the frontiers of logic
Myths
A narrative poem celebrates the adventures and achievements of a hero
Epic
expresses norms or codes of behavior
Proverbs or Aphorisms
a form of folk lyric which expresses the hopes and aspirations
Folk song
made up of one or more measured lines with rhymes and may consist of 4 to 12 syllables
Riddles
locally known as the hele. sung to put babies to sleep
Lullabies
locally known as tagay and are sung during drinking sessions
Drinking songs
known as the harana, can also be called courtship songs
Love songs
songs or chants that are usually given during exorcisms and thansgiving
religious songs
lamentation that contain the roll of good deeds that the dead has usually done
Songs of death
took place in march 6, 1521
Spanish period
literature that revolves around the life and death of jesus christ
Religious literature
It is about the passion or the journey and suffering and the death of Jesus Christ
Pasyon
It is the re-enactment of the Pasyon
Senakulo
Depicts the battle between the Christians and the Moros
Komedya
Revolves around the tales of valiance and adventure
Secular or Non-Religious
these are tales of chivalry where a knight saves a princess
Awit