3. Literary Forms in Philippine History Flashcards

1
Q

The average Filipino’s unfamiliarity with his
indigenous literature was largely due to what
has been impressed upon him: that his country
was “discovered” and, hence, Philippine “history”
started only in

A

1521

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2
Q

set against a bulk of material about early Filipinos as recorded by Spanish, Chinese, Arabic and other chroniclers of the past.

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Pre-Colonial Times

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Q

Pre-colonial inhabitants of our islands showcase a rich past through their _____________ that affirm our ties with our Southeast Asian neighbors

A

folk speeches, folk songs, folk narratives and indigenous rituals and mimetic dances

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Q

Literary Forms During The Pre-Colonial Times

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Myth
Heroic Narratives or Epic
Etiological Legends
Folk Tales

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5
Q

a traditional story in prose concerning details of gods and demigods and the creation of the world and its inhabitants

A

Myth

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folk epics that narrate the adventures of tribal heroes which embody in themselves the ideals and values of the group

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Heroic Narratives or Epic

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legends that explain how things came to be, why things are they are. (ex. Ang Alamat ng Pinya, etc.)

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Etiological Legends

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8
Q

a folktale using animals

A

Animal Tale

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9
Q

verses set into music

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Folk songs

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10
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oral literature

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Folk speech

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11
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bugtong

A

riddle

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12
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popular short sayings

A

proverb

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13
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komedya, the sinakulo, the sarswela, the playlets and the drama

A

Spanish Occupation

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14
Q

Literature in this period of Spanish Occupation may be classified as

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Religious prose or poetry and secular prose or poetry

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15
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Literary Forms Poetry (Spanish Occupation)

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Ladino Poems
Metrical Romances

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16
Q

poems written by Ladinos (natives, first Tagalog versifiers who saw print; highly literate in both Spanish and the vernacular)

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Ladino Poems

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17
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Metrical Romances
each line with 8 syllables (ex. Ibong Adarna)

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Corridos

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18
Q

Metrical Romances
each line with 12 syllables (ex. Florante at Laura)

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Awit

19
Q

The most important piece of didactic literature of this period (Spanish Occupation) is: ________________ written by Fr. Modesto de Castro.

A

Urbana and Feliza

20
Q

Full Title of Urbana and Feliza 1855 (Prose)

A

Pagsususlatan ng Dalauang Binibini na si Urbana at si Feliza na Nagtuturo ng Mabuting Caugalian.

21
Q

Spanish Occupation (Literary Forms) Drama

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Religious Dramas
- Panuluyan
- Cenakulo
- Salubong
- Moriones
- Tibag/Santacruzan
- Pangunguluwa

Secular Dramas
- Karagatan
- Duplo
- Comedia

22
Q

Arranged according to the appearance in the liturgical calendar of the events they celebrate

A

Religious Dramas

23
Q

Held on the eve of Christmas, it dramatizes Joseph’s and Mary’s search for lodging in Bethlehem. (December)

A

Panuluyan

24
Q

passion and death of Jesus Christ
(April/May)

A

Cenakulo

25
Q

an Easter play that dramatizes the meeting of the Risen Christ and his mother. (April/May)

A

Salubong

26
Q

refers to the participants dressed as Roman soldiers, their identities hidden behind colourful, sometimes grotesque, wooden masks. (April)

A

Moriones

27
Q

performance with the devotion to the Holy Cross. It depicts St. Elena’s search for the cross on which Christ died. (May)

A

Tibag/Santacruzan

28
Q

an interesting socio-religious practice on All Saints’ Day which literally means For the Soul. The practice is based on the old belief that the souls in the purgatory are “released” on the night of All Saints’ Day to go beggin alms on earth.

A

Pangunguluwa

29
Q

held during the nine nights of vigil and prayers after someone’s death, or the first death anniversary

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Secular Dramas

30
Q

“open sea,” comes from the practice of testing young men vying for a maiden’s hand. The maiden’s ring would be dropped into the sea and whoever retrieves it would have the girl’s hand in marriage

A

Karagatan

31
Q

a forerunner of the balagtasan. The performers consist of two teams: one composed of young women called [Dupleras or Belyakas}; and the other, of young men called {Duplerosor Belyakos}. An elderly man—the {Hari or Punong Halaman}—presides over the proceedings

A

Duplo

32
Q

one of the earliest forms of stage drama which took on a particular aspect; that of a particular play which had for its main theme courtly love, usually between a prince and a princess of different religions— one a Christian, the other a Muslim. These conflicts were resolved in the end, with the victory of the Christians, a propaganda tool which was endorsed by the friars

A

Comedia

33
Q

A new set of colonizers brought about new changes in Philippine literature. New literary forms such as free verse, the modern short story, and critical essay

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(American Occupation)

34
Q

was deeply entrenched with the firm establishment of English as the medium of instruction in all schools and with literary modernism that highlighted the writer’s individuality and cultivated consciousness of craft, sometimes at the expense of social consciousness

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American Influence

35
Q

Dead Stars

A

Paz Marquez Benitez

36
Q

Born to the prominent Marquez family of Quezon Province, Marquez Benitez belonged to the first generation of Filipinos trained in the
American educational system. She was a member of the first freshman class of the University of the Philippines, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1912

A

Paz Marquez Benitez

37
Q

The flowering of Philippine literature in the various languages continue especially with the appearance of new publications after the Martial Law years and the resurgence of committed literature in
the 1960s and the 1970s

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Contemporary Period

38
Q

Filipino writers continue to write poetry, short stories, novellas, novels and essays whether these are socially committed, gender/ethnic related or are personal in intention or not.

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Contemporary Period

39
Q

The various literary awards

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Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the Philippines Free Press, Philippine Graphic, Home Life and Panorama literary awards

40
Q

The panuluyan is also called

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Pananapatan or panaawagan. Gagharon or Pagharonghong in Bikol

41
Q

comes from the act of excavating or levelling the mounds

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Tibag

42
Q

the structure is octosyllabic quatrains

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corridos

43
Q

the structure is dodesyllabic quatrains

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awit