Different Periods of Philippine Literature Flashcards
Identify the period of Philippine Literature based on the characteristics provided.
1. Based on oral traditions
2. Crude on ideology and phraseology
Pre-Colonial Period (BC to 1564)
- type of oral literature in pre-colonial period
- battle of wits among participants
Riddles (bugtong)
- type of oral literature in pre-colonial period
- wise sayings that contain a metaphor used to teach as a
food for thought etc.
Proverbs (salawikain)
- Oral literature, pre-colonial period
- a mono-riming heptasyllabic quatrain expressing insights and lessons on
life, is “more emotionally charged than the terse proverb, and thus, hasaffinities with
the folk lyric.”
Tanaga
- Oral lit., pre-colonial
- It is a form of folk lyric which expresses the hopes and aspirations,
the people’slifestyles as well as their loves. These are often repetitive and sonorous,
didactic, and naive.
Folk Songs
- Oral lit.
- lullaby
Hele or oyayi
– 7-syllable per line poem that are about human
relationships and social entertainment
Ambahan (Mangyan)
work songs that depict the livelihood of the peopled.
Kalusan (Ivatan)
drinking song
Tagay (Cebuano and Waray)
song of lamentation for the dead
Kanogan (Cebuano)
explain how the world was created, how certain animals possess certain
characteristics, why some places have waterfalls, volcanoes, mountains, flora, or
fauna.
Myths
explain the origin of things; examples are Why the Pineapple Has
Eyes and The Legend of Maria Makiling.
Legends
use animal characters and allegory
Fables
deal with underworld characters such as “tiyanak,” “aswang,”
“kapre,” and others.
Fantasy stories
these are “narratives of sustained length based on oral tradition revolving
around supernatural events or heroic deeds.” (Arsenio Manuel)
Epics
Examples: Lam-ang (Ilocano),Hinilawod (Panay),Kudaman (Palawan), and
Darangen (Maranao)
Epics
Identify the period of Philippine Literature based on the characteristics provided.
1. It has two distinct classifications: religious and secular. It introduced Spanish as
the medium of communication.
SPANISH COLONIZATION PERIOD (1565 – 1863)
Religious lyrics written by ladino poets or those versed in both Spanish and Tagalog were included in early catechism and were used to teach Filipinos the Spanish language.
Religious Literature
long narrative poem about the passion and death of Christ. The most
popular was “Ang Mahalna Passion ni Jesu Cristong Panignoon Natin” by Aguino de
Belen
Pasyon
– dramatization of the pasyon; it shows the passion and death of Christ
Senakulo
colorful tales of chivalry made for singing and chanting
Awit
metrical tale written in octosyllabicquatrains (a line of verse with eight
syllables)
Example: Florante at Laura by Francisco Baltazar
Korido
– written to prescribe proper decorum
* Dialogo
* Ejemploii.Manual de Urbanidad
* Tratado
Prose Narratives
Identify the period of Philippine Literature based on the characteristics provided.
1. Planted seeds of nationalism in Filipinos
2. Language shifted from Spanish to Tagalog
3. .Addressed the masses instead of the “intelligentsia”
Nationalistic/Propaganda and Revolutionary Period (1864 - 1896)
Reformatory in objective
Propaganda Literature
satires, editorials, and news articles were written to attack and
expose the evils of Spanish rule
Political Essays
Who founded Diariong Tagalog?
Marcelo del Pilar
editor-in-chief was Graciano Lopez-Jaena
La Solidaridad
Jose Rizal’s master pieces that paved the
way to the revolution
- Noli me Tangere
- El Filibusterismo
more propagandistic than literary as it is more violent in nature and demanded complete independence for the country
Revolutionary Literature
helped inflame the spirit of revolution
Political Essays
– newspaper of the society, edited by Emilio Jacinto
Kalayaan