Dimensions of Philippine Literature

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A significant mark of every culture for it provides a lot of information that one may know to better understand human life and experiences across time and space

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Literature

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What are the dimensions of Philippine Literature?

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1. Pre-Colonial Period (–BC-1564)
2. Spanish Colonization Period (1565-1897)
3. Nationalistic/Propaganda and Revolutionary Period (1864-1896)
4. American Colonial Period (1898-1945)
5. Japanese Occupation Period(1946-1985)
6. Contemporary/Modern Period (1960 – 1999)
7. 21st Century (2000 – Present)

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What is the time span of pre-colonial period?

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BC-1564

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What is the time span of spanish colonization period?

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1565-1897

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What is the time span of 21st century?

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2000 – Present

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What is the time span of Nationalistic/Propaganda and Revolutionary Period?

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1864-1896

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What is the time span of Japanese Occupation Period?

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1946-1985

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What is the time span of American Colonial Period?

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1898-1945

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What is the time span of Contemporary/Modern Period?

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1960 – 1999

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In pre-colonial literature, Filipinos were refer to as?

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“natives”
“ethnic minorities”
“tribal Filipino”

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Setting of pre-colonial literature

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Within the Economic Resources

(Land, Water and Forest)

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Medium used in pre-colonial literature

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Oral/Verbal

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Subject matter in pre-colonial literature

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Common Experience of People
(Food Gathering, Creatures and Objects of Nature)
(Work in the home, field, forest or sea, caring for children)

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Language used in pre-colonial literature

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Language of the Daily Life

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Artists in pre-colonial literature

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anyone can be a Poet, Story-teller, Singer

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Oral literary forms in pre-colonial literature

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Songs, Poems, Stories, Tales, Sayings

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Literary Convetions in pre-colonial literature

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Formulaic Repetitions, Stereotyping of Characters, Regular Rhythmic and Musical Devices

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Ownership in pre-colonial literature

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Communal Authorship

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Characteristics of Pre-colonial literature

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1. Based on oral traditions

2. Crude on ideology and phraseology

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Literary forms in pre-colonial literature

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Poetry/Verse
Folk Songs
Folk Tales
Epics

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Poetry/Verse: battle of wits among participants

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Riddles (bugtong)

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Poetry/Verse: wise sayings that contain a metaphor used to teach as a food for thought etc.

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Proverbs (salawikain)

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Poetry/Verse: a monoriming heptasyllabic quatrain expressing insights and lessons on life

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Tanaga

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It is a form of folk lyric which expresses the hopes and aspirations, the people’s lifestyles as well as their loves. These are often repetitive and sonorous

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Folk Songs

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Examples of folksongs

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Hele or oyayi – lullaby   Ambahan (Mangyan) – 7-syllable per line poem that are about human relationships and social entertainment   Kalusan (Ivatan) - work songs that depict the livelihood of the peopled.   Tagay (Cebuano and Waray) – drinking song.   Kanogan (Cebuano) – song of lamentation for the dead  

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lullaby

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Hele or oyayi

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7-syllable per line poem that are about human relationships and social entertainment  

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Ambahan (Mangyan)

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work songs that depict the livelihood of the peopled.  

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Kalusan (Ivatan)

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drinking song.  

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Tagay (Cebuano and Waray)

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song of lamentation for the dead

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Kanogan (Cebuano)

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Folk tales: explain how the world was created, how certain animals possess certain characteristics, why some places have waterfalls, volcanoes, mountains, flora or fauna.

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Myths

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Folk tales: explain the origin of things Why the Pineapple Has Eyes The Legend of Maria Makiling

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Legends

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Folk tales:used animal characters and allegory

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Fables

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Folk tales: deal with underworld characters such as “tiyanak”,“aswang”, “kapre” and others.    

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Fantastic stories

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These are “narratives of sustained length based on oral tradition revolving around supernatural events or heroic deeds” (Arsenio Manuel)  

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Epics

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Folk Epics/ “ethnoepics” made by?

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Arsenio Manuel

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Characteristics of the Philippine ethnoepics

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Narratives of sustained length Based on oral tradition Revolving around supernatural events or heroic deeds In the form of verse Either chanted or sung With serious purpose (validating beliefs, customs, life values)

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Survival of Indigenous Culture from Colonization

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Resistance to Colonial Rule | Virtue of Isolation from Centers of Colonial Powers

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able to read and write in any of the Latin language

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Ladinos

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What does the Spanish taught us?

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Reading Writing Arithmetic

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3 communites in spanish period called?

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Taga-bondok Taga-bukid Taga-bayan

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he interprets for missionaries, multilingual, a privileged Filipino Ilokano who published the version of Lam-ang

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Pedro Bukaneng

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(author of the manual entitled Ang Librong Pag-aaralan ng mga Tagalog ng Wikang Castilla (The Book the Tagalogs Must Study in Spanish) 1610  

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Tomas Pinpin

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Bilingual poet, Ladino

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Fernando Bagongbanta

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(the first Filipino Literary Artist) Ang Mahal na Pasyon ni Jesu Christong Panginoon Natin (The Sacred Passion of Jesus Christ Our Lord) 1704 (the verse is a translation or adaptation to Spanish devotional work)

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Gaspar Aquino de Belen

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Monopoly of Printing Press: What period?

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Spanish Colonization Period

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Dramas in Spanish period

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Komedya Awit Korido

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theater genre; plot about highborn warriors and their colorful adventures for love and fame

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Komedya

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four monoriming dodecasyllabic lines

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Awit

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four monoriming octosyllabic lines

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Korido

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short farce, La India Elegante el Negrito Amante (The Fashionable India and Her Negrito Suitor) awit, Pinagdaanang Buhay ni Florante at ni Laura sa Cahariang Albania (The Life Florante and Laura Went Through in the Kingdom of Albania)

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Francisco Baltazar

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Printing Press Monopolized by Religious Orders

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Dominicans set up 1st printing press Doctrina Christiana 1593 the first book published in the Philippines Franciscans, Jesuits and Augustinians early 17th century (published grammar, dictionaries, catechism and confession manuals)

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First Literature in Tagalog (language used) book of Francisco Blancas de San Jose (Bilingual Poet)

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“May Bagyo Ma’t May Rilim” (Though It Is Stormy and Dark)

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Filipinos in Revolutionary Period?

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Philippine-born Spaniard Spanish Mestizos Chinese Mestizos Hispanized indios

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Spanish poems “Sampaguitas” anthology more notable for what it symbolized than for its value as literature; nationality then WHO?

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Pedro Paterno

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) the First Filipino Novel the young woman Ninay who dies of heartbreak brought on by separation from her sweetheart Carlos and aggravated by the loss of her parents

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Ninay

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Genre: Essay Circulation: Newspaper Language: Shift from Spanish to Vernacular

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La Solidaridad

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Genre, Circulation, | Language of La Solidaridad

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Genre: Essay Circulation: Newspaper Language: Shift from Spanish to Vernacular

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discourse with patriotic content

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Dupluhan/Duplo

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La Solidaridad writer?

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Marcelo H. del Pilar

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Katipunan Manifesto: Ang Dapat Mabatid ng mga Tagalog (What the Tagalogs Must Know) simple essay rallying the Filipinos in the Struggle Against Spain

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Andres Bonifacio

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short essay Liwanag at Dilim (Light and Darkness) published through the Katipunan newspaper Kalayaan (Freedom) editor of Kalayaan

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Emilio Jacinto

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Most Significant Newspaper that Provided Space for Literary Pieces during American colonization

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Liwayway

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Significant Drama in American colonization? author?

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Tanikalang Guinto (1902) by Juan Abad (1872-1932)

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Characterisitc of American Colonization Period

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Nationalism 2. Freedom of speech 3. Experience | 4. Search and use of new medium

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Periods of Literary forms

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Period of Apprenticeship (1910-1930)   | Period of Emergence (1920-1930)    

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1. Filipino writers imitated English and American models       2. Poems -- written were amateurish and mushy, phrasing and diction is awkward and artificial.  

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Period of Apprenticeship (1910-1930)  

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Highly influenced by Western literary trends like Romanticism and Realism.  

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Period of Emergence (1920-1930)  

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Characteristics of Japanese Occupation

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1. Tagalog was favored over English 2. Suppression of information 3. Life Experience

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compilation of the short story contest by the military government.  

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25 Pinakamabuting Maikling Kathang Pilipino (1943)

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Literary forms during japanese occupation

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Poem War Years (1942-1944)   | Period of Maturity and Originality (1945-1960)  

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Three poems during japanese occupation

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Haiku, TANAGA, Karaniwang Anyo

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Themes in the Period of New Society

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(family planning, proper nutrition, drug addiction, pollution, social issues, domestic condition)

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Characteristics of Contemporary period

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repressed and curtailed human rights, including freedom of the press     symbolisms and allegories   Theater was used as a vehicle for protest

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Characteristic of in 21st Century lit

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New literary work written in the last decade Written by contemporary authors Deals with current themes and issues that reflects technological culture Often breaks traditional writing rules

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Literary forms in 21st century lit

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