Lesson 3 Flashcards
ruled the country for over 300 years.
The Spanish Colonizers
used the cross to influence and impose their religion upon the natives.
Spanish Colonizers
What are the writings during Spanish Colonial Period
• religious
• secular, and at the latter part.
• propaganda and revolutionary.
were in the form of prose as prayer books, novenas, biographies of saints, and the likes.
Religious
Filipino dramatization of the life and times of Jesus Christ presented during the Lent, was widely held.
Senakulo
Philippine epic narrative of the life of Jesus Christ, was written in stanzas with five lines of eight syllables each and focused on his Passion, Death, and Resurrection.
Pasyon
a song praising God or the Virgin Mary and containing a philosophy of life, also became popular.
Dalit
These are prominently tales of valiance and adventure.
Secular/Non-religious Literature
have measures of twelve syllables
(dodecasyllabic) and are slowly sung to the accompaniment of a guitar or banduria.
Awit
metrical romances and tales that follow a structure of a poem.
Corido
have measures of eight syllables (octosyllabic) and recited to a martial beat.
Corido
are tales of chivalry where a knight saves a princess. Ibong Adarna is an example of this.
Corido
a poetic vehicle of a socio-religious nature celebrated during the death of a person.
Karagatan
a poetic joust in speaking and reasoning.
Duplo
a type of drama that originated in Spain.
Sarswela / Zarsuela
