Literature in General Flashcards
From the Latin word “litera” whick means letter and literatura which means to write
Literature
she said “Literature commonly refers to works of the creative imagination, including poetry, drama, fiction, nonfiction, and etc. “
Lomabardi (2011)
one of the themes in literature since it has become part of our daily life
Technology
Two division of Literature
Prose and Poetry
passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth
Precolonial Literature
showcases rich culture of Filipinos through oral performance of folk songs, narratives, and speeches
Precolonial Literature
baybayin consists of 3 vowels and 14 consonants
Precolonial Literature
ancienct ethnic rituals and dances established Filipinos’ strong connection with its neighboring countries through trading
Precolonial Literature
This was used in witchcraft or enchantment especially in remote places in the Visayas.
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These are genres of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human actions perceived or believed both by teller and listeners to have taken place within human history.
LEGENDS.
, These are made up of stories about life, adventure, love, horror, and humor where one can derive lessons. An example of this is THE MOON AND THE SUN.
Folk Tales
These are long narrative poems in which a series of heroic achievements or events, usually of a hero, are dealt with at length.
epics
-used the Roman alphabet to replace Alibata, the first Filipino alphabet in recording the oral forms of literature of our early inhabitants.
- Oral traditions such as epics, proverbs, riddles, and songs were the oral form of literature still flourished at that time and were collected and translated to Tagalog and other dialects in certain areas where colonial power is inaccessible.
SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD (1521-
1898)
Linguistically, Americans influenced Filipino writers to write using the English language. Jose Garcia Villa became famous for his free verse.
AMERICAN COLONIAL PERIOD (1898-1940)
- The introduction of free public education for children of school age was introduced.
- New forms of literature such as free verse in poetry, critical essay, and modern short story were discovered during this era.
AMERICAN COLONIAL PERIOD (1898-1940)
Philippine Literature was interrupted in its development when Japan, conquered the Philippines between 1941-1945.
JAPANESE COLONIAL PERIOD (1941-1945)
The common theme of most poems during this time was nationalism, country, love, and life in the barrios, faith, religion, and the arts.
JAPANESE COLONIAL PERIOD (1941-1945)
a poem of free verse that the Japanese like. It was made up of 17 syllables divided into three lines
Haiku
like the Haiku, is short, but it has measure and rhyme.
Tanaga
- There was a rebirth of devoted literature in the 1960s and 1970s wherein writers continued to write poetry, short stories, novels, and essays.
- The usual themes of contemporary writers in the 21st century are identity, history, memory, and technology.
POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY
PERIOD
(1861-1896), a prominent ilustrado and the
country’s national hero, is famous for the novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. These novels portray the corruption and abuse of the Spanish officials and the clergy.
Jose Rizal
known as the “mother of Philippine women’s literature,” was a poet in
both llocano and Spanish. Twenty of her poems were preserved and exhibited in Europe. The poems were included in the Encyclopedia International des Oeuvres des
Femme in 1889.
Leona Florentino
wrote Sampaguitas y poesias varias
(1880), the first poetry collection in Spanish by a Filipino; and the novel in Spanish Ninay (1885), considered to be the first Filipino novel.
Pedro Paterno
(1788-1862), the master of traditional Tagalog poetry, became well-known for his work Florante at Laura (1838-1861), the most famous metrical romance of the country.
Francisco Baltazar
