LPW (PHILIPPINE LITERATURE) Flashcards
- It was marked by our ancestors’ daily observations about life, explanations for natural phenomena and the beginnings of rituals.
- They used oral literature.
- Folk Speeches, Folk Songs, Folk Narratives, Indigenous Rituals, Mimetic Dances
pre colonial times
Central to riddle and reveals subtle resembles between two unlike objects; some riddles are ingenious, others are sex-related
talinghaga/metaphors
These are stories that explain about the actions of the gods, heroes’ exploits or the elements of nature’s origins.
myth
- Express norms or codes of behavior, community beliefs or they install values by offering wisdom in short, rhyming verse.
- Meant to entertain while teaching basic skills surviving local life.
proverbs/aphorisms
long – winded poems about a hero and his adventures and misadventures.
epic
A quatrain with seven syllables each with the same rhyme at the end of each line that expresses insights and lessons on life
tanaga
- A form of folk lyric which expresses hopes and aspirations, people’s lifestyles and their loves.
- Often repetitive and sonorous, didactic and naïve
folk songs
These are widely told stories about the past. They are considered factual by those who tell them, and some have basis in historical fact. Legends often include elements of magic and supernatural.
legend
- Literature may be classified as RELIGIOUS prose and poetry, SECULAR prose and poetry
- Secular works appeared alongside historical and economic changes.
- Versed in both Spanish and Tagalog language.
spanish colonial tradition
chivalric poem about hero, usually about saint.
awit
religious narrative form that usually details the lives of saint or history of a tradition
corrido
A blood – and – thunder melodrama depicting the conflict of Christians and Muslims. It is usually about battles to the death and the proofs of faith.
moro moro
dramatization of the passion of the Christ.
cenaculo
Play that uses shadows as its main spectacle.
carillo
The first Filipino alphabet, called
ALIBATA
