MODULE 3: INTRODUCTION TO PHILIPPINE LITERATURE Flashcards
1
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practical observations and philosophy of everyday life that are written usually in a rhyming scheme
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Proverbs
2
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informal expressions of our ancestors’ experiences in life
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folksongs
3
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stories of origin for certain places, their names, their creation
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tales
4
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about a hero and his adventures and misadventures e.g. hinilawod
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epics
5
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lives of saints/history of a tradition
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corrido
6
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poem; hero [usually a saint]
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awit
7
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poem; life of Jesus Christ
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Pasyon
8
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Passion of Christ
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Cenaculo
9
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conflict of Christians and muslims
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moro-moro
10
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uses shadows as its main spectacle
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carillo
11
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St. Helena’s search for the holy cross
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Tibag
12
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connected to catholic mourning rituals and harvest celebrations
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dupio or karagatan
13
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musical comedies or melodramas that deal with the elemental passions of human beings
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zarzuela
