PHILIPPINE LITERATURE Flashcards
Literature came from the word?
“littera” → letter
Any printed or spoken matter
Literature
TIMELINE OF PHILIPPINE LITERATURE
Pre-Colonial → Spanish → Revolutionary → American → Japanese → Contemporary
Oral in Nature : “Word of Mouth”
Pre-Colonial Period
“Ears” : verses addressed to the ears
Pre-Colonial Period
Oral characteristics : open to many altercations
Pre-Colonial Period
Baybayin : oldest writing system
Pre-Colonial Period
Palm leaves and bamboos : old forms are written here
Pre-Colonial Period
Chants (Bulong), Legends, Folk Songs, Folk Tales, Epics, Riddles (Bugtong), Tanaga, Salawikain, Sawikain, Sayings
Pre-Colonial Period
Spanish Language : medium for communication
Spanish Period
Xylographic Press : printing equipment, publication of books
Spanish Period
Roman Alphabet replaced Baybayin
Spanish Period
Religious vs Secular : categories of writing
Spanish Period
first book printed on xylography, basis of religious practices
Doctrina Christiana (1593)
first Tagalog-translated novel published in the Philippines
Barlaan at Josaphat (1708)
Ibong Adarna
8-syllable verse, hakira, metrical romance
Korido
comedia, earliest form of theatrical play depicting wars between Christians and Muslims
Moro-moro