PHILLIT MODULE 1 Flashcards
acquaintance with letters
littera
writing formed with letters
litteratura
acc to ___while history records past events, it does not include among its pages, the spirit
of the nation.
Senatin (2009)
Only in literature can one see the dreams, anxieties, joys, and problems of the people in a
certain country. Technically speaking, literature is a body of written works (either in prose or verse) produced
in a particular language, country, or age.
Senatin
Literary works usually have excellence of form or expression and
expressing ideas of permanence or universal interest.
Senatin
literature is the linguistic evidence of the mental and emotional attempt
of people to shed light on human struggles and aspirations
Cirilo F. Bautista (2007),
The cultural realities refer to customs, civilization, and
achievements of a certain time or people manifested in such areas such as arts, religion, philosophy, education,
economics, history, politics, etc.
Cirilo F. Bautista (2007),
is an enduring expression of significant human experience in words well-chosen and arranged.
literature
literature can be in a form of:
oral
visual
written
intrinsic elements
style, structure, imagery, tone, and genre.
literature includes
the spirit of the nation
literary works transmitted from one generation to another verbally.
oral literature
maybe spoken or sung
oral literature
-literary works in printed form
written literature
began with the invention of letters and pictures
written literature
literary works presented
in front of an audience
visual literature
existed before written literature together with
oral literature
visual literature
who came up with five visual analogies of literature.
Ludwig Wittgenstein(1921)
five analogies of literature
mirror
lens
signpost
illustration
authority
It is a tool for finding things out. Literature is a _____where you can see yourself in
context.
literature as mirror
you can see where your own ideas, assumptions, etc. are similar to, consistent
with, or different from another.
literature as mirror
_____ can help you focus on a problem, question, and justification
literature as lens
It can magnify
objects so that you can see them more clearly in detail or it can make an object look smaller so you can see
how your work fits into the broader picture.
literature as lens
guides you and leads you to the right direction.
literature as signpost
is the final arbiter in any question or problem that you would like to raise or
clarify.
literature as authority
describes you in sketchy or in an in-depth-study what you would like to know.
literature as illustration
NOTE
The language of literature …
1)…is concentrated and meaningful;
2)…gives a sense of pleasure in the discovery of a new experience; and
3)…demands intense concentration from the readers.
Who said “Beauty is truth, truth beauty; that is all ye know on earth and all ye need to know.”
John Keats
art for art’s sake” was advocated by
Oscar Wilde
It shows what is moral
Didactic Value of Literature
It can improve the moral values or norms of society
Didactic Value of Literature
literature is for life’s sake
Functional Value of Literature
Many writers made use of their work to convey their ideas, feelings, and at some cases, their partisan consciousness and reactions about society
Functional Value of Literature
dulce et utile meaning
sweet and useful
Literature is meant to entertain;
to give pleasure and enjoyment
dulce
Literature is meant to instruct;
to convey messages and information; and,
to teach a lesson
utile
THE 4 Rs OF LITERATURE
recreation
recognition
redemption
revelation
Literature is a means of reassembling reality
recreation
It enables us to see what we cannot see in reality.
recreation
Literature helps us recognize the people and their contributions.
Recognition
It also helps us recognize who we are as an individual and as a nation.
Recognition
Literature is a means of modification of behavior.
Redemption
It molds our morality.
Redemption
Literature is a means of recording history.
Revelation
It reveals the past, the present, and the future.
Revelation
the writer presents his ideas in
paragraph form, following the formal rules of grammar, punctuation, and syntax.
prose
There are two categories of literature
prose and poetry
written in measured lines, each line beginning with a capital letter
poetry
mono-riming heptasyllabic quatrain expressing insights and lessons on life is
“more emotionally charged than the terse proverb and thus has affinities with the folk lyric
tanaga
sung during carousals like the tagay
drinking
expresses the hopes and aspirations, the people’s lifestyles as well
as their loves
folk song, folk lyric
often repetitive and sonorous, didactic and naive as in the children’s songs
folk song, folk lyric
They explain how the world was
created, how certain animals possess certain characteristics, why some places have waterfalls, volcanoes,
mountains, flora or fauna and, in the case of legends, an explanation of the origins of things.
folk narratives
are about
animals and these teach moral lessons.
fables
revolve around supernatural events or heroic deeds and they embody or
validate the beliefs and customs and ideals of a community.
epic
These are sung or chanted to the accompaniment
of indigenous musical instruments and dancing performed during harvests, weddings or funerals by chanters
epic
The chanters who were taught by their ancestors are considered
treasures
example of epic
Lamang (Ilocano); Hinilawod (Sulod); Kudaman (Palawan); Darangen(Maranao);
SPANISH THOUGHT US THE WORD
“liberty and freedom
Literature in spanish period may be classified as
religious prose and poetry and secular prose and poetry.
quintillas that became
entrenched in the Filipino’s commemoration of Christ’s agony and resurrection at Calvary
pasyon
is set in
dodecasyllabic quatrains
awit
octosyllabic quatrains.
korido
Filipino intellectuals educated in
Europe called
illustrados
_____where prose works such as the political essays
and Rizal’s two political novels,
propaganda movement
set of literature during american colonial period
free verse, short story,a nd critical essay
medium of instruction in school during american period
english
The Balagtas tradition persisted until the poet
Alejandro G. Abadilla
most seminal folk speech is
riddle
riddle in cebu
tigmo
riddle in taglog
bugtong
riddle in ilongo
paktakon
riddle in bicol
patototdon
example of tanaga in bukidnon
basahanon
tanaga in panay
daraida daragilong
example of folk song in maguindanao
ida-ida
children song form tagalog
tulang pambata
children song from IBANAG
CANSIONES PARA ABING
EXAMPLE NAMAN NG LALLAUBYE FROM ILO ILO
ILI ILI
LOVESONG IN ILONGO
pamawagan at balitao
love song in cebu
harana or serenade
the seven syllable per line poem of mangyan
ambahan
taglog rowing song
soliranin
kalinga ice pounding song
mambayu
author of salamat nang walanghangga
fernando bagonbanta
Filipino writers continue to write poetry, short stories, novellas, novels and essays whether these are
socially committed, gender/ethnic related or are personal in intention or not.
The Contemporary Period
various literary awards on the contemporary period
Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the
Philippines Free Press, Philippine Graphic, Home Life and Panorama literary awards
