quarterly Flashcards
This was used in witchcraft or enchantment especially in remote places in the Visayas.
Chant (Bulong)
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.
These are one of the oldest forms of Philippine literature that emerged in the pre-Spanish period. These songs mirrored the early forms of culture. Many of these have 12 syllables. Examples of which are Kundiman, Kumintang o Tagumpay, Ang Dalit o Imno, Ang Oyayi o Hele, Diana, Soliraning and Talindaw.
Folk Songs.
Literature in this period may be classified as religious prose and poetry and secular prose and poetry.
SPANISH PERIOD (1521-1871)
It manifests the artistic feelings of the Filipinos and shows their innate appreciation for and love of beauty. The examples are Leron-Leron Sinta, Pamulinawen, Dandansoy, Sarong Banggi, and Atin Cu Pung Sing-sing.
Folk song
Spanish Influences on Philippine Literature The first Filipino alphabet, called
ALIBATA
performed by Filipinos during the Spanish times. Almost all of them were in a poetic form such Cenacalo, Panunuluyan, Salubong, Embayoka, Lagaylay, and Zarzuela.
Recreational Plays
In the 19th Century, Filipino intellectuals educated in Europe called Ilustrados began to write about the hitch of colonization.
PERIOD OF ENLIGHTENMENT (1872-1898)
This movement was spearheaded mostly by the intellectual middle-class like Jose Rizal, Marcelo del Pilar, Graciano Lopez Jaena, Antonio Luna, Mariano Ponce, Jose Ma. Panganiban, and Pedro Paterno,
The Propaganda Movement (1872-1896)
Some of Rizal’s writings:
Noli Me Tangere, El Filibusterismo, Mi Último Adios, Sobre La Indolencia De Los Filipinos and Filipinas Dentro De Cien Años.
Some of Del Pilar’s writings:
Pagibig sa Tinubuang Lupa (Love of Country), Kaingat Kayo (Be Careful), and Dasalan at Tocsohan (Prayers and Jokes).
Some of Jaena’s writings:
Ang Fray Botod, La Hija Del Fraile (The Child of the Friar), Sa mga Filipino, and Everything is Hambug (Everything is mere show), Sa Mga Pilipino…1891), and Talumpating Pagunita Kay Kolumbus (An Oration to Commemorate Columbus).
Linguistically, Americans influenced Filipino writers write using the English language. Jose Garcia Villa became famous for his free verse.
THE AMERICAN REGIME (1898-1944)
