Quiz 1 Flashcards
This is the largest period in Philippine literary history.
Pre-Colonial History
What is the highlight of the pre-colonial literature?
Spoken Literature
10 genres in pre-colonial literature:
Riddles, Proverb, Folk Songs, Chants, Epic, Legend, Mimetic Dances, Myth, Tale, Fable
RiProFo ChEL MiMyTF
Pre-Col. Battle of wits among participants, the most famous of these folk speeches.
Riddles (Bugtong)
Pre-Col. Phrase that gives advice and embodies commonplace truth based on practical experience or common sense.
Proverb (Salawikain) AKA aphorisms
Pre-Col. Traditional or composed songs characterized by stanzaic form, refrain, and simplicity of melody.
Folk Songs
Pre-Col. Used in witchcraft and/or enchantment.
Chants
Pre-Col. LONG poem. Narrates the deeds and adventures of the heroic.
Epic
Pre-Col. Consists of narrative featuring human actions or believed both tellers and listeners have taken place within human history.
Legend
This is the Religious Themed Era
Spanish Period
What are the two distinct classifications of Spanish Colonization?
Religious & Secular
What are the literary forms in Spanish period
Religious Literature
Secular (non-religious) Literature
Spanish Period. What are the two types of text under religious literature?
Pasyon - Long narrative poem about the passion and death of Jesus Christ
Senakulo - Dramatization of the Pasyon
Spanish Period. What are the three types of text under secular literature?
Awit - colorful tales of chivalry made for singing and chanting (Ibong Adarna by Jose dela Cruz)
Korido - popular narrative song and poetry that forms a ballad; about history, life of peasants, & other social topics (Florante at Laura by Francisco Baltazar)
Prose Narratives - describes important events in life either real or imaginary
This is the Liberation Themed Era.
Nationalistic Era
Two main genres in Nationalistic Literary Era:
Propaganda and Revolutionary
The __________________ was a period of time when native Filipinos were calling for reforms. Include members: Jose P. Rizal, Mariano Ponce, and Marcelo H. del Pilar
Propaganda Movement
What are the two characteristics of the nationalistic period?
- Planted seeds of nationalism to Filipinos
- The language was shifted from Spanish to Tagalog
What are the literary forms in the nationalistic period?
Propaganda Literature
Political Essays
Diariong Tagalog
La Solidaridad
Nationalistic Period. Political Novels:
Noli Me Tangere
El Filibusterismo
by Dr. Jose Rizal
Nationalistic Period. Revolutionary Literature:
Political Essays (Kalayaan)
Poetry (True Decalogue, Katapusang Hibik ng Pilipinas, Liwanag at Dilim)
The public-school system was introduced by Americans to Filipinos during this period:
American Colonization Period
Features of Philippine Literature during American Colonization Period:
- In the early part of American Occupation, Spanish, Tagalog and other local languages were used and later on English was later on used.
- The use of first-person point of view in writing started to be popular.
- The comparison of urban and rural living became the common focus of the text. Short-stories are most widespread literary form during this period.
During this period, the journalistic writing was ceased and placed under strict monitoring, there was “no freedom of speech.”
Japanese Period
JapanesePeriod. A three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5,7,5 syllable count. Often focusing on images from nature, simplicity, intensity, and directness of expression.
Haiku
JapanesePeriod. Filipino style of poetry with four-line stanzas with the syllable count of 7-7-7-7, and a rhyme scheme of AABB. It expresses insights and life lessons.
Tanaga (Maikling Tula)
JapanesePeriod. Filipino style of poetry with four-line stanzas with the syllable count of 7-7-7-7, and a rhyme scheme of AABB. It expresses insights and life lessons.
Tanaga (Maikling Tula)
What are the common theme of most poems in Japanese period?
nationalism, country, love, and life in the barrios, faith, religion, and arts
