RPH REVIWER EME D NAMANLALABAS SA EXAM Flashcards
The word “literature” comes from the Latin word “_____,” which means “___________”
literatura
writing formed with
letters
a term used to describe written or spoken material
Literature
A battle of wits among participants. It is traditionally used during funeral wake
RIDDLES/ BUGTONG
Wise saying that contain a metaphor used to teach as a food for thought
PROVERBS/SALAWIKAIN
One stanza poem consisted usually of four lines with 7 syllables, all lines rhyming. It is also equivalent of Japanese Haiku
TANAGA
One of the oldest forms of Philippine literature that emerged in the Pre-Spanish period. Each
region had its national songs from the lowlands to the mountains of Luzon, Visayas, and
Mindanao. It manifest the artistic feelings of the Filipinos.
FOLK SONGS
A sacred narrative explaining how the world and man came to be in their present World.
Myths
Explain the origin of things.
LEGENDS/ ALAMAT
A short stories which contain moral applicable to humanity. Human qualities are ascribed to
animals or plants, designated usually to show cleverness of one or stupidity of another.
FABLES/PABULA
Deal with the underworld characters such as tiyanak, aswang, kapre and so on
FANTASY STORIES
Those are narrative of sustained length based on oral tradition revolving around supernatural
events or heroic deeds.
EPICS
Made up of stories about life, adventure, love, horror, and humor where one can drive lessons
about lif
FOLK TALES
Spanish colonization of the Philippines started
(1565 - 1898)
the first spanish governor-general in the Philippines
Miguel Lopez de
Legaspi
(Known as unicode as the Tagalog Script) is a Pre-Spanish Philippine writing system. It is a
member of Brahmic family and is recorded as being used in the 16th century. It continued to be
used during Spanish colonization of the Philippine up until late 19th century.
ALIBATA/BAYBAYIN
Religious lyrics written by Ladino poets or those versed in both Spanish and Tagalog were
included in early catechism.
RELIGIOUS LITERATURE
- a long narrative poem about the passion and death of Christ.
Pasyon
- dramatization of the Pasyon. This is written in octosyllabic verse, with 8 verses to
the stanza
Cenaculo
- colorful tales of chivalry made for singing and chanting. It is also a fabricated stories from
writers’ imagination although the settings and characters are European
Awit
metrical tale written in octosyllablic quatrains. It is usually legends or stories from European countries like France, Spain, Italy and Greece.
Corrido
written to prescribe proper decorum
Prose Narrative
- a composition for voice and voices performed by singing.
Songs
- setting forth events recorded in the Bible or moral lessons to be drawn from
religious teaching.
Religious Drama -
enacted in front of live audiences. It is also known as play
Drama