The Spanish Colonial Tradition Flashcards
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Contributed much in the shaping and recording of our literature.
European power
Literature in this period classified as
Religious prose and poetry
Secular prose and poetry
Written by ladino poets, versed in both Spanish and Tagalog in early catechism.
Religious lyrics
Religious poetry, it is the Paston in
Ostosyllabic quintillas
Ostosyllabic quintillas that became entrenched in the Filipino’s commemoration of
Christ’s Agony and resurrection at Calvary
Various kinds of prose narrative written to prescribed proper decorum and were used for
Proselitization
Some forms are
Dialogo
Dialogue
Manual de Urbanidad
Conduct book
Ejemplo
Exemplum
Tratado
Tratado
The most well-known are Modesto de Castro’s
“ Pagsusulatan ng Dalawang Binibini na si Urbana at si Feliza
(correspondence between the two Maidens Urbana and Feliza)
Joaquin Tuason’s
“Ang bagong Robinson”
The new Robinson
Year of adaption of Daniel Defoe’s novel
1879
Works appeared alongside historical and economical changes
Secular
Who would avail of a European education
Opulent class and the middle class
Most Notable of the Secular lyric followed the conventions of a
Romantic tradition
Romantic tradition:
The languishing but loyal lover, the elusive, often heartless beloved
Leading poets
- Jose Corazon de Jesus
Huseng sisiw and Francisco Balagtas.
popular Secular poetry
Metrical romance
Set in dodecasyllabic quatrains
Awit
Ostosyllabic quatrains.
Korido
And colorful talesbof chivalry
Gonzalo de Cordoba (Gonzalo of Cordoba)
Ibong Adarna
Adarna Bird
AWIT as a popular poetic genre reached new heights in balagtas
Flora te at Laura
