WEEK 1 Flashcards
Include legends of prehistory and colonial legacy of Philippines
Philippine literature
narrative of intelligible, significant connections between literary works, related to their composition
Literary history
colonization like chants, proverbs, songs, and folk narratives. Past down from generation to generation by word of mouth
Pre-colonial period
First Filipino alphabet called alibata, replaced by roman alphabet.
Spanish period
Influenced Filipinos to write using the english language
American period
English came to halt leading to a stop in the circulation of newspaper in the community except for tribute and the Philippine review
Japanese period
The common themes of most poems during Japanese period
Haiku, Tanaga, and Karaniwang anyo(usual form)
Philippine was placed under martial law, initiating, a regime that suppress the writers right to free expression
New society
After of ten years of military rule and some changes in life of the Filipino, which started under new society, martial rule, was at last lifted on January 2, 1981
Period of third republic
Been marked by adventurousness, a willingness to gamble on “non-traditional” projects
Post EDSA-1 revolution
gives the literary work it setting in terms of place. It shapes the local setting of the work of art thus influencing the choice of words and the characters used in the literary works
Geographic dimension
Focus in language. Language is the vehicle through which a message in a work of art is transported.
Linguistic dimension
shape the meaning of literary work. A people is what identifies their culture, traditions, and believes.
Ethnic dimension
