Week 2: Pre Spanish and Spanish Era Literature Flashcards
In the Pre-Spanish period the Philippines was ____
thalassocratic
The Filipino society back then consists of three social classes:
- maharlika (nobles)
- timawa (freemen)
- alipin (namamahay at saguiguilid)
Filipinos own writing system before the Spanish period
baybayin
Baybayin was derived from ____
Brahmic scripts of India
The Tagalogs believe in the supreme deity called ____
Bathala
Visayan’s supreme god
Kaptan or Captan
Bikolano’s supreme god
Gugurang
One of the famous creation myths in the Philippines
Malakas at Maganda
The children who went into the hidden rooms of the house became ___
Maharlikas
Children who concealed themselves became ____
Alipins
Children who hid in the fireplace became ___
the Negritos and Aetas
Children who fled to the sea became ____
foreigners
What is an epic?
long narrative poem which tells of heroic deeds or events
smallest political unit of the Philippines
barangays
Biag ni Lam-Ang was transcribed by ____
Pedro Bucaneg
Famous “epics” (4)
- Biag ni Lam-Ang
- Labaw-Donggon
- The Agyu
- Aliguyon
What is an epigram (salawikain)?
rhetorical device, a witty, ingenious, or pointed saying that is tersely expressed.
what is a riddle?
a mystifying, misleading or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed
The Roman alphabet became widely used over ____
Alibata
Doctrina Cristiana has become the ____ of all activities related to ___
foundation; religion
First religious book published in the Philippines?
Doctrina Cristiana
when was doctrina cristiana published?
July 15, 1593
what was the second book published in the Philippines?
Nuestra Senora Del Rosario
Nuestra Senora Del Rosario was written by ____
Father Blancas de San Jose (1602)
original title of “Urbana and Feliza”
“Ang Pagsusulatan ng Dalawang Binibini na si Urbana at si Feliza”
author of Urbana and Feliza
Father Modesto De Castro
There are ___ versions of Pasyon
four
What is an “awit”?
a narrative type of poem with 4 lines per stanza and dodecasyllabic with 12 syllables per line and a pause after the sixth syllable. The rhyming format is AAAA.
Rizal’s works were mostly written in ___
Spanish
He was popularly known as Plaridel, the editor and co-publisher of La Solidaridad.
Marcelo H. Del Pilar
Author of Los Dos Mundos
Graciano Lopez-Jaena
What is Jose Maria Panganiban’s penname?
Jomapa
The first novel written in Spanish by a Filipino
Ninay
Who estalished the KKK?
Andres Bonifacio
Jacinto wrote under the name ____ and ____
Dimas Ilaw; Pingkian
Known as the “Utak ng Katipunan”
Emilio Jacinto