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    Philippine

    Literature:
    Mapping Our
    Literary Past,
    Present, and Future

    - Mia Lei Lalantacon


    Philippine
    Precolonial Period
    A. Characteristics
    1. Oral Traditions
    2. Crude ideology and phraseology
    B. Literary Forms
    a. Proverbs (Salawikain)

    b. Riddles (Bugtong) Patotdon (Bicol)


    Tigmo (Cebu) Paktakon (Ilonggo)
    Philippine
    Precolonial Period
    B. Literary Forms
    a. Proverbs (Salawikain)
    - observations and philosophy of everyday life
    - meant to entertain while teaching basic skills in
    surviving local life
    Example:
    Ang isip ay parang itak, sa hasa tumatalas.
    The mind is like a knife honed by sharpening.
    Philippine
    Precolonial Period
    B. Literary Forms
    a. Proverbs (Salawikain)
    - observations and philosophy of everyday life
    - meant to entertain while teaching basic skills in
    surviving local life
    Example:
    Kung walang tiyaga, walang nilaga.
    If you don’t persevere, you can expect no reward.
    Philippine
    Precolonial Period
    B. Literary Forms
    a. Proverbs (Salawikain)
    - observations and philosophy of everyday life
    - meant to entertain while teaching basic skills in
    surviving local life
    Example:
    Aanhin pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo.
    Ang hindi lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makakarating sa paroroonan.
    Hangga’t makitid ang kumot, matutong mamaluktot.
    Philippine
    Precolonial Period
    B. Literary Forms
    b. Riddles (Bugtong)
    - demand an answer and are used to test wits
    - seem to be laughable, but in reality, the answer is more
    serious than expected
    Riddles

    What is greater than God,


    more evil then the evil,
    the poor have it,
    the rich need it,
    and if you eat it, you'll die?

    -nothing
    Riddles

    What can travel around the world while


    staying in a corner?

    -stamp
    Riddles

    What has hands but cannot clap?

    -clock
    Riddles

    You can drop me from the tallest building and I'll be


    fine,
    but if you drop me in water I die.
    What am I?

    -Paper
    Bugtong

    Heto na ang magkapatid, nag-uunahang pumanhik.

    -mga paa
    Bugtong

    Dalawang batong itim, malayo ang nararating.

    -Mga mata
    Bugtong

    Isang prinsesa, nakaupo sa tasa.

    -Kasoy
    Bugtong

    Sinampal ko muna bago inalok

    -sampalok
    Bugtong

    Dumaan ang hari, nagkagatan ang mga pari.

    -zipper
    Philippine
    Precolonial Period
    B. Literary Forms
    c. Folksongs
    - beautiful songs that are informal expressions of our ancestor’s
    experiences in life.
    a. Hele/Oyayi
    b. Ambahan (Mangyan)- 7 syllable per line that is about human life
    c. Kalusan (Ivatan) - work songs that depict the livelihood of the people
    d. Tagay (Cebuana/ Waray) - drinking song
    e. Kanogan (Cebuano) - song of lamentation for the dead
    Philippine
    Precolonial Period
    B. Literary Forms
    d. Tales
    - stories of origin for certain places, their names, and their
    creation
    - myths or legends
    Philippine
    Precolonial Period
    B. Literary Forms
    e. Epics
    - long-winded poems about a hero and his adventures and misadventures
    Spanish Colonial Philippine
    Literature

    A. Characteristics
    1. It has two distinct classification:
    Religious and Secular
    2. It introduced Spanish as the medium of
    communication
    Spanish Colonial Philippine
    Literature
    B. Literary Forms
    a. Corrido
    - legendary religious narrative form usually about saints or
    the history of tradition
    b. Awit
    - chivalric poem about a hero, usually about saint
    c. Pasyon
    - narrative poem about the life of Jesus Christ
    Spanish Colonial Philippine
    Literature
    B. Literary Forms
    d. Cenaculo
    - dramatization of the passion of Christ
    e. Moro-moro
    - blood-and-thunder melodrama depicting the conflict of
    Christians and Muslims
    f. Carillo
    - play that uses shadows as its main spectacle
    Assignment 1

    Read Mariang Makiling as retold by Gat. Jose P. Rizal


    in Northern Luzon on page 11-12 of the textbook. Write a
    reflection answering the question below.

    Fairies, witches, and enchanted women are common in


    TV shows, films, and literature. What values of Maria
    Makiling are different from other characters that you have
    encountered? (Minimum of 250 words).
    Quiz 1

    Compare the precolonial and Spanish colonial literature in


    the Philippines in terms of the following:
    Points of Comparison Precolonial Philippine Spanish Colonial Literature
    Literature
    Forms

    Themes

    Purpose

    Plots

    Other significant elements


    My heart overflows with a good theme; I
    address my verses to the King; My
    tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

    -Psalm 45:1

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