1 21st Century

New codes

________ or lingos are used to add flavor in the literary pieces produced nowadays.

Folk tales

________ (Kwentong bayan): These are made up of stories about life, adventure, love, horror, and humor where one can derive lessons about life.

Poetry

________: written in lines and stanzas.

1941 1945

Between ________, Philippine Literature was interrupted in its development when another foreign country, Japan, conquered the Philippines.

Tanaga

________: like the Haiku, is short, but it had measure and rhyme.

Karaniwang Anyo

________ (Usual Form): has 8 or 12 syllables with rhyme.

A Awit

________: colorful tales of chivalry made for singing and chanting and have measures of 12 syllables and slowly sung to the accompaniment of guitar or banduria.

Haiku

________: a poem of free verse that the Japanese like.

B Korido

________: Have measures of 8 syllables and recited to a martial beat.

Folk Songs

________: These are one of the oldest forms of Philippine literature that emerged in the pre- Spanish period.

Religious Literature

________: religious lyrics written by ladino poets or those versed in both Spanish and Tagalog were included in early catechism and were uses to teach Filipinos the Spanish language.

B Cenakulo

________: dramatization of the pasyon, it shows the passion and death of Christ.

Prose

________: written in sentence and paragraphs.

Folk tales (Kwentong bayan)

These are made up of stories about life, adventure, love, horror, and humor where one can derive lessons about life

The Epic Age

Epics are long narrative poems in which a series of heroic achievements or events, usually of a hero, are dealt with at length

Examples

Biag ni Lam-Ang, Darangen a Muslim epic, Bantugan of the Maranao, Kudaman of Palawan, Alim of the Ifugao, Hinilawod of Panay, Ibalon of Bikol

Folk Songs

These are one of the oldest forms of Philippine literature that emerged in the pre-Spanish period

Prose

written in sentence and paragraphs

Poetry

written in lines and stanzas

Religious Literature

religious lyrics written by ladino poets or those versed in both Spanish and Tagalog were included in early catechism and were uses to teach Filipinos the Spanish language

A. Pasyon

long narrative poem about the passion and death of Christ

B. Cenakulo

dramatization of the pasyon, it shows the passion and death of Christ

A. Awit

colorful tales of chivalry made for singing and chanting and have measures of 12 syllables and slowly sung to the accompaniment of guitar or banduria

B. Korido

Have measures of 8 syllables and recited to a martial beat

The Propaganda Movement (1872-1896)

This movement was spearheaded mostly by the intellectual middle-class like Jose Rizal, Marcelo del Pilar; Graciano Lopez Jaena, Antonio Luna, Mariano Ponce, Jose Ma

Some of Rizals writings

Noli Me Tangere, Mi Ultimo Adios, Sobre La Indolencia Delos Filipinos and Filipinas Dentro De Cien Aňos

Some of Del Pilars writings

Pagibig sa Tinubuang Lupa (Love of Country), Kaingat Kayo (Be Careful), and Dasalan at Tocsohan (Prayers and Jokes)

Some of Jaenas writings

Ang Fray Botod, La Hija Del Fraile (The Child of the Friar)

Characteristics of Literature during this period

The languages used in writing were Spanish and Tagalog and the dialects of the different regions, but the writers in Tagalog continued in their lamentations on the conditions of the country and their attempts to arouse love for ones native tongue and the writers in English imitated the themes and methods of the Americans

Haiku

a poem of free verse that the Japanese like

Tanaga

like the Haiku, is short, but it had measure and rhyme

Karaniwang Anyo (Usual Form)

has 8 or 12 syllables with rhyme