L2 | PRECOLONIAL

• PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD

  • Philippines is an archipelago country
  • Each has its specifications of cultures and traditions, bearing a different set of native literature 
  • Literature: addressed to the ears rather than eyes
  • Oral literature was very prominent
• PRE COLONIAL LITERATURE

  • Explains how life and the world were created.
• INDIGENOUS LITERATURE

  • Shows customs and traditions
• ANCIENT LITERATURE

  • Written on perishable materials
• ALIBATA

  • First Filipino Alphabet
  • Tagalog: BAYBAYIN
  • “To spell”
• FOLKLORE

  • Expressive body of culture shaped by a particular group of people
  • Encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture, or group
  • Stories of people
• LITERARY TYPES

  1. FOLKSONG
  2. CHANT
  3. FOLKTALE
  4. LEGEND
  5. MYTH
  6. EPIC
  7. PROVERBS
  8. RIDDLES
• FOLKSONG

  • Oldest forms of Philippine literature
  • Many have 12 syllables
  • Expressed the hopes, aspirations, and lifestyle
• CHANT

  • Bulong
  • Used in witchcraft or enchantment
• FOLKTALE

  • Kuwentong bayan
  • Stories made about life, adventure, love, horror, and humor where one can derive lessons in life.
• LEGEND

  • Origin of a thing place, location, or name
• MYTH

  • Early history of people 
  • Explaining some natural or social phenomenon 
• EPIC

  • Long narrative poem
  • Series of heroic achievements or event
• PROVERBS

  • Salawikain
  • Served as laws and rules on good behavior by our ancestors
• RIDDLES

  • Bugtong
  • Stir thought provoking questions
• RIDDLE

  • TAGALOG: Bugtong o Palaisipan
  • CEBUANO: Tigmo
  • ILONGGO: Paktakon
  • BICOL: Patotdon