21st lesson 1 B

• Panahon ng Panitikan

  • Pre-colonial Period
  • Spanish Period
  • American Period
  • Japanese Period
• Pre-colonial Period (BC 1564)

  • Oral in nature
  • Full of lessons and ideas about life, blessings, and consequences
  • Ideas from birth to the grave
  • Sources: local native town folk
  • Longest period in Philippine History
  • Unfamiliarity of Filipinos with indigenous literature due to colonization
• Mga Uri ng Panitikan

  • Oral Literature
  • Riddles, Proverbs
  • Folk Songs, Lullabies, Drinking Songs, Love Songs, Song of Death
  • Folk Tales, Myths, Legends, Fables, Epics
• Oral Literature

  • Riddles (bugtong)
  • Statements containing figurative words and metaphors
  • Used in the past as a form of game
  • Example: "Mataas kung nakaupo, mababa kung nakatayo. Sagot: ASO"
  • Proverbs
  • Considered wise statements given by parents or elders
  • Rules or guidelines on proper behavior and community values and beliefs
  • Example: "Ang tumakbo ay matulin, pag masusugat ay malalim. Kahulugan: Matutong pag-isipan at intindihin ang kahulugan ng iyong desisyon"
• Folk Songs

  • About day-to-day experiences reflecting traditions, beliefs, and customs
  • Lullabies (hele or oyayi)
  • Sung to put babies to sleep with ideas on life hardships
  • Drinking Songs (tagay)
  • Love Songs (Harana)
  • Kumintang (War song)
  • Kalusan (Ivatan) - Work songs
• Folktales

  • Stories of native Filipinos
  • Deal with power of nature-personified and submission to a deity
  • Myths, Legends, Fables, Epics
  • Example: Aswang, Tikbalang, Manananggal
  • Example: Alamat ng Pinya, Alamat ng Bulkang Mayon, The Legend of Sampaguita
• Spanish Period (1521-1898)

  • Embraced Catholic religion
  • Changes in lives of Filipinos: changed names, baptized
  • Religious Literature: Pasyon, Senakulo, Komedya
  • Secular or Non-Religious Literature: Awit, Korido, Prose Narratives
  • Propaganda Literature
  • Revolutionary Literature
• American Period (1900-1942)

  • Great leap in Education and culture
  • Use of English alongside Filipino
  • Introduction of Philippine Public school System
  • Poetry and Drama
• Japanese Period (1941-1945)

  • Philippine Literature halted
  • Use of English language forbidden
  • Filipino language mandated
  • Literature given a break
  • Writers focused on life in the provinces
• Panitikan ng Pilipinas Ngayon

  • 21st Century Literature
  • Literary innovations by Filipinos
  • New forms from basic genres of literature
  • Freedom to write and express