21ST CENTURY LITERATURE

• LITERATURE

  • from LATIN word LITTERA meaning letter
  • any form can be, it handwritten or printed
  • may also be in symbols or pictures gives people insights into their behavior and experiences
• Pre-Colonial Period/Era (Early Times -1564)This is considered the longest era othe Philippine Literature. Called the language of life and people's way of promoting cultural heritage
• Oral Literature- how myths, folks,riddles, proverbs, and öther forms ofnarratives were initially handed downfrom generations to generations
• BAYBAYIN is a writing system nativeto Philippines, attested from beforeSpanish colonization.
• • FOLKSONG a lyrical expressions createdaccording to region-Folk songs are one of theoldest forms of Philippineliterature that emerged in thepre-Spanish period. Thesesongs mirrored the early formsof culture.(Bahay Kubo, Sitsiritsit)
• A story explaining origins of matters Legends are a form of prose thecommon theme of which is about the origin of a thing, place, location or name. The events are imaginary, devoid of truth and unbelievable.Old Filipino customs are reflected in these legends. Its aim is to entertain
• Folk tales are made up of stories about life, adventure, love, horror and humor where one can derive lessons about life.

  -These are useful to us because they help us appreciate our environment, evaluate our personalities and improve our perspectives in life.

  -A fictional story told by ancient group of people.Example: The Moon and The Sun
• long narrative poem about questsof a hero with supernatural powers. Epics are long narrative poems inwhich a series of heroic achievements or events, usually of a hero, aredealt with at length. Nobody can determine which epics are the oldest because in theirtranslations from other languages,even in English and Spanish.
• 1. Aside from the aforementioned epics, there are still other epics that can be read and studied like the following epics.-

  • Bidasari -Moro epic.
  • Kumintang -Tagalog epic
  • b. Biag ni Lam-ang -llokano epic.
  • Parang Sabir -Moro epic
  • C. Maragtas -Visayan epic.
  • "Dagoy"at "Sudsod" -Tagbanua epic
  • Haraya -Visayan epic
  • Tatuaang -Bagobo epic.
  • Lagda -Visayan epick.
  • Indarapatra at Sulayman
  • f. Hari sa Bukid -Visayan epic
  • I. Bantugan
• POETRY Genre of literature that expresses ideas feelings, or tells a story in aspecific form Lines or stanza
• 1. PROVERBS -expressions of wisdom based on common and real-life experiences.
• Tanaga -a poem in quatrain with seven syllables and monorineExample:Kaibigan by Emelita Perez Baes"Palay 'yang matino,Nang humangi'y yumuko;Ngunit muling tumayo,Nagkabunga ng ginto,
• MYTH

  • A story of gods and goddesses used to explain mysteries, beliefs, and cultural practices
• RIDDLES

  • A mystifying question and/or a mind puzzle intended to be solved
• CHANT

  -used in witch craft or enchantment
• MAXIMS

  • Some are rhyming couplets with verses 5, 6, or 8 syllables, each line having the same number of syllables
• FABLE

  • A story intended to teach human values with animals as major characters attributing human qualities
• SAYINGS(KASABIHAN)

  • often used in teasing or to comment on a person's actuations.
• The propaganda movement(1872-1896)

  • this movement was spearheaded mostly by the intellectual middle class man. The objectives of this movement were to seek reforms and changes
• Haiku

  • a poem of free verse that the Japanese like. It was made up of 17 syllables divided into three lines. 5-7-5
• Tanaga

  • like the haiku, is short but it had measure and rhyme. each line had 17 syllables and its also allegorical in meaning
• karaniwang anyo(usual form)

  • like those mentioned earlier in the beginning chapters of this book. It is the usual and common form of poetry
• The translators during japanese period were Francisco Soc rodrigo, Alberto Concio, and Narciso Pimentel
• senryu

  • a 3 lines similar to haiku structure but differs from the latter in rhyme
• tanka

  • the longest among three. has 5-7-5-7-5. Has 5 lines and 31 syllables
• Doctrina Christiana

  • it was an early book of roman catholic catechism, written in 1593 by Fray Juan de Plasencia, and is believed to become one of the earliest books printed in the Philippines
• augustian friar published his own iloko translation of the doctrina cristiana