Spanish Period

• March 16, 1521 - When the Spaniards came paved the way of the use of paper and so written literature in the Philippines was born
• Religion is the most prominent characteristic of our literature

  during the Spanish era
• SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF SPANISH COLONIZATION

  
  

  1. Religion and institutions
  2. Introduction of theatre
  3. Effecting of liberal ideas and internationalism
• RELIGIOUS PROSE & POETRY - both written in Spanish and Tagalog. It includes early cathechism and was used to teach Fillipinos and Spanish language
• Ladinos - Filipino who know both Spanish and Tagalog
• Conquistador - term used to describe those who destroyed Philippine Literature
• PASYON/PABASA - played an

  important part in the Filipinos’ way of

  remembering Christ’s agony. Other pasyon chanted during

  Lenten season
• The Passion is a book about the

  life and sufferings of the Lord

  Jesus Christ. This is only recited

  during lent.
• TIBAG - is a dramatic reanacment of St. Helena’s search

  for the Holy Cross. St. Helena for the Sacred Cross
• CENACULO - traditional Filipino dramatization

  of the life and times of Jesus Christ.
• MORO-MORO OR COMEDIA DE CAPA Y ESPADA - is a blood-and-thunder melodrama depicting the conflict of Christians and Muslims. It is usually about battles to the death and the proofs of faith
• PANUNULUYAN - is a Philippine Christmas dramatic ritual narrating the Holy Family's search for a place to stay in Bethlehem for Jesus Christ's birth through song
• SALUBONG - a traditional Filipino devotion that reenacts the encounter of the risen Christ with his mother
• DUPLO (held by adult males) OR KARAGATAN (held by amateurs) - The people who are joining here have to compete and show who is more fluent or effective in speaking with diction and have to prove it through arguing.
• SECULAR PROSE & POETRY - convention of romantic tradition
• AWIT - a popular poetic genre reached new

  heights in Balagtas’ “Florante at Laura”
• KORIDO (CORRIDO) - is a legendary religious narrative form that usuallydetails the lives of saints or the history of a tradition

  
  

  ex. Ibong Adarna by Jose dela Cruz
• CARILLO - This is created by animating figures made from

  cardboard, which are projected onto a white screen.
• ZARSUELA - one of the most famous forms of entertainment

  back in the Spanish era. Are musical

  comedies or melodramas that deal with the

  elemental passions of human beings.