21st Century Literature

• literature is derived from the Latin term literae which means letter
• Literature is anything that is printed as long as it is related to the ideas and feelings of the people
• The discovery in Tabon cave in Palawan in 1962
• In pre-colonial era, alphabets we're called alibata
• PRE- COLONIAL ERA (Early Times – 564)
• Pre-colonial era is the literary period before the coming of the Spaniards and considered as the first and longest history among the other periods.
• poetry during the pre- colonial era were meant to be recited in a manner of songs, and chants.
• Proverbs/Salawikain are truths and wise sayings and often called expressions of wisdom which is based on common sense and real life experiences.
• Tanaga has seven syllables each line with a mono-rhyme.
• Folk song is a form of lyrical expression created by people according to their region
• Riddles/Bugtong is a mystifying question and a mind puzzle intended to be solved.
• Epic is a long narrative poem about quests and exciting adventures of a hero with unusual strength and power
• Prose narratives were created in order to give an explanation about a certain natural phenomena
• Myth is a story of gods and goddesses told using a traditional language explaining mysteries, beliefs and cultural practices
• Fables are stories intended to teach human values with animals as major characters attributing human qualitie
• Legends are stories explaining origins handed down from the past and passed through different generations
• Folktale is an imagination narrative story told by ancient group of people.
• The 16th Century was the start of the deprivation of the indigenous Philippine literature
• Alibata was also replaced by the Roman Alphabet
• Ladinos is the term used for native literary writers
• The Christian Doctrine (Doctrina Cristiana) was the first book printed in the Philippines in 1593. It was written by Fr. Juan de Placencia and Fr.Domingo Nieva
• The Pasion is another book printed which is about the life and sufferings of Jesus Christ
• Complimentary verses were intended to attract readers to read a certain book by giving praises
• Meditative verses were found in novenas and catechisms
• Dalit, an early form that resembles free verse, in that there is no fixed rhyme or meter, save for some octosyllabic four-line stanzas
• The senakulo was a dramatized version of pasyon whicj contains live action simulation of Christ’s passion and death
• Moro-moro or comedia de capa y espada (Redoblado,2017) is the battle between Christian and Muslims-itself a longstanding issue
• Sarswela is a play written in Tagalog language with Spanish influence
• Duplo is a poetic joust in speaking and reasoning
• Balagtasan is a poetic joust of skills in debate on a particular topic or issue
• Replaced duplo and is held in honor of Francisco “Balagtas” Baltazar.
• In every region folksongs are present
• Corrido is in octo-sylllabic verse
• Awit is a work which is dodeca-syllabic
• Reformists were young men who had shown idealism and great faith in the Philippines
• In Revolutionary Period the country is still in the hands of the Spaniards, members of the middle class decided to wage their propagandas and started to create reforms to show their concern to the country
• Graciano Lopez Jaena was known to be highly intelligent man of his age. He took writing seriously at an early age in lif
• Botod means botyok in Filipino language
• Graciano Lopez Jaena most famous writing is the tale entitled “Fray Botod”
• Botod means big bellied man