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• Propaganda Movement


  this movement exposed the evils of Spanish administration, and demanded freedom and equality for the Filipinos
• The Illustrados (Jose Rizal, Marcelo H. Del Pilar, Graciano Lopez-Jaena)


  they started the propaganda movement
• Who are the Illustrados

  • Jose Rizal
  • Marcelo H. Del Pilar
  • Graciano Lopez-Jaena
• Who wrote Noli Me Tangere & El Filibusterismo

  Jose Rizal
• Who founded Diariong Tagalog

  Marcelo H. Del Pilar
• Who founded La Solidaridad

  Graciano Lopez-Jaena
• La Solidaridad


  It aims to open the eyes of Spaniards and them colonizing the Filipinos
• Pre-colonial Literature

  • rich tradition of oral literature

  showcases a rich past through folk speeches, folk songs, folk narratives, and indigenous rituals and mimetic dances(aims to imitate) that affirm our ties with our Southeast Asian neighbors
• Oral Literature (orature)


  sung, chanted, or spoken rather than written/transcribed
• FORMS OF LITERATURE

  • Proverbs
  • Riddles
  • Folk Songs
  • Tales
  • Epics
• Proverbs( Salawikain)


  practical observations and philosophy of everyday life written usually in a rhyming scheme
• Riddles (Bugtong)


  demand an answer and are used to test the wits of those who are listening to them
• Riddles (Bugtong)


  used in battle of wits (where locals young and old join or watch to see who is the smartest)
• Folk Songs


  beautiful songs that are informal expression of our ancestor's experiences in life
• Uyayi


  lullaby
• Komintang


  war song
• Kundiman


  melancholic love song
• Harana


  Serenade
• Tagay


  drinking
• Mambayu


  Kalinga rice pounding song
• Bulbi


  dance ritual song of courtship or marriage
• Taglaylay


  songs of the dead
• Myths and Legends


  example of tales
• Tales

  • stories for origin of certain places
  • used to explain certain events of phenomena in our ancestor’s lives
• Epic

  • long-winded poems about a hero and his adventures and misadventures
  • about a male hero who is born with all pleasing qualities and also has superhuman capabilities
• Spanish Colonial Literature

  • centered on Christian faith
  • about lives of the saints and other religious hymns
• FORMS OF LITERATURE 

  • Corrido
  • Awit
  • Pasyon
  • Cenaculo
  • Moro-Moro
  • Carillo
  • Tibag
  • Duplo/Karagatan
  • Zarzuela
• Corrido


  legendary religious narrative that details the lives of the saints or the history of a tradition
• Awit

  • chivalric poem about a hero, usually about a saint
  • sung and used in religious processions
• Pasyon


  narrative of the life of Jesus Christ
• Cenaculo


  stage re-enactment of the life of Jesus Christ
• Moro-Moro(Comedia de Capa Y Espada)


  depicted battles between Christians and Moros/Muslim
• Carillo


  play that uses shadows

  created by animating figures made from cardboard, which are projected onto a white screen
• Tibag


  ritual brought by the Spaniards to remind people about the search of St. Helena for the cross on which Jesus dies
• Duplo/Karagatan


  poetical debate held by trained men and women in the ninth night(last night of the mourning period for the dead)
• Zarzuela

  • one of the most famous forms of entertainment in the Spanish era

  musical comedies or melodramas that deal with the elemental passion of human beings
• American Regime

  • American influence Filipino writers to write using English language
  • filipino writings showed love for the country and their longing for independence
• Jose Garcia Villa

  • filipino poet, literary critic, short story writer, and painter
  • author of Footnote to Youth
  • became famous for his free verse in this period
• Free Verse


  writing that does not follow a metrical structure
• CHARACTERISTICS OF LITERATURE DURING THIS PERIOD

  • Spanish and Tagalog are the language used in writing
  • Writers in Tagalog continued in the lamentation on the following:

  a.)   Condition of the country

  b.)   Love for one’s native tongue