21st lit

• REASONS WHY LITERATURE IS IMPORTANT


  Expanding horizons

  A leap into the past

  Appreciation for other cultures and beliefs
• PRE- COLONIAL


  - brimming with a rich tradition of oral literature.

  
  

  - Most of that which survived are epics and folklore.
• PROVERBS


  practical observations and philosophy of everyday life that are written usually in a rhyming scheme.

  
  

  In Filipino, these are also called salawikain.
• RIDDLES


  they demand an answer and are used to test the wits of those who are listening to them.

  
  

  used in a battle of wits, where locals young and old join and/or watch to see who is the smartest.

  
  

  a.k.a bugtong
• FOLK SONGS


  beautiful songs that are informal

  expressions of our ancestors' experiences

  in life.
• TALES


  stories of origin for certain places, their

  names and their creations.

  
  

  also known as myths and legends.
• EPIC


  long-winded poems about a hero and his

  adventures and misadventures.
• SPANISH COLONIAL


  became centered on the Christian faith.

  
  

  stories about natural phenomena

  suddenly became all about the lives of

  saints and other religious hymns.
• CORRIDO


  a legendary religious narrative form that

  usually details the lives of the saints or the

  history of a tradition.
• AWIT


  chivalric poem about a hero, usually

  about a saint.
• MORO-MORO/ COMEDIA DE CAPA Y ESPADA


  depicted battles between Christians and

  Moros-
• CARILLO


  a play that uses shadows as its main

  spectacle
• TIBAG


  ritual was brought by the Spaniards to

  remind people about the search of St.

  Helena for the cross on which Jesus died.
• DUPLO/KARAGATAN


  poetical debate held by trained men and

  women in the ninth night,
• ZARZUELA


  one of the most famous forms of

  entertainment back in the Spanish era.

  They are musical comedies or

  melodramas
• PASYON


  a Philippine epic narrative of the life of Jesus

  Christ, focused on his Passion, Death,

  and Resurrection
• SENAKULO


  staged re-enactment of Christ's passion

  and death, performed by the Filipino

  Catholic community on Good Friday
• THE AMERICAN REGIME (1898-1944)


  Americans influence Filipino

  writers to write using the English Language.

  
  

  Filipino writers went into all forms of

  literature. Their writings showed their love

  for the country and their longing for

  independence.
• JOSE GARCIA VILLA


  became famous for his free verse in this

  period.

  
  

  a Filipino poet, literary critic, short story

  and painter
• CHARACTERISTICS OF LITERATURE IN AMERICAN REGIME


  Language used in writing: SPANISH and

  TAGALOG

  
  

  Writers in Tagalog continued in their

  lamentation on the ffg:

  - Condition of the country

  - Love for one's native tongue
• The Japanese Period (1941-1945)


  common theme of most poems during the

  Japanese occupation was nationalism,

  country, love and life of the barrios, faith,

  religion, and arts.
• HAIKU


  poem for free verse that the Japanese

  like.

  
  

  made up of 17 syllables divided into three

  lines. 5-7-5

  
  

  focuses on nature.
• TANAGA


  Filipino poem like the Haiku, is short, but it

  had measured and rhyme.

  
  

  has four line with seven syllable each with

  the some rhyme at the end of each line.
• KARANIWANG ANYO


  known as the conventional or traditional

  poetry.

  
  

  Follow fixed rules. such as a set of number

  of lines or a repeating pattern of rhythm or

  rhyme.
• 21ST CENTURY PERIOD


  new trends have been used and

  introduced to meet the need of the tastes

  of a new generation.
• LITERATURE


  comes from the Latin word "LITERA" which

  literally means an acquaintance with

  letters.

  
  

  a piece of writing that is valued as works

  of art especially novels, plays, and poems.
• IMPORTANCE OF LITERATURE


  Literature expresses human emotions.

  
  

  Literature shows the history of humanity.

  
  

  Literature helps us understand other

  cultures.

  
  

  Literature is a tool for cultural transmission.
• PROSE


  the style used that does not follow a structure

  of rhyming or meter.
• NON-FICTION


  based on facts and realistic events
• AUTOBIOGRAPHY


  account of a person's life written by that

  person itself.

  
  

  Greek words

  "autos" which means "self";

  "bios" which means "life";

  and "graphein" which means "written".
• BIOGRAPHY


  account of a person's life written by

  another person.
• DIARY


  Daily record of experiences and events.

  
  

  Greek word "dies" which means "days".
• EPISTLE


  a series of letters or form of letters.

  
  

  especially long and formal letter, or is a

  poem or other writing in letter form.
• ESSAY


  short piece of writing on a particular

  subject.

  
  

  typically written to try to persuade the

  reader using selected research evidence
• FICTION


  books and stories about imaginary

  people and events
• FABLES


  simplistic tale told to convey a moral, or

  lesson to the reader about how to behave

  in the world.

  
  

  characters in fables are often

  animals,they are also inanimate objects.
• LEGEND


  story from the past that is believed by

  many people but cannot be proved to be

  true.
• NOVEL


  long and complex and deals

  especially with human experience

  through a usually connected sequence of

  events
• PARABLE


  short fictitious story that illustrates a moral

  attitude or a religious principle.
• SAGA


  form of the novel in which the members or

  generations of a family or social group

  are chronic