Literature under Spanish Colonialism

• 1565 to 1898 - period of Spanish colonialism
• Sinakulo - Stage play that depicts the passion of Christ
• Komedya - native poetic theater about Christian & Moorish warriors
• Tibag - St. Helena's search for the cross
• Duplo o Karagatan - Mourning ritual (comfort for grieving family)
• Common Literary Forms under Spanish Colonialism

  • Religious
  • Secular
  • Prose
  • Literature & Propaganda Movement and Revolution
• Awit - four 12-syllable monorhyme lines (Dodosyllabic)
• Korido - octosyllabic (four 8 syllable mono-rhyming lines)
• Carillo - uses shadows as the main spectacle which are created by animating figures made from cardboard
• May bagyo Ma't may rilim - this poem bears an imagery of a turbulent storm to affirm Christian heroism (written by unnamed native)
• Ang mahal na passion ni Jesus Christong Panginoon natin - his depicts the last moments of Christ, eventually leading to his crucifixion and resurrection (written by Gaspar Aquino De Belen)
• Zarzuela - melodrama that deals with elemental passions of human
• Urbana at Feliza - a prose about 2 sisters who write letters (about manners) for each other
• Ninay - First novel in filipino
• Eli Fili & Noli - first time realism as a literary concept entered Philippine writing
• Ang Pasyong Dapat Ipag-alab ng Taong Baba sa Kalupitan ng Fraile - Marcelo H. Del Pilar, he used parody to attack the Spanish friars
• Liwanag at Dilim - written by emilio jacinto talks about kalayaan
• Katapusang Hibik ng Pilipinas - by andres bonifacio, a break from reformism
• June 12, 1898 - freedom from spain
• Printing press - brought by spanish missionaries. this ensured that literatures are centered in catholic religion