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• during the precolonial period, most literary works were passed down by the word of mouth.
• early written forms were destroyed by spanish friars
• E arsenio Manuel - a literary scholar for his studies on philippine folk literature
• he divided literature into three parts: mythological age, heroic age, folktales from all ages
• mythological age - period where ancestors told stories about the creation of human beings, world, and phenomena, that includes DEITIES AND SPIRITS.
• heroic age - mortals and heroes became the main subject.
• in the heroic age, epics became a popular genre, it is a subgenre of the age.
• folktales - stories with humans, animals and plants as characters. modified through successive retellings
• the writing system that ancient filipinos use is called baybayin
• baybayin is derived from kawi
• myths - stories that makes use of gods, goddesses, and other creatures.
• legends - stories handed down through generations. often about famous persons or events, designed to teach a lesson about a real person.
• folktales - prose narratives usually told to amuse and entertain
• epics - long narrative poem that describes the adventures of a character.
• poetry - form of literature emphasizing rhythm and structure
• filipinos practiced animism, which is a belief that souls exist in everthing
• kaluwalhatian - used to refer home of ancient gods
• folk songs - repetitive, sonorous, playful melody
• proverbs - short sayings eveloped in rhyme verse
• riddles - perplexing questions meant to be guessed or solved
• passing literature down by the word of mouth was called oral tradition
• symbols that are used to be modified to present vowel sounds is done by the usage of kudlit
• march 16 1521 - portugese ferdinand magellan arrived on philippine soil
• ferdinand magellan landed in limasawa
• ferdinand magellan was a portugeuse explorer
• the first catholic mass was celebrate in limasawa
• april 14, 1521 - fr. pedro valderrama baptized filipinos along with rajah humabon
• ruy lopez de villalobos named the philippines as las islas filipinas in honor of prince philip
• 1565 - king philipp ii of spain colonized the country
• governor-general miguel lopez de legazpi was assigned on an expedition where he established the capital in manila
• spain had two motives: spice trade, converting filipinos to christianity
• reduccion - means of relocation of scattered settlements to a large town
• the propaganda movement was the cause of outbreaks in revolution during spanish rule
• the propaganda movement was led by the ilustrados
• ilustrados are elite filipinos who went to europe to study
• ilustrados are: jose rizal, marcelo h. del pilar, mariano ponce
• jose rizal's codename was dimasalang/laong laan
• marcelo h del pilar's codename was plaridel
• mariano ponce's codename was tikbalang/kalipulako
• the ilustrados wrote la solidaridad