Characteristics of oral literature in the precolonial period
Commonexperiencesofthecommunityassubjectmatter
Communalauthorship
Formulaicrepetitions
Stereotypingofcharacters
Regularrhythmicandmusicaldevices
Mythological Age
Period when ancestors told stories about the creationofhumanbeingsand the world, natural phenomena, anddeitiesandspirits
Heroic Age
Ordinarymortals and culturalheroes became the chief subject matter, Epics became a popular genre, Chanted during important events to inspire people and remind the community of their ideals and values
Folktales
Traditional stories that hadhumans, animals, and even plantsascharacters, Fictional tales modified through successiveretellingsbeforebeingrecorded and writtendown
Baybayin writing system
Derived from Kavi, a Javanese (Indonesian) script, Early Filipinos wrote on palmleaves or bamboo using knives as pens and sap from plants and trees as ink, Hadseventeenbasicsyllables composed of threevowels and fourteenconsonants
The date that the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Philippine soil
March 16, 1521
Homonhon was an island in Eastern Samar where Magellan landed
Limasawa was where the firstCatholicmass in the country was celebrated
Date that Fr. Pedro Valderrama baptized more than 500 natives along with Rajah Humabon
April 14, 1521
Ruy López de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas FilipinasinhonorofPrincePhilip of Austrias
The year KingPhilipIIofSpain officially colonized the country and the newexpedition to the firstGovernor – GeneralMiguel López de Legazpi
1565
Six years later, he established his capitalinManila
Spain's motives in colonizing the Philippines
Spice Trade
ConvertingFilipinostoChristianity
Spice Trade
More valuable than gold, spices were the leading component of ancient commerce even before the 15th century
Reduccion
A means of relocation of scattered settlements to a large town, which allowed Spanish friars to convert natives into Christianity
Spanish priests believedthat stories about mythical creatures, spirits, deities, and rituals containedworksofthedevil
The parish priest was practically the onlySpaniard who haddirectcontactwithFilipinos, and became the embodimentofSpanishpower and culture among the colonized populace
The 333-year Spanish colonization ended with outbreaks of revolution and the rise of independence
Members of the Reform Movement
Jose Rizal (Dimasalang / Laong Laan)
Marcelo H. Del Pilar (Plaridel)
Mariano Ponce (Tikbalang / Kalipulako)
Revolutionaries
Andres Bonifacio (MayPag-Asa)
Emilio Jacinto (Dimasilaw)
General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the independence of the Philippines from the Spanish colonial rule in hishome in Kawit, Cavite
June 12, 1898
This freedom was short-lived because of the arrival of the Americans in the land
Spanish influences on Philippine literature
The first Filipino alphabet called Alibata was replaced by the Roman Alphabet
Religiouspractices became based on the teachingsof Christian doctrine
The Spanishlanguage, which became the literarylanguageduringthistime, lent many of its words to our language
European legends and traditions brought here becameassimilated in oursongs, corridos, and moro-moros
Ancient literature was collected and translated to Tagalog and other dialects
Ourperiodicals during the Spanish colonization gained a religious tone