The Precolonial Period

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    • Precolonial period literary works were transmitted orally
    • Precolonial Filipino works were destroyed by the Spanish friars
    • Conventions of oral literature
      1. Common experiences of the community
      2. Communal authorship
      3. Formulaic repetitions
      4. Stereotyping of characters
      5. Regular rhythmic and musical devices
    • E. Arsenio Manuel - literary scholar notable for his studies on Philippine folk literature 
    • Mythological Age - Creation of human beings, and the world, natural phenomena, deities and spirits
    • Heroic Age - Ordinary mortals and cultural heroes
    • Epics became a popular genre chanted during important events to inspire and to remind the community of their ideals and values
    • Folktales - Traditional stories and fictional tales modified through successive retellings
    • Baybayin - writing system derived from Kawi, a javanese (Indonesian) script
    • Abugida - syllabic alphabet
    • Kawi is what type of script?
      Javanese
    • Abugida - a syllabic alphabet
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