PHILIPPINE LITERARY PERIOD Flashcards
(40 cards)
is the verbal expression, oral or written, of the experiences of the
Filipinos with oral literature being home-grown and written literature the consequences of
extensive cultural influence from both colonial regimes and contact with other cultures.
Philippine literature
_______ deals with the folk literature (also called folklore or oral
tradition), the lore, traditional knowledge and beliefs of culture having no written
language.
Pre-colonial literature
Early literature were created by ordinary folks to express their lives. It is transmitted
by ________ and consists, as does written literature, of both prose and verse
narratives, poems and songs, myths, dramas, rituals, proverbs, riddles and the like.
word of mouth
T or F. In pre-colonial period, the verse were addressed to the ears rather than the eyes.
True
The subject was invariably the common experiences of the people constituting the
village-food-gathering, creature and objects of nature, work in the home, field, forest
or sea, caring for children, etc.
Precolonial Period
It is a literature that tells a story. It must have a conflict. Otherwise, there is no story.
This refer to stories passed on by word of mouth rather than writing, and thus partly
modified by successive re-tellings before being written down or recorded
FOLK NARRATIVES
These are fictitious or conjectural narratives presented as historical but without basis
or fact. They may be traditional stories about supernatural beings or about supernatural
actions of animate beings or inanimate objects.
MYTH
It explains how the world and people come to be in our form. These were the first
tools man used to define the world, explain his feelings and make his judgements.
MYTH
Specifically, among primitive peoples, which may be about the philosophy of
creation, or of nature, expressed in narrative form, in which the activities of the universe are
pictured as the conduct of personal beings, and the forces and objects of nature are
personified, usually gods, demons, and etc. There were transcribed from oral tradition by the
Spanish missionaries or researchers
MYTH
_____ he is king of the gods
Bathala
______ the goddess of the moon
Mayari
______ the god of the sun.
Apolaki
are either authentic or improbable stories popularly known as explanations of
the origin of a local phenomena which are not necessarily verifiable but historically and
traditionally believed.
LEGEND
Accounts of an extraordinary happening believed to have actually occurred. It may
tell an encounter with marvelous creatures which the folks still believe in— fairies, ghosts,
water spirits, the devil and the like.
LEGEND
s are believed to be about more recent events, and like myths amy also deal
with stories which explains the origin of things, places, and their names, place and animals,
etc.
LEGEND
_______ are stories or tales of an ancient times which actually project lessons which
could be imbibed by the young people. They may be supernatural beings or inanimate
objects reeling out a wholesome interesting story for children to savour on.
Folktales
Primarily told for amusement and individual entertainment, and instructional value,
dealing with events set in an indefinite time and place.
FOLK TALES
Characters are men, women, animals, or plants endowed with special skills and
supernatural powers.
FOLK TALES
Can be classified as fables (animal and plant tales), magic tales/fairy tales, humorous
tales, novelistic tales, and religious or didactic tales.
FOLK TALES
These are brief stories or tales invented to embody morals and acted by animals or
inanimate things. _____ are prevalent among Muslims.
They usually convey a message of virtue or general truth
FABLES
are stories of fantasy and
wonders told mainly to entertain, teach a lesson— pervading power of love and the
reward for kindness and the punishment of wickedness; through magic.
These are stories of ghosts, dwarfs, usually of the unseen or of the underworld
characters that elicit fear among the young and old people.
MAGIC TALES/FAIRY TALES
In these types of stories, there are no explicitly magical formulas or supernatural
elements unlike that of the marchen. Innovatively, the use of human intelligence or wit
and common sense is commonly found in these types Philippine folktales.
There is a trial that a hero needs to pass.
NOVELISTIC TALES
It is not unusual to note that most Philippine tales are didactic in nature and content,
as it conveys to its readers especially youngsters that the world that we live in, is some
sort of a ‘karmic cycle” where the goodness of a human soul is rewarded and punished if
he or she does not follow the “right path” during his or her temporal existence.
RELIGIOUS OR DIDACTIC TALES
They are shortest from of folk literature. It consists of proverbs and speeches.
FOLK SPEECHES
