PHILIPPINE LITERATURE (PRE-SPANISH) Flashcards
The literature of ancient Filipinos was
handed from one generation to another by ______
Word of mouth
The first alphabet, a Malayo-Polynesian like.
Alibata
Pre-Spanish poets and storytellers had gifts
of ____
Good memory
a form of prose that has a theme:
origin of a thing, location, or name
Legend
characteristically anonymous,
timeless, and placeless tales circulated
orally among the people.
Folktales
long narrative poems in elevated
style recounting the deeds of a legendary or
historical hero.
Epic
is the adventures of
the prodigious epic hero, Lam-ang
who exhibits extraordinary powers
at an early age.
Biag ni Lam-ang
are narratives that describe and
portray in symbolic language the origin of
the basic elements and assumptions of a
culture.
Myth
a traditional composed song;
mirror of the culture of the early Filipinos.
Folk songs
love song
Kundiman
war song
Kumintang
lullaby
Ang oyayi o hele
also known as Salawikain, laws on good
behavior by our ancestors.
Epigrams
also known as Bugtong, a mystifying,
misleading or puzzling question posed as a
problem to be solved or guessed.
Riddles
a word or phrase that is repeated in
a rhythmic way usually loudly and by a
group of people
Chant
