Spanish and Amer Flashcards
(15 cards)
Literary Types during the Spanish Period
- Religious prose and poetry
- Secular prose and poetry
a meditative verse attached to novena prayers
Dalit
a long account of Jesus’ agony and death in carefully crafted octosyllabic (eight-syllable) quintillas and “in strophes of five monoriming
lines” never seen in earlier forms, and was meant to supplant the pagan
epic (Lumbera & Lumbera 8).
Pasyon
which, like the pasyon, treats of Jesus’ passion and death and was presented during the Lenten season.
Sinakulo
a theater genre inspired by the heroes and scenes in Spanish ballads, or love verses. This play in verse, which depicted European folkways and mores, had plots centered on the exploits of Christian warriors from a high
social class or of the love adventures of Muslims and Christians, ending with the
conversion of the non-Christian to the Christian faith and his surrender to the
power of the Spanish ruler.
Komedya
a narrative poem that was either sung or chanted consisting of four monoriming dodecasyllabic lines. (metrical romance)
- example is Florante at Laura
Awit
another narrative poem, also either sung or chanted composed of four monoriming octosyllabic (eight-syllable) lines. (metrical romance)
Korido
both inspired by Spanish ballads like the komedya. Both were orally circulated. This is how the more popular compositions reached
a wide audience and got to the consciousness of the masses.
Awit and korido
This was widely used to expound on the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, on the one hand, and to propel the Propaganda Movement and other nationalistic endeavors, on the other hand.
Essay
became a potent vehicle for the campaign for reforms in the latter part of the 19th century. Foremost in significance are Jose Rizal’s Noli me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, both of which were meant to bring to the awareness of the Spanish government in Spain the atrocities of the Spaniards in the colony.
Novel
Poetry took on a patriotic slant especially during the last century of Spanish rule.
Patriotic verse
which was meant to supplant the komedya, depicting scenes from Philippine life. (American col under drama)
Sarsuwela
(American col under drama) which began to gain roots during the Spanish period.
Allegorical drama
Literary Types during the American Period
○ The Balagtas poetic tradition (debate in verse) which remained popular
during the early years of American rule
○ Free verse
○ The modern short story
○ The critical essay, e.g., socio-political commentaries
○ Modern verses in poetry
○ Drama
Characteristics of Spanish Colonial Literature
- It was under joint control of the church and state
- Literature began print but oral lit was still continued
- In Spanish language
- Realism began to enter
- Often about political ideas
