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21st Century Literature of The Philippines and The World PDF
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Contemporary Period
PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD
Literature was principally oral in as much as writing
was not yet invented and more of the works
were concise poetic.
Bugtong (Riddles)
Dalit (Religious Song)
Salawikain (Proverbs)
Kundiman (Love Song)
Kasabihan (Saying)
Dipayanin (Drinking
Kantahing bayan (Folk song)
Song)
Oyayi (Lullaby)
Hibais (Travel Song)
Soliranin (Boat Song)
Bung-aw (Funeral Song)
Kumintang (War Song)
Bansal (Courting Song)
Diona (Wedding Song)
With the passage of time Oral Literature becomes Lengthy
and this long forms Was the epic such as:
Freedom of expression
Freedom of press
List of periods of Philippine Literature
in English
Period of Orientation- 1900-1910
Period of Apprenticeship- 1910-1920
Period of Experimentation- 1920-1940
Period of Discontent- !941-1944
Post-war Period- 1945-1950
Modern Period- 1951-1971
Martial Law Era- 1971-1986
Contemporary Period- 1986 to present
Similarities and differences of periods of the Philippine
Literature
P-oets
E-ssayist
N-ovelist
JAPANESE PERIOD
The invaders saw to it that Filipino
movements be limited
The writers stop wielding pens and
started wielding guns
They introduce Nippongo and their literary
arts and forms
Ikebana- art of arranging flowers
Origami- art of folding papers
Tempura and sushi- cuisine
Haiku
Tanka Poetic Forms
senryu
HAIKU
-Short descriptive poem about nature
-Consisting 17 syllables
-5 syllables in the first line
-7 syllables in the second line
-5 syllables in the third line
SENRYU
-a 3 lines similar to haiku
structure with
5-7-5 but differs from the latter
in rhyme
-the subject is human nature
The tone is satirical and ironical
TANKA