Republic of the Philippines

BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY ROSARIO CAMPUS

Barangay Namunga, Rosario, Batangas

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Name: STEPHANIE A. MAGNAYE Date: FEBRUARY 7 2022

Section: BSED ENGLISH 22O1 Subject: EED 222

ACTIVITY 1

1. Describe folk literature

The Folk Literature or oral tradition, the lore of cultures having no written language. It is
transmitted by word of mouth and consist, as does written literature of both prose and verse
narratives, poems and songs, myths, dramas, rituals, proverbs, riddles and the like. Nearly all
unknown peoples, now or in the past have produced it. Folklore is its orality. In spite of certain
borderlines cases, it normally stands in direct contrast to written literature. The latter exists in
manuscript and books and may be preserved exactly as the author or authors left it, even though this
may have happened centuries or even millennia ago. Through these manuscripts and books the
thoughts and emotions and observations and even the fine nuances of style can be experienced
without regard to time or distance. With oral literature this is not possible. It is concerned only with
speaking and with listening, thus depending upon the existence of a living culture to carry on a
tradition. If any item of folk literature cease to exist within human memory it is completely lost. The
speaker or singer is carrying on a tradition learned from other speakers and delivered to a
living audience. It may well be that the listeners have heard this material many times before
and that it has a vigorous life in the community, and they will see to it that the performer
does not depart too far from the tradition as they know it. If acceptable to the listeners, the
story or song or proverb or riddle will be repeated over and over again as long as it appeals
to men and women, even through the ages and over long geographic distances.

2. Make a historical outline of the existence of folk literature. Beginnings of

written literature
ALL LITERATURE WAS in Sumer
ORAL

4000 & 5000 & 6000

4000 BCE
3000 BCE
YRS

Writing develop
both in Egypt and
Mesopotamia

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3. using the Venn diagram, compare the different types of folklore

TYPES OF FOLKLORE

MYTH

Story that was told as true and

believed to be true by a culture.

Explain how things came to be

and were usually set in time
before the world what is today

Character-s who were gods or

supernatural beings
FAIRYTALE Folklore and fairy tale

 Fictional tales about

A story is not true that is
animals or people
told to teach a moral or  Events of everyday life
lesson that a culture holds  Tales may involve crisis or
to be important conflict

Origin that is popularly

believed to be true, but
cannot be verified as such

Legend

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