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c. Poems in Spanish and Tagalog were written by "Ladinos" who were well- versed in both languages.

Pasyon - the most popular form of religious literature

A long time narrative poem about the passion and death of Christ.

Ang Mahal na Pasyon ni Jesu Cristong Panginoon Natin - Gaspar Aquilino de Belen's well known pasyon.

Sinakulo/ Cenaculo

A dramatization of the pasyon

A play on the passion and death of Christ

Performed during the Holy week

Two Popular Narrative Poems

i.

ii.

Awit Korido

Sung or chanted

Florante at Laura - Most Famous Awit

Other Literary Types

i. "Duplo" and "Karagatan"

ii. Komedya - most popular/drama form

Prose

Pagsusulatan ng Dalawang Binibini na si Urbana at Feliza by Marcelo de Castro

3. The Nationalistic Period (1864-1896)

a. The last of the 19th century saw a new breed of writers..

b. If the religion was the thematic focus during the Spanish Era, a strong feeling of nationalism was the
main agenda of this literary period.

C.

The period is divided into the Propaganda and the Revolution. (Rizal, Lopez Jaena & Del Pilar)

d. At the close of the 19th century the revolutionist took over and there was a shift not only in language
(from Spanish to Tagalog) but in the audience or readers from the "intelligentsia" to the masses.
(Balabar, 1989, p.25)

e. Bonifacio, Jacinto and Mabini were the prominent revolutionary writers. f. This period was truly
significant because it produced a literature that was realistic and truly Filipino. (Balabar, 1989, p.26)

4. The United States Colonial Rule (1910-1930, 1920-1945)

a. Literature (in three languages) flourished

i. Spanish, English, Filipino

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