SEAN JUSTINE M.

CALOYLOY G11-STEM

“21ST Century Literature from the Philippines and

the world”
QUARTER 1
WEEK 1.1
SAQ-1: What can you say about the native of precolonial literature in the Philippines?
 Folk tales, epics, sayings, and riddles are some form of pre-colonial
Philippine literature and they give us insight to the base of the literary
prosed displayed during the Spanish colonization like the novel of DR. Jose
Rizal which is the “Noli Me Tangere” that sparked the Philippines
Revolution together with its sequel “El Filibusterismo” and also pre-
colonial Philippine literature add some information in our own history.
SAQ-2: Why do you think that it is important to study the different forms of pre-colonial literature?
 Well as I said earlier studying pre-colonial literature especially in our own
country is important because it gives us insight to the bases of the literary
prose displayed during the Spanish colonization or it shows our own history
in the past as Filipinos, to know where we come from, what are our leaders
and great Filipinos has done for us throughout the years and studying it give
us information in the past.
1. Why is this story considered as a precolonial Philippine literature?
 Because first it shows why MT. Pulong bato named Pulong bato and of how
we know it until today because it has been pass on from generation to
generation originally through an oral tradition.
2. What form of pre-colonial literature is the story?
 Folk tales or legend or myths
3. Is the story didactic? If yes, what lesson is it trying to teach its audience?
 Yes, its tries to teach us loyalty because one of the wife of the sultan named
sumping pote betrayed his husband for choosing the young prince Wata
over him and set sail to sea but the sultan capture them and spare them but
punish them. In this story it teaches us that the saddest thing about betrayal
is that it never comes from your enemies and Life has taught sultan Dakula
that you can't control someone's loyalty and he realized that nothing hurts
more than being disappointed by the single person you thought would never
hurt you.
4. How come we still know of this story? How do you think was it preserved?
 Because it has been pass from generation to generation originally through
oral tradition However, wealthy families, especially in Mindanao, were able
to keep transcribed copies of these epics as family heirloom. One such was
the Darangen, an epic of the Maranaos.
5. How do you think was this story relayed to the community?
  Through oral tradition or through word of mouth or preserved the literature
and were able to keep transcribed copies.
WORD ME UP!

IMAM - is an Islamic leadership position. It is most commonly used as the

title of a worship leader of a mosque and Muslim community among Sunni Muslims.
HAREM - Harem, properly refers to domestic spaces that are reserved for the women
of the house in a Muslim family. This private space has been traditionally understood as
serving the purposes of maintaining the modesty, privilege, and protection of women.

TREATY - A treaty is a formal and binding written agreement entered into by actors
in international law, usually sovereign states and international organizations but can include
individuals and other actors.

PLUNDERED - Looting, also known as stealing, refers to the act of stealing, or

taking of goods by force, in the midst of a military, political, or other social crisis, such as
war, natural disasters, or rioting. The proceeds of all these activities can be described as
booty, loot, plunder, spoils, or pillage.

BANISHED - send (someone) away from a country or place as an official

punishment.

DREADFUL - causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness;

extremely bad or serious.

IMPLORED - beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something.

VINTA - The vinta is a traditional outrigger boat from the Philippine

island of Mindanao. The boats are made by Sama-Bajau, Tausug and Yakan peoples living in
the Sulu Archipelago, Zamboanga peninsula, and southern Mindanao.

TREACHEROUS - guilty of or involving betrayal or deception.

PLEADINGS - Pleadings are certain formal documents filed with the court
that state the parties' basic positions. Common pre-trial pleadings include: Complaint (or
petition or bill).

TRY:
1. A 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. B 6. C 7. A
8. B 9. A 10. A
Toponymy
Long time ago in the Spanish era in the year, near the seashore and just beside
it is a large area of mangroves full of big trees namely, bakhawan, pagotpot,
and bungalou. Half kilometers from the said place was a hilly place, which was
full of trees at the top site several beautiful wild things could be seen such as
the very clear seas, islands, mangroves, wildlife such as trees, flowers and
animals, one day a troop of Spanish army passed this place they enjoyed the
view and one said "que BuenaVista!!". Hence the name was proclaimed, Buena
is the Spanish word for Good or Great and Vista is the word for View,
Buenavista.