Literature
Myth
 derived from the Latin word "littera"
which means "a letter of the
alphabet".
 defined as body of written works
associated to imaginative and creative
works of poetry and prose.
Noli Me Tangere by Jose Rizal
 is a required reading for every Filipino
student.
 actual situation of the Philippines.
 to know the past fully in order to
understand the present.
Manal Ismail
 literature has significant effect when it
comes to society’s development.
LITERARY PERIODS
 Pre-Colonial Era (Early Times-564)
 literary period before the coming of
the Spaniards
 first and longest literary history
among other periods
1. Pre-Colonial poetry
a. Proverbs (Salawikain)
- truths and wise sayings
express in a language that is
popularly known.
b. Tanaga
- a poem in quatrain containing
seven syllables.
c. Folk song
- form of lyrical expression
created by people according
to their regions.
d. Riddles
- game in a form of mystifying
questions and a mind puzzle
intended to be solved.
2. Prose narratives
a. Epic
- long narrative poem
recounting heroic deeds (Lam-
Ang)
b.
- a traditional story (Malakas
and Maganda)
c. Fables
- narrative form, usually
featuring animals (Si Pagong
at Matsing)
d. Legends
- narrative featuring human
actions (Alamat ng Pinya)
e. Folk tale
- stories in the oral tradition
(Juan Tamad)
 Spanish-Colonial Era (1565-1898)
- the Spaniards attempted to
teach Filipinos
- the Spanish language Alibata
was replaced by the Roman
Alphabet
Famous Filipino writers:
1. Francisco Baltazar (Balagtas)
- genius writer of Tagalog
poetry.
- known for his poem “Florante
at Laura”
2. Marcelo H. Del Pilar
- founded the nationalistic
newspaper called “Diariong
Tagalog”
- known to be the “Master of
Tagalog Language” and tried
to awaken the consciousness
of the masses to act as a
unified people
3. Jose Rizal
- Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me
Not), “work of the heart”
- El Filibusterismo (The Traitor),
“work of the mind”
 American-Colonial Period (1899-  Cebuano Literature
1945) - started with the other forms
- Thomasites were American of oral literature like folklores,
soldiers who came to the fables, and legends of early
Philippines to become people in the Philippines
teachers during the pre-colonization of
- this period also introduced the Spaniards
the English Alphabet. - During the American period,
 Contemporary Period (1946-present) writers used the forms of
- Filipino literary writers were literature to wage their
encouraged to produce more propaganda and to express
literary writings their thoughts about the
- English Alphabet developed betrayal of hopes and concern
into Modern Filipino about American’s restriction
Alphabet of freedom of expression
 Maranao literature
REGIONAL LITERATURE
- Largely floating and meant to
 Tagalog literature be sung on different occasions
- follows the field of the ancient - Greatly influenced by Islams
oral literature. as their religion
- Verse, maxims, proverbs, and - Follows oral tradition such as:
drama folktale(tutul), love poems
- “The Doctrina Christiana” – (tubad-tubad), sayings and
first book in the Philippines proverbs (pananaro-on),
- Promote national drama (sowa-i), riddles
consciousness of the Filipinos (antoka), and epic poetry
 Ilocano literature (darangan)
- Known to be active in
producing literary writings
- Rich in many kind of songs
- Dallot – impromptu speech
- Badeng - form of love song
- Pamulinawen – most famous
badeng
- “Biag ni Lam-ang”
 Hiligaynon literature
- Inspired by Visayan culture
and tradition
- Riddles, proverbs, and ritual
chants
- Known to be the land of
beautiful songs and chants
- Ili-ili or lullaby - cradled song
played and sung to develop
communication skills to
children