OBJECTIVE:

•TO IDENTIFY THE GEOGRAPHIC,

LINGUISTIC, AND ETHNIC DIMENSION OF
PHILIPPINE LITERACY HISTORY OF PRE-
COLONIAL PERIOD.
WHAT IS LITERATURE?
•IS A BODY OF WRITTEN WORKS
•ORIGINATED FROM ORAL TRADITIONS
•IMAGINATIVE WORKS
•DEALS WITH STORIES AND POETRY
•THE CONTENT DEPENDS ON THE AUTHOR
THREE POINTS OF LITERATURE

•LITERATURE PORTRAYS HUMAN EXPERIENCE

•AUTHORS INTERPRET THESE HUMAN EXPERIENCES
•IT IS AN ART FORM AND A STYLE OF EXPRESSION
THE 3 LITERARY PERIODS

1.THE PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD (BC- 1564)

2.THE SPANISH PERIOD (1521- 1898)
3.THE AMERICAN PERIOD (1900- 1942)
 THE PRE-
COLONIAL PERIOD
(BC-1564)
THE PRE- COLONIAL PERIOD (BC- 1564)
• THIS EXISTED BEFORE THE SPANISH OCCUPATION IN THE
1500S.
• IT IS ORAL IN NATURE AND IS FULL OF LESSONS AND IDEAS
ABOUT LIFE, ITS BLESSINGS, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
• IT CONTAINS IDEAS FROM BIRTH TO THE GRAVE.
• THE ORAL CHARACTERISTIC OF PRE-COLONIAL
LITERATURE GIVES THE POSSIBILITY FOR MANY
ALTERATIONS.
• IN THE PHILIPPINE CONTEXT, NO MATTER HOW IT MAY BE
CONSIDERED AS ALTERED, PRE-COLONIAL LITERATURE IS
STILL REVERED TO BY MANY FILIPINOS.
• THE SOURCES ARE USUALLY THE LOCAL NATIVE TOWN
FOLK.
 FORMS
1.ORAL LITERATURE- RIDDLES, PROVERBS
2. FOLK SONGS- LULLABIES, DRINKING SONGS, LOVE
SONGS, SONGS OF DEATH, RELIGIOUS SONGS
3. FOLK TALES- MYTHS, LEGENDS, FABLES, EPICS
ACTIVITY
TIME!!!
CREATIVE REPORTING
CRITERIA:
CONTENT- 20 PTS
CREATIVITY- 20 PTS
COOPERATION- 10 PTS
OVERALL PRESENTATION- 10 PTS
TOTAL- 60 PTS