PRE- COLONIAL ERA

THIS IS THE LITERACY PERIOD OF

THE COMING OF THE SPANIARDS ABD
CONSIDERED AS THE FIRST ANF
LONGEST LITERARY HISTORY AMONG
THE OTHER PERIODS.

THE DISCOVERY OF THE TABON CAVE

IN PALAWAN 1962 OF A SKULL CAP
AND A PORTION OF A JAW PRESUMED
TO BE THOSE OF A HUMAN BEING
 THIS STRETCHES OUT IN PRE-
HISTORY THAT THOUSAND YEARS
AGO, EARLY FILIPINOS DEPEND
THEIR WAY OF LIVING IN THE
ENVIRONMENT.

ORAL LITERATURE MARKS THE

BIRTH OF LITERATURE IN THE
PHILIPPINES.

HISTORY STATES THAT FILIPINO

BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF THE
ALIBATA ( SYLLABARY)- WAS A
PROBABLY OF SANSKRIT OR ARABIC
PROVENANCE. IT IS CONSIDERED OF
SEVENTEEN SYMBOLS, OR WHICH
THREE WERE VOWELS STANDING
FOR THE PRESENT FIVE VOWELS AND
FOURTEEN CONSONANTS.
FORMS OF LITERATURE
DURING THE PRE-
COLONIAL ERA
PRE- COLONIAL POETRY
EARLY FORMS OF POETRY DURING
THE PRE-COLONIAL ERA WERE
MEANT TO BE RECITED IN A MANNER
OF SONGS AND CHANTS. WITHOUT
PROPER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
IN TERMS OF WRITING. EARLY
FILIPINOS MANAGED TO SHOW
THEIR ARTISTIC SIE OF PRODUCING
POEMS AND OTHER LITERARY PIECES
WITH MEASUREMENT AND UNIFIED
A. PROVERBS ( SALAWIKAIN )
THESE ARE TRUTHS AND WISE
SAYING EXPRESS IN A LANGUAGE THAT
IS PROPERLY KNOWN.
- EXPRESSIONS OF WISDOM WHICH
BASED ON COMMON SENSE AND REAL
LIFE EXPERIENCES.
EXAMPLES:
1. BAGO MO SABIHIN AT GAWIN,
MAKAPITONG IISIPIN.
(BEFORE YOU SAY AND DO, THINK
ABOUT IT SEVEN TIMES)
2. KUNG DI UUKOL, DI BUBUKOL.
B. TANAGA
A POEM IS QUATRAIN CONTAINING
SEVEN SYLABBLES EACH LINE WITH
A MONORINE.

KAIBIGAN
EMILETA PEREZ BAES

PALAY SIYANG MATINO,

NANG HUMANGI’Y YUMUKO;
NGUNI’T MULING TUMAYO;
NAGKABUNGA NG GINTO.
FOLK SONG
THIS IS A FORM OF LYRICAL
EXPRESSION CREATED BY PEOPLE
ACCORDING TO THEIR REGION.
TAGALOG FOLK SONG
SITSIRITSIT

SITSIRITSIT, ALIBANGBANG
SALAGINTO AT SALAGUBANG
ANG BABAE SA LANSANGAN
KUNG GUMIRI’Y PARANG
TANDANG
RIDDLES (BUGTONG)
THIS IS A GAME IN A FORM OF
MYSTIFYINH QUESTION AND A MIND
PUZZLE INTENDED TO BE SOLVED.

EXAMPLES:

1. ISANG BALONG MALALIM,

PUNONG-PUNONG, PUNON-
PUNONG NG PATALIM.
( A DEEP WELL THAT IS FULL OF
CHISELS)
PROSE NARRATIVES
WERE CREATED IN ORDER TO GIVE
AN EXPLANATION ABOUT A CERTAIN
NATURAL PHENOMENA.

A. EPIC- THIS IS A LONG NARRATIVE

POEM ABOUT QUESTS AND EXCITING
ADVENTURES OF A HERO WITH
UNUSUAL STRENGTH AND POWER.
B. MYTH- THIS IS A STORY OF GODS
AND GODDESSES TOLD USING A
TRADITIONAL LANGUAGE
EXPALINING MYSTERIES, AND
C. FABLES- THESE ARE STORIES
INTENDED TO TEACH HUMAN VALUES
WITH ANIMALS AS MAJOR
CHARACTERS ATTRIBUTING HUMAN
QUALITIES.

D. LEGENDS - THERE ARE STORIES

EXPLAINING ORIGINS HANDED DOWN
FROM THE PAST AND PASSED
THROUGH DIFFERENT GENERATIONS.
THIS IS BELIEVED BY SOME PEOPLE
BUT NOT PROVEN SCIENTIFICALLY.
SPANISH- COLONIAL ERA ( 1565-
1898 )
THE SPANIARDS ATTEMPTED TO
TEACH FILIPINO THE SPANISH
LANGUAGE FOR THEY WANTED
THEIR POEMS AND OTHER
WRITINGS PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN
THE SOCIETY. THE FIRST FILIPINO
ALPHABET CALLED ALIBATA WAS
ALSO REPLACED BY THE ROMAN
ALPHABET.
 DURING THIS PERIOD FILIPINO WRITERS
STRTED TO WRITE ARTICLES ABOUT THE
NEGATIVE IMPACTS AND EFFECTS OF
COLONIZATION IN THE COUNTRY.IT WAS
ALSO EVIDENT THAT SPANISH
ADMINISTRATION CHANGES SOME
TRADITIONS AND CULTURE OF THE
FILIPINOS. LITERARY WORKS DURING THIS
ERA FOLLOW A UNIVERSAL THEME OF
RELIGION AND OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES.

INDIOS- THEY CALLED NATIVE FILIPINO

DURING THIS TIME
DOCTRINA CRISTIANA (1953 )- WAS THE
 IN THE NEXT CENTURY, WHILE THE
COUNTRY IS STILL IN THE HANDS OF THE
SPANIARDS, MEMBERS OF THE MIDDLE
CLASS DECIDED TO WAGE THEIR
PROPAGANDAS. AND STARTED TO CREATE
REFORMS TO SHOW THEIR CONCERN TO
THE COUNTRY. THEIR MAIN GOAL IS FOR
SPAIN TO GRANT ASSIMILATION IN THE
PHILIPPINES AND RECOGNIZE IT AS OF
THEIR PROVINCES.
 FRANCIANO LOPEZ
JAENA
• KNOWN TO BE
HIGHLY INTELLIGENT
MAN OF HIS AGE.
• “ FRAY BOTOD” HIS
MOST FAMOUS
PIECE MEANS
BOTYOK IN FILIPINO
LANGUAGE.
THE SECOND WORD• EDITOR OF “ LA
OF HIS TITLE
SOLIDARIDAD”
MEANS A BIG-BELLIED MAN- THE
CHARACTER OF THE PROTAGONISTS
SYMBOLIZES THE ABUSIVE AND
 MARCELO H. DEL
PILAR

• FOUNDED THE
NATIONALISTIC
NEWSPAPER CALLED
“DIARIONG TAGALOG”.
• KNOWN AS “MASTER
OF TAGALOG
PATRIOTISM REVEALING THE SAD STATE OF
LANGUAGE”
THE COUNTRY.
• 1882- HIS WRITING
• 1888- HE BEGAN WRITING PAMPHLETS
CAREER TOOK PLACE
RIDICULING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE
AS HE WROTE OF
FRIARS REGARDING INJUSTICES TOWARDS
CAINGAT CAYO- IT WAS A PAMPHET
ISSUED ATTACKING THE NOVEL OF
JOSE RIZAL WHICH IS THE “NOLI ME
TANGERE” OPPOSING THE CATHOLIC
RELIGION.

VICENTE GARCIA- WROTE THE

“DASALAN AT TOKSOHAN”
- USING THE PEN NAME V.
CARAIG

DASALAN AT TOCSOHAN- WAS A

 FRANCISCO
BALTAZAR

• FONDLY CALLED
BALAGTAS.
• GENIUS WRITER
OF TAGALOG
POETRY
• HE IS KNOWN
FOR
IN HIS POEM THE WAY HE HIS POEM
DESCRIBED
“FLORANTE
ALBANYA AS THE SETTING , REFLECTED
LAURA” DURING
THE TYRANNY OF THE SPNIARDS
 JOSE RIZAL
• WAS POPULAR FOR HIS
TWO NOVELS, NOLI ME
TANGERE AND EL
FILIBUSTERISMO.
• NOLI ME TANGERE-
TOUCH ME NOT
HE DESCRIBED IT AS A
LOVE AND ASPIRATIONS
WORK OFOFTHEA FILIPINO
HEART. ITOF
A FILIPINO. WAS A STORY OF
THE PROTOGANIST NAME “CHRISOSTOMO
IBARRA” WAS REPRESENTATION OF
HIMSELF.
 ANDRES BONIFACIO

• HUSBAND OF
GREGORIA DE JESUS
• FATHER OF KATIPUNAN
• “PAG-IBIG SA
TINUBUANG LUPA”.
SHOWED HIS
PATRIOTISM AND
EMILIO JACINTO
POETIC SIDE
• “THE BRAINS OF
KATIPUNAN”
• WROTE POLITICAL
 AMERICAN-COLONIAL PERIOD (1899-
1945)

IT WAS EVIDENT DURING THE

PERIOD OF AMERICAN OCCUPATION IN
THE PHILIPPINES THAT THE PUBLIC
SCHOOL SYSTEM WAS THEIR BIGGEST
CONTRIBUTION IN THE COUNTRY.

THOMASITES- WERE AMERICAN SOLDIERS

WHO CAME TO THE PHILIPPINES TO
BECOME TEACHERS.
 DURING THE COLONIZATION OF THE
AMERICANS, FILIPINO WRITERS GREATLY
ENJOYED THE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.
THIS PERIOD REMARKED THE VIBRANT
WELL-SPRING OF SOME NATIONALISTICS
PLAYS WITH THEMES SUCH AS
FREEDOMM AND INDEPENDENCE.

AMERICAN AUTHORITIES ALSO

PRESCRIBED SOME PLAYS TO BE
PERFORMED IN STAGE SUCH AS:

• KAHAPON, BUKAS NGAYON BY

 SINCE ENGLISH LANGUAGE BECAME
THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN ALL
SCHOOLS, LITERARY WRITERS DESIDED
TO USE ENGLISH AS A FORM OF
CREATIVE EXPRESSIONSIN THEIR
WRITINGS SOME ESSAYISTS AND POETS
DURING THIS PERIOD WERE:

• JUAN F SALAZAR
• BERNARDO P. GARCIA
• MAXIMO M. KALAW
• TARCILA MALABANAN
• FRANCISCO M. AFRICA
 WITH THE COMBINTION OF
LANGUAGE AND NATIONALISTIC
THEMES DURING THE AMERICAN TIME.
NEW UPRISING GENERATION OF
WRITERS CONTINUED PRODUCING
LITERARY WORKS REFLECTING FILIPINO
CULTURE AND BELIEFES SUCH AS:
• “HOW MY BROTHER LEON BROUGHT
HOME A WIFE BY MANUEL ARGUILLAS
FOLLOWS THE WAY OF LIVING OF
THE ILOCANOS
• “ FOOTNOTE TO YOUTH BY JOSE
GARCIA VILLA’S
• REMINDS THE YOUNG FILIPINO
 FRAUSTINO AGUILLAR’S
“PINAGHULAAN” AND LOPE K. SANTOS
“BANAAG AT SIKAT” USED OTHER
SIGNIFICANT THEMES LIKE STORIES OF
LOVE AND SOCIAL JUSTICES.

OTHER LITERARY AUTHORS DURING THIS

PERIOD ARE;
• IDELFONSO SANTOS
• ALEJANDRO ABADILLA
• JOSE CORAZON DE JESUS
• BRIGIDO BATUNGBAKAL
• GENOVEVA EDROZA MATUTE
• CLARO M. RECTO