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LITERATURE
What
Literature?
is
This is the term used to describe
written and [sometimes] spoken
material.
“knowledge of books”
“writing formed with letters”
FICTION
NONFICTION
JEBXPROJECT
PERIODS OF
PHILIPPINE
LITERATURE
PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD
Pre-historic period
Literature was principally oral in
as much as writing was not yet
invented and more of the wheels
were concise poetic.
PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD
Bugtong (riddles)
Salawikain (proverbs)
Kasabihan (saying)
Oyayi (lullaby)
Soliranin (boat song)
PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD
Kumintang (war song)
Diona (wedding song)
Dalit (religious song)
Kundiman (love song)
Dipayanin (drinking song)
PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD
Hibais (travel song)
Bung-aw (funeral song)
Pre-historic period
With the passage of time, Oral
Literature becomes lengthy and
this long forms was the epic.
PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD
epic
Biag ni lam-ang (ilocanos)
Alim & hudhud (ifugaos)
Kumintang (tagalog)
Ibalon (bicolanos)
Maragtas & hinilawod (visayas)
PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD
epic
Bantugan (muslims)
Tatuaang (bagobos)
Hari sa bukid (Hiligaynon)
Dagoy & sudsud (tagbanuas)
Indarapatra & sulayman (maguindanao)
PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD
Prose and works
Alamat (legends)
Myth (mito)
Kwentong bayan ( folk tales)
Pabula (fables)
Parabola (parables)
SPANISH PERIOD
SPANISH PERIOD
Literature was principally oral in
as much as writing was not yet
invented and more of the wheels
were concise poetic.
AMERICAN PERIOD
American PERIOD (1910-45)
American PERIOD (1910-45)
American PERIOD (1910-45)
American PERIOD (1910-45)
JAPANESE PERIOD
Japanese PERIOD (1942-60)
Japanese PERIOD (1942-60)
Japanese PERIOD (1942-60)
B. Period of Maturity and Originality (1945-1960)
Japanese PERIOD (1942-60)
B. Period of Maturity and Originality (1945-1960)
Japanese PERIOD (1942-60)
B. Period of Maturity and Originality (1945-1960)
PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC
MARTIAL LAW
CONTEMPORARY WORLD
I. CONTEMPORARY/MODERN PERIOD
(1960 – PRESENT)
A. Characteristics
1. Martial Law repressed and curtailed human
rights, including freedom of the press
2. Writers used symbolisms and allegories to
drive home their message, at the face of
heavy censorship
3. Theater was used as a vehicle for protest,
such as the PETA (Phil. Educational
Theater Association) and UP Theater.
4. From the eighties onwards, writers continue
to show dynamism and innovation