Philippine Literature

Spanish Colonial Period

How much do you know?

Hablo español.

I speak Spanish.
1

Vamonos

Let’s go
2

Mi nombre es…

My name is…
3

Como esta usted?

How are you?

4

Te amo.

I love you.
5

Buen comer.

Happy eating.
6

Por que?

Why?
7

Otra vez

Repeat
8

Por pabor, señor.

Please, sir.
9

La puerta

Door
10

Que barbaridad!

How barabaric!
Muy bien!

Why do we only know little

of the Spanish language?
To the Flowers of Heidelberg
(Jose P. Rizal)

 Originallywritten in the Spanish

language “A Las Flores de Heidelberg”
 Pursuing studies in Germany
 Just walking down the road one day,
saw the flowers, and started writing
the poetry
Nick Joaquin
(National Artist in Literature)

 Translated Rizal’s A Las Flores de

To the Flowers of
Heidelberg to

Heidelberg
Discover the poem: To the
Flowers of Heidelberg

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To the Flowers of Heidelberg

Go to my country, go, O foreign flowers

Figurative language:
Apostrophe
Sound-effect device:
Alliteration
Tone: _______________________
Imagery used
in figures of speech
Aroma
Dawn
Canticles
Petals
Fragrance
Theme?

Nationalism
Spanish Colonization
Theatre plays
Komedya
Zarzuela
Senakulo
Literary forms are defined by the
following:

1.Religious prose and poetry

2. Secular prose and poetry

What’s the difference?

Themes
Religion
Christianity
Doctrina Christiana
ladino poets – well-versed in Tagalog
and Spanish
dalit – appended to novenas and
catechism
Pasyon – Christ’s agony and Resurrection
Secular lyrics
 Jose Corazon de Jesus

 Francisco Balagtas

 metrical romance – awit and korido in

Tagalog
Themes
Nationalism
freedom and liberty
Ilustrados – educated Filipinos
Propaganda Movement
Jose P. Rizal, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Mariano
Ponce, Emilio Jacinto and Andres
Bonifacio
Noli me Tangere, El Filibusterismo
Ninay
Pedro Paterno
 largely cultural

 considered as the first Filipino novel

Are we truly free?
 Why then themes about freedom still
evident in our texts?
 What enslaves us?
 Who/what are your oppressors?
Is this a mistake?
 Spaniards had not thought about teaching their
language formally
 Why?

 They used religion to colonize the Philippines.

 Formal education started during American
colonization, and therefore, the influence of the
West was magnified through teaching their
language.