PHILIPPINE

LITERATURE
AN INTRODUCTION
DIRECTIONS
• Read the selection very
well then answer the
questions that follow.
PHILIPPINE LITERATURE

Philippine Literature is a varied and

rich group of works that has evolved
side-by-side with the country’s
history. Literature had started with
fables and legends made by the
ancient Filipinos long before the
arrival of Spanish influence.

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WHO STARTED PHILIPPINE
LITERATURE?

• A. Spaniards
• B. Modern Filipinos
• C. Ancient Filipinos
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2. WHAT WERE THE FIRST
GENRES OF PHILIPPINE
LITERATURE?
• A. poems
• B. short stories
• C. fables and
legends
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3. WHEN WAS THE START OF
PHILIPPINE LITERATURE?
• A. During Spanish colonization
• B. During the discovery of the
Philippines
• C. During the countries initial
existence.

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PHILIPPINE LITERATURE
The main themes of Philippine
literature focus on the
country’s pre-colonial cultural
traditions and the socio-
political histories of its colonial
and contemporary traditions.

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HOW MANY WERE THE INITIAL
THEMES OF PHILIPPINE
LITERATURE?
• A. Two
• B. Three
• C. four
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WHAT WERE THE USUAL BASES
OF EARLY PHILIPPINE
LITERATURE?

• A. Fables
• B. Traditions
• C. Norms
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• Only during 1521 did the early
Filipinos became acquainted with
literature due to the influence of the
Spaniards on us. But the literature
that the Filipinos became acquainted
with are not Philippine-made, rather,
they were works of Spanish authors.
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HOW WERE THE FIRST
PHILIPPINE LITERATURE
WRITTEN / MADE?
• A. Spanish-made
• B. Philippine-made
• C. Both

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WHEN WAS THE FILIPINOS
FORMALLY INTRODUCED TO
PHILIPPINE LITERATURE?

• A. Spanish colonization
• B. American occupation
• C. Japanese occupation

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PHILIPPINE LITERATURE

It is not a secret that many Filipinos

are unfamiliar with much of the
country's literary heritage, especially
those that were written long before
the Spaniards arrived in our country.
This is due to the fact that the stories
of ancient time were not written.

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 WHY ARE FILIPINOS NOT FAMILIAR
WITH THE PRE- SPANIARDS FORM
OF LITERATURE?

• A. Filipinos do not know how to

write
• B. The Spaniards forbid them to
write.
• C. The stories were passed on
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• So successful were the efforts of

colonists to blot out the memory of
the country's largely oral past that
present-day Filipino writers, artists
and journalists are trying to correct
this inequity by disseminating them
in schools through mass media.
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AT PRESENT WHY ARE MODERN
WRITERS ADVOCATING OUR
UNRECORDED LITERATURE?
• A. The Spaniards despised
them.
• B. Filipinos have colonial
mentality.
• C. Filipinos are not familiar
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• DIRECTIONS: Take
note of 5 important
explicit details in the
selection and two
implicit ideas.
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Why do we need to study
Philippine Literature?
• Whatever nationality you are it
is always very important to
study the literature of your
country. In doing so you are not
only learning about the
historical aspects of your land,
but you are also keeping
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• alive the thoughts, beliefs
and cultural variations of
your ancestors that
differentiate your country
from the rest of the world.

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• A country's literature also tells
us about its civilization in a form
other than straight fact.
Literature is usually one
person's description of a
situation told through their own
personal feelings;
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• eyewitness testimony to
historical events that we
were not present at. Writers
have a talent for bringing the
past back to life with emotive
language and metaphor,
helping us to imagine
scenarios that
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• may have
happened
decades, or even
centuries, ago.
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