Philippine Precolonial

Literature
 LITERATURE
• It refers to artistic writings worthy of
being remembered.
 Philippine
Literature in the
Spanish Colonial
Period
PROVERBS
• These are practical
observations and
philosophy of
everyday life that
are written usually
in a rhyming
scheme.
RIDDLES
•
These are like
proverbs with one
main difference: they
demand an answer
and are used to test
the wits of those who
are listening to them.
FOLKSONGS
• These are beautiful
songs that are
informal expressions
of our
ancesors’experiences
in life.
TALES
• These are stories
of origin for
certain places,
their names and
their creation.
• These are also
known as myths
EPICS
• These are long-
winded poems
about a hero and
his adventures and
misadventures.
 Common Kinds of
Philippine Literature in the
Spanish Colonial Period
CORRIDO
• It is a legendary
religious narrative
form that usually
details the lives of
saints or the history
of a tradition.
AWIT
• It is a chivalric
poem about a
hero, usually
about a saint.
PASYON
• It is a narrative
poem about the life
of Jesus Christ,
beginning from his
birth and up to his
death.
CENACULO
• It is the
dramatization
of the passion
of Christ.
MORO-MORO
• It is a blood-and-
thunder
melodrama
depicting the
conflict of
Christians and
Muslims.
CARILLO
• It is a play
that uses
shadows as its
main
spectacle.
TIBAG
• It is a dramatic
re-enactment of
St. Helena’s
search for the
Holy Cross.
 DUPLO OR
KARAGATAN
• These are native
dramas that are
connected to
Catholic mourning
rituals and harvest
celebrations.
ZARZUELA
• It is one of the most
famous forms of
entertainment back in the
Spanish era.
• Zarzuelas are musical
comedies or melodramas
that deal with the elemental
passions of human beings.