TIMELINE OF PHILIPPINE LITERATURE

NATIONALISTIC/PROPAGANDA AND REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD (1864-1896) PRE-COLONIAL ERIOD

2.Crude on ideology and

phraseology
1.Planted seeds of nationalism in
Filipinos 3.Addressed the masses instead of Riddles(bugtong) - battle of
the “intelligentsia” 1.Based on oral traditions wits among participants

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Proverbs (salawikain) - wise sayings
2.Language shifted from Spanish to that contain a metaphor used to teach
Tagalog asa food for thoughtc.
Tanaga - a mono-riming heptasyllabic
quatrain expressing insights and
lessons on life is "more emotionally
charged than the terse proverb and thus
hasaffinities with the folk lyric."
c. Fables –- used animal characters and
allegoryd.Fantastic stories – deal with
underworld characters such as
“tiyanak”,“aswang”, “kapre” and
others
4. Epics - These are “narratives of
sustained length based on oral tradition
revolving aroundsupernatural events or
heroic deeds”
SPANISH COLONIZATION PERIOD (1565 – 1863)

1. It has two distinct 1. Religious Literature -

A. Pasyon – long narrative poem B. Senakulo –
classifications: religious and Religious lyrics written by ladino
about the passion and death of dramatization of the
secular poets or those versed inboth
Christ. The mostpopular was
2. It introduced Spanish as
Spanish and Tagalog were
“Ang Mahal na Passion ni Jesu pasyon, it shows the
included in early catechism and
the medium of were used toteach Filipinos the
Cristong Panignoon Natin” passion and death of
byAguino de Belen
communication Spanish language Christ
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2. Secular (non-religious) • Prose Narratives – written to

B. Korido – prescribe proper decorumi.
Literature
metrical tale written Dialogo. ejemplo.Manual de
Urbanidadiv. tratado
A. Awit - colorful tales of
chivalry made for in octosyllabic • Pagsusulatan ng Dalawang
singing and chanting quatrains. Binibini na siUrbana at si Feliza
and Joaquin Tuaso.