PHILIPPINE

LITERATUR
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 PRE COLONIAL
PERIOD
• Before
the arrival of
Spaniards. (Before 1521).
 PRE COLONIAL
PERIOD
• Printing
technologies were
not available yet.
 PRE COLONIAL
PERIOD
• The AWIT or SONG, existed in
many forms for varied
purposes.
• UYAYI/LULLABY -
song for a child to fall
asleep.
Example :
Ugoy sa Duyan
• SOLIRANIN -
song for travelers.
Example :
Si Filemon
•Kumintang –
song for war.
• Maluway -
collective labor

Example :
Magtanim ay ‘di biro.
• Kundiman -
most familiar song about
courtship.
• Pamamanhikan -
a song of the bridegroom to
his bride as he asks for her
hand in marriage .
Example :O ilaw
Two major pre-Hispanic
forms
Riddle(bugtong)
Proverb (sawikain)
 RIDDLE
Use of talinghaga or a
metaphor that actually
helped convey the answer to
the riddle
 PROVERB
Pieces of wisdom
Example :
Early to bed, early to rise, makes
a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
The major pre-Hispanic
poetic form

EPIC/ EPIKO
 EPIC/EPIKO
Long,epsidodic, chanted
poems which told a story,
normally about a legendary
hero and his adventures.
 PRE COLONIAL
PERIOD
• POETRY (panulaan)
• TALE(tuluyan)
• DRAMA (dula)
 POETRY
It sprang from sources close
to the personal relationships,
social institutions, religious
and political organizations of
the ancient Filipinos.
 POETRY
1. Riddle 1. Folksong
2. Proverb s
3. Whisper 2. Tanaga
3. Epic
 RIDDLE
Battle of wits among
the participants.
“Talinghaga”
 PROVERB
These were to express
pieces of wisdom or beliefs
that were important to
Filipino society.
Example:
“Gaano man ang tibay ng piling
abaka ay wala ring lakas kapag nag-
isa”

*However sturdy the abaca, it is

 WHISPERS
Used to ask permission
or forgiveness to the
otherwordly creatures such
as “lamang-lupa”.
Example:

“Tabi-tabi po ingkong,
makikiraan po lamang.”
 FOLK SONGS
A form of folk lyric which
expresses the hopes and
aspirations, the people’s
lifestyles, as well as their loved
 TANAGA
Expresses insights and
lessons in life.
Example:
“Submission to wounding
makes the intesest pain
bearable.”
 EPIC
Narratives of sustained length
based on oral tradition
revolving around supernatural
events or heroic deeds.
 TALE
Emerged from the
belief of the native
spirits
1. MYTH
TALE
2. LEGEND
3. FABLE
4. SUPERNATURAL
STORY
 MYTH
Explains how the world was
created, how certain animals
possess certain characteristics, why
some places have waterfalls,
volcanoes and mountains.
 LEGEND
Explains the origin of
things.
 FABLE
Used animal as characters
with human qualities.
 SUPERNATURAL
STORIES
Deals with the underworld
characters. (horror)