Food for thought:

“The beautiful thing about learning

is that no one can take it away from
you.” —B.B. King
Magellan’s Voyage FIRST MASS. An illustration of the First Mass in
Limasawa, Southern Leyte on March 21, 1521, by the
fleet of Ferdinand Magellan. The historic event
introduced Christianity in the Philippines. (Photo by
National Commission for Culture and the Arts)
 SPANISH COLONIZATION PERIOD (1565 –
1863)
A. Characteristics

1.RELIGIOUS
2.SECULAR
 B. LITERARY FORMS
1. Religious Literature
Religious lyrics written by ladino poets or
those versed in both Spanish and Tagalog
were included in early catechism and were
used to teach Filipinos the Spanish language
A. Pasyon – long narrative poem about the
passion and death of Christ.
Ang Mahal na Passion ni Jesu Cristong Panginoon Natin by Aguino de
Belen
B. Senakulo – dramatization of the pasyon; it shows the
passion and death of Christ
2. Secular (non-religious) Literature
a) Awit - colorful tales of chivalry made for singing and
chanting.
Example: Ibong Adarna
b) Korido

Example: Florante at Laura

FOLK SONGS
OTHER EXAMPLES OF
RECREATIONAL PLAYS
 How does the literature during the
Spanish era differ from the
literature during the pre-colonial
era?
 How did Filipinos react to Spanish
colonialism?
 NATIONALISTIC / PROPAGANDA AND REVOLUTIONARY
PERIOD (1864 – 1896)

A. Characteristics
a.Planted seeds of nationalism in
Filipinos
b.Language shifted from Spanish to
Tagalog
c.Addressed the masses instead of the
“intelligentsia”
 B. LITERARY FORMS
1.Propaganda Literature - Reformatory in objective

a)Political Essays – satires, editorials, and news

articles were written to attack and expose the evils of
Spanish rule
e.g,.
Diariong Tagalog – founded by Marcelo del Pilar
La Solidaridad – editor-in-chief was Graciano Lopez-
Jaena
b.Political Novels

-Jose Rizal’s masterpieces that paved the way to the

revolution
 2.Revolutionary Literature
-more propagandistic than literary
as it is more violent in nature and
demanded complete independence
for the country
a)Political Essays –helped inflame the spirit of
revolution
e.g.,Kalayaan – newspaper of the society, edited by
Emilio Jacinto

b) Poetry
True Decalogue – Apolinario Mabini
Katapusan ng Hibik ng Pilipinas –Andres Bonifacio
Liwanag at Dilim – Emilio Jacinto
How does literature during the Spanish era differ
from the literature during the pre-colonial era?