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Lesson 1 Traditions and Locations The Filipino Poem
Lesson 1 Traditions and Locations The Filipino Poem
Traditions and
Locations:
The Filipino Poem
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GUIDE QUESTIONS
Filmmaker
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Pit Stop
Allusion
Under the literary firmament,
the word Allusion means
“reference”.
To refer to something or
somebody is called allusion.
Poetry
֎ Sublime experiences by artists
֎ “The root and crown of language”
–Gemino Abad
Poetry
writing that formulates a concentrated
imaginative awareness of experience in
language chosen and arranged to create a
specific emotional response through
meaning, sound, and rhythm (Merriam –
Webster Dictionary)
History
of
Poetry
Pre –
Hispanic
Times
History of Poetry
Pre-Hispanic Times
Awit or song
Bugtong (riddle) – used talinghaga or a metaphor
that actually convey the answer
Salawikain (Proverb) – a.k.a. sawikain are proverbs
that were used to express pieces of wisdom or beliefs
that were important to Filipino society.
History of Poetry
Pre-Hispanic Times
Epiko (epic) – major pre-Hispanic
poetic form
- long, episodic, chanted
poems which told a story
- legendary hero and his
adventures
History
of
Poetry
Spanish
Times
History of Poetry
Spanish Times
Baybayin was suppressed
Pasyon – first popularized by Gaspar
Aquino de Belen perpetrated by Mariano
Pilapil
Poetry – Francisco Baltazar’s Florante
at Laura
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History of Poetry
Spanish Times