The Spanish Colonial Period

Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to do

the following:
● Analyze the Spanish influences on Philippine literature.
● Identify the two motives of Spain in colonizing
Philippines.
● Read and discuss an excerpt of Spain’s historical
background.
Try it!
Warm-Up
YES STATEMENTS NO
1. Ancient settlers in the islands of the Philippines had their own form of literature
even before the coming of the Spaniards.
2. Ancient Philippine literature was generally an oral tradition.
3. Most of the ancient literary forms were an oral tradition since there was no
system of writing that existed during the precolonial period.
4. Literature contains historical and cultural pieces of information that were used
to reveal the way of life of our ancestors.
5. It was only during the Spanish colonization that literature was introduced to the
Philippines.
6. Various forms of colonizations and occupations in the Philippines affected and
influenced the features and themes of its literature.
7. Philippine literary texts are only those written in the native or local language.
Try it!
Warm-Up
Guide Questions
1. What were your considerations in agreeing or disagreeing

with the statements?
2. What are your ideas about the Spanish influences in our
society and culture?
SPAIN
CHRISTIANITY
JOSE RIZAL
SPICES
FERDINAND MAGELLAN
ANDRES BONIFACIO
IBONG ADARNA
THE CENAKULO
KATIPUNAN
FLORANTE AT LAURA
MARCELO H. DEL PILAR
Lesson 6.1
The Spanish Colonial Period

Learn about It!
Historical Background
● March 16, 1521 - when the

Portuguese explorer
Ferdinand Magellan arrived
in the Philippine soil.
● Homonhon - an island in
Eastern Samar where Magellan
landed
Learn about It!
Spain had two motives in colonizing

the Philippines:
1. Spice trade
More valuable than gold, spices
were the leading component of
ancient commerce even before
the 15th century.
Learn about It!
Spain had two motives in colonizing the

Philippines:
2. Converting Filipinos to Christianity
The Spaniards used a policy called
reduccion, which is a means of
relocation of scattered settlements to
a large town. This way, Spanish friars
were able to convert natives into
Christianity.
Learn about It!
● Limasawa - where the first
Catholic mass in the country
was celebrated.
● April 14, 1521 - when Fr.
Pedro Valderrama baptized
more than 500 natives in
Cebu along with Rajah
Humabon.
Learn about It!
● Ruy López de Villalobos - named the

archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of
Prince Philip of Asturias, who reigned as the
King of Spain from 1556 to 1598
● 1565 - the year King Philip II of Spain officially
colonized the country and assigned the new
expedition to the first Governor-General
Miguel López de Legazpi
● Six years later, he established his capital in
Manila.
Learn about It!
Fray Juan de Plasencia
DOCTRINA CHRISTIANA
- One of the earliest/first
book in the Philippines
- written by Fray Juan de
Plasencia
- it was a prayer book
Learn about It!
Fray Juan de Plasencia
Vocabulario Tagalo
- One of the first tagalog
dictionaries
Learn about It!
● Spanish priests believed that stories about mythical creatures,

spirits, deities, and rituals contained works of the devil.
Because of this, they instructed the natives to destroy them.
They also told them to undergo baptism and embrace
Christianity.
● The parish priest was practically the only Spaniard who had
direct contact with Filipinos. As such, he became the
embodiment of Spanish power and culture among the
colonized populace.
Learn about It!
● The Spanish culture became highly noticeable in literature

because of the use of characters similar to kings and queens,
and princes and princesses.
● The 333-year Spanish colonization ended with outbreaks of
revolution and the rise of independence. The Propaganda
Movement, led by the ilustrados, who are elite Filipinos who
went to Europe to study, along with Andres Bonifacio and
Emilio Aguinaldo, demanded independence from Spain.
Learn about It!
● June 12, 1898 - General Emilio

Aguinaldo proclaimed the
independence of the Philippines from
the Spanish colonial rule in his home
in Kawit, Cavite. This freedom,
however, was short-lived because of
the arrival of the Americans in the
land.
Learn about It!
Members of the Reform Movement and wrote for La

Solidaridad:
● Jose Rizal (Dimasalang/Laong Laan)

● Marcelo H. del Pilar (Plaridel)
● Mariano Ponce (Tikbalang/Kalipulako)
Learn about It!
Revolutionaries and Kalayaan writers

● Andres Bonifacio (May Pag-asa)
● Emilio Jacinto (Dimasilaw)
Both La Solidaridad and Kalayaan contributed to secular

writings during the period and ignited the desire of the
Filipinos to be free from Spain.
Learn about It!
Spanish Influences on Philippine Literature
● The first Filipino alphabet called baybayin was replaced by

the Roman alphabet.
● Religious practices became based on the teachings of
Christian doctrine.
● The Spanish language, which became the literary
language during this time, lent many of its words to our
language.
Learn about It!
Spanish Influences on Philippine Literature
● European legends and traditions brought here became

assimilated in our songs, corridos, and moro-moros.
● Ancient literature was collected and translated to Tagalog
and other dialects.
● Our periodicals during the Spanish colonization gained a
religious tone.
Learn about It!
The Development of Poetry

Learn about It!
ladino
● It is a bilingual poem with religious themes.
● It is characterized by alternating lines or
verses in Tagalog and Spanish.
Learn about It!
● In Spain, complimentary verses, usually a poem in sonnet

form, appeared in books to encourage people to read
them. In the Philippines, a book entitled Memorial de la vida
Cristiana en lengua Tagala (Guidelines for the Christian Life
in the Tagalog Language) by Fr. Francisco Blancas de San
Jose included a ladino or bilingual complimentary poem
written by Francisco Bagongbanta known by its first line
“Salamat nang walang hangga” (“Unending Thanks”).
Learn about It!
Types of Poetry during the Spanish Colonial Period
Pasyon
● It is a narrative poem about the passion,
death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
● It replaced the precolonial oral tradition that
the Filipino had since pasyon is recited in
churches.
Learn about It!

Awit
• The rhythm is slow and is usually
accompanied by a guitar or bandurya.
• It expresses adoration of the Blessed
Virgin Mary and platonic and courtly
love.
• A famous example of an awit is
Francisco Balagtas’s Florante at Laura
Learn about It!
Francisco Baltazar
● He is one of the famous poets of the
Spanish colonial period.
● He wrote the awit Florante at Laura, a
metaphor for the tyranny of the Spanish
colonizers.
● He is considered the master of traditional
Tagalog poetry.
Learn about It!

Korido
● It is another narrative poem that
consists of eight syllables per line
and four lines per stanza.
● It has a faster rhythm compared to
an awit.
● An example of a korido is Ibong
Adarna, which contains 1,722
stanzas and has five parts.
Learn about It!
Dalit
● It is a religious poem in honor of the
Blessed Virgin Mary.
Learn about It!
DALIT KAY MARIA
Matamis na Birhen Halina't at tayo'y Halina't at tayo'y
Pinaghahandugan mag- unahang lahat, mag-unahang lahat,
Kami'y nangangako magtaglay ng lalong magtaglay ng lalong
Naman pong mag – alay masamyong bulaklak, masamyong bulaklak,
Ng isang Guernalda at sa kay Maria at sa kay Maria

Bawat isang araw magkusang humarap, magkusang humarap,
Na ang magdudulog pagka't ina nating lubos pagka't ina nating lubos
Yaring Mga murang kamay ang paglingap, ang paglingap,
Tuhog na bulaklak Tuhog na bulaklak Tuhog na bulaklak

Sadyang salit- salit Sadyang salit-salit Sadyang salit-salit
Sa mahal mong noo'y Sa mahal mong noo'y Sa mahal mong noo'y
Aming ikakapit Aming ikakapit Aming ikakapit
Lubos ang pagasa't Lubos ang pagasa't Lubos ang pagasa't

Sa iyo'y nananalig Sa iyo'y nananalig Sa iyo'y nananalig
Na tatanggapin mo Na tatanggapin mo Na tatanggapin mo
Handog ng pag ibig Handog ng pag-ibig Handog ng pag-ibig
-
Learn about It!
FAMOUS EXAMPLES OF TEXTS WRITTEN DURING THIS
PERIOD
● MAHAL NA PASION NI JESU CRISTO

- “The Pasyon”
- by Gaspar de Aquino de Belen
● URBANA AT FELIZA
- written by Modesto de Castro
- exchange letters of two sisters

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Objectives

At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to do

1. What were your considerations in agreeing or disagreeing

The Spanish Colonial Period

● March 16, 1521 - when the

Spain had two motives in colonizing

Spain had two motives in colonizing the

● Ruy López de Villalobos - named the

Fray Juan de Plasencia

Fray Juan de Plasencia

● Spanish priests believed that stories about mythical creatures,

● The Spanish culture became highly noticeable in literature

● June 12, 1898 - General Emilio

Members of the Reform Movement and wrote for La

● Jose Rizal (Dimasalang/Laong Laan)

Revolutionaries and Kalayaan writers

Both La Solidaridad and Kalayaan contributed to secular

● The first Filipino alphabet called baybayin was replaced by

● European legends and traditions brought here became

The Development of Poetry

● In Spain, complimentary verses, usually a poem in sonnet

Types of Poetry during the Spanish Colonial Period

Types of Poetry during the Spanish Colonial Period

Types of Poetry during the Spanish Colonial Period

Types of Poetry during the Spanish Colonial Period

Ng isang Guernalda at sa kay Maria at sa kay Maria

Tuhog na bulaklak Tuhog na bulaklak Tuhog na bulaklak

Lubos ang pagasa't Lubos ang pagasa't Lubos ang pagasa't

● MAHAL NA PASION NI JESU CRISTO

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