VARIOUS DIMENSIONS OF THE LITERARY FORMS IN PHILIPPINE LITERATURE

PRECOLONIAL TO CONTEMPORARY. VARIOUS DIMENSIONS OF THE LITERARY FORMS IN PHILIPPINE LITERATURE.

The diversity and richness of Philippine literature evolved side by side with the country's history. This can best be appreciated in the context of the country's pre-colonial cultural traditions and the socio-political histories of its colonial and contemporary traditions..

01. showcase a rich past through their folk speeches, folk songs, folk narratives and indigenous rituals and mimetic dances.

PRE COLONIAL.

Pre-colonial inhabitants of our islands showcase a rich past through their folk speeches, folk songs, folk narratives and indigenous rituals and mimetic dances that affirm our ties with our Southeast Asian neighbors..

most seminal folk speeches is the riddle which is tigmo in Cebuano, bugtong in Tagalog paktakon in Ilongo patototdon in Bicol..

PROVERBS OR APHORISMS. express norms or codes of behavior by offering nuggets of rhyming verse..

Basahanon - extended didactic sayings from Bukidnon Daraida and daragilon -from Panay. Tanaga , a mono-riming heptasyllabic quatrain expressing insights and lessons on life.

kissa among the Tausug of Mindanao parang sabil - Muslim hero who seeks death at the hands of non-Muslims..

SPANISH.

While it is true that Spain subjugated the Philippines for more mundane reasons, this former European power contributed much in the shaping and recording of our literature..

religious prose and poetry. secular prose and poetry.

RELIGIOUS POETRY 1. Fernando Bagonbanta's "Salamat nang walang hanga /gracias de sin sempiternas " (Unending thanks) is a fine example that is found in the Memorial de la vida cristiana en lengua tagala (Guidelines for the Christian life in the Tagalog language) published in 1605. 2. dalit appended to novenas and catechisms. It has no fixed meter nor rime scheme although a number are written in octosyllabic quatrains and have a solemn tone and spiritual subject matter. 3. pasyon in octosyllabic quintillas that became entrenched in the Filipino's commemoration of Christ's agony and resurrection at Calvary. Gaspar Aquino de Belen's "Ang Mahal na Passion ni Jesu Christong Panginoon natin na tola" (Holy Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Verse) put out in 1704 is the country's earliest known pasyon . PROSE NARRATIVES 1. dialogo (dialogue) 2. Manual de Urbanidad (conduct book) 3. ejemplo (exemplum) and tratado ( tratado ) 4. Modesto de Castro's " Pagsusulatan ng Dalawang Binibini na si Urbana at si Feliza " (Correspondence between the Two Maidens Urbana and Feliza ) in 1864 5. Joaquin Tuason's "Ang Bagong Robinson" (The New Robinson).

Secular Lyrics The conventions of a romantic tradition: the languishing but loyal lover, the elusive, often heartless beloved, the rival. The leading poets were Jose Corazon de Jesus ( Huseng Sisiw ) and Francisco Balagtas Secular Poetry The awit is set in dodecasyllabic quatrains The korido is in octosyllabic quatrains. Ibong Adarna ( Adarna Bird) Florante at Laura - the most famous of the country's metrical romances..

But the introduction of English as medium of instruction in the Philippines hastened the demise of Spanish so that by the 1930s, English writing had overtaken Spanish writing. During the language's death throes, however, writing in the romantic tradition, from the awit and korido , would continue in the novels of Magdalena Jalandoni . But patriotic writing continued under the new colonialists. These appeared in the vernacular poems and modern adaptations of works during the Spanish period and which further maintained the Spanish tradition..

AMERICAN.

A new set of colonizers brought about new changes in Philippine literature..

The novel in the vernaculars continued to be written and serialized in weekly magazines like Liwayway , Bisaya, Hiligaynon and Bannawag . Among those who wrote criticism developed during the American period were Ignacio Manlapaz , Leopoldo Yabes and I.V. Mallari. But it was Salvador P. Lopez's criticism that grabbed attention when he won the Commonwealth Literay Award for the essay in 1940 with his "Literature and Society." This essay posited that art must have substance and that Villa's adherence to "Art for Art's Sake" is decadent. The last throes of American colonialism saw the flourishing of Philippine literature in English at the same time, with the introduction of the New Critical aesthetics, made writers pay close attention to craft and "indirectly engendered a disparaging attitude" towards vernacular writings -- a tension that would recur in the contemporary period..

New literary forms such as free verse [in poetry], the modern short story and the critical essay were introduced. American influence was deeply entrenched with the firm establishment of English as the medium of instruction in all schools and with literary modernism that highlighted the writer's individuality and cultivated consciousness of craft, sometimes at the expense of social consciousness..

CONTEMPORA RY.

Filipino writers continue to write poetry, short stories, novellas, novels and essays whether these are socially committed, gender/ethnic related or are personal in intention or not..

30%. 70%. 50%. American Period. Of course the Filipino writer has become more conscious of his art with the proliferation of writers workshops here and abroad and the bulk of literature available to him via the mass media including the internet. The various literary awards such as the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the Philippines Free Press, Philippine Graphic, Home Life and Panorama literary awards encourage him to compete with his peers and hope that his creative efforts will be rewarded in the long run..

Merci. With the new requirement by the Commission on Higher Education of teaching of Philippine Literature in all tertiary schools in the country emphasizing the teaching of the vernacular literature or literatures of the regions, the audience for Filipino writers is virtually assured. And, perhaps, a national literature finding its niche among the literatures of the world will not be far behind..

ACTITIVITY TIME!. Group yourselves into 5 members. Make a script to make a radio drama through listening from a radio station on how to deliver the act. You can choose 1 among Lullabies, Poetries, Narratives, Stories and more along with the assigned Era given to you. Everyone is expected to do their part in the script and deliver the piece clearly. You can also do a play or a dialogue depends on your creative way. Some literary piece and plays evolved from era to era so you will be engaged in a performance where you will show how those colonizers influenced English literature..

Thank you.

Juliet Oreta Karyl Anjao Julius Gumban Alkesian Serra Ma. Shaila Vingco Grantkhiel Angeles.

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