 Your Sad

 Group into 2
 Portray a Lotto-winning scenario
 You walk in a high shaky balance beam
 Group into 5
 Portray a wedding scenario in a cliff where strong
winds blow
 You are a dragon flying while blowing a fire
 21st century literature in relation to the literature of other regions in various genres
and forms in consideration of various dimensions of Philippine literary history from pre-colonial
to contemporary;
1. Classify the literary pieces according to their
respective eras
2. Characterize the interconnectedness of history and
literature through comparison of texts and the
context they were written.
3. Arrange the literary works in a chronological order.
4. Present a tableau showing a certain era's
characteristics.
 Group
 Stanza assignment:
 Assign: A narrator, actors
 Prepare: 5 minutes
 Action!
Pre-colonial
 Includes 5 senses
 Visually descriptive or uses figurative languages
 “true literature is a
piece of written work
which is undying. It
expresses the feelings
and emotions
Latin word of people
“litera”
in response to his
which
everydaymeans letter.
efforts to live,
to be happy in his
environment and, after
struggles, to reach his
Creator.”
 The Philippine
“true literature is a
piece of written
literature is work
the
which is undying. It
literature
expresses the feelings
associated
and emotions ofwith
people
Philippines
in response towhich
his
everyday efforts
includes to live,
the
to be happy in his
legends of
environment and, after
prehistory, and the
struggles, to reach his
colonial legends.
Creator.”
 Pre-colonial
 Colonial
 Spaniards
 https://www.slideshare.net/RojEusala/spanish-period-philippine-
literature
 Japanese
 American
 https://www.slideshare.net/thelma_villaflores/literature-during-the-
american-period
 Contemporary
 Martial Law
 Before the arrival of Spaniards
 Poetry
 Sprang from the sources close to the
personal relationships, social
institutions, religious, and political
organizations of the ancient Filipinos.
 Poetry
 Composed and sung collectively
 Pedro Alejandro Paterno
 Spanish Priest and Historian
 Ancestors sang while they where sailing,
tending the fields, feasting and
mourning the dead
 Poetry
 To maintain the tempo of the
verses
 Gongs
 Kulintang
 ••Wise
Battle Sayings
Used toofask
witsforamong the
permission
Category of Poetry •participants
or forgiveness
Expresses insights
to the
and
 Riddle • Narratives
Tagalog: of sustained
otherworldly
lessons in life creatures
length
A
••• form
Gaano
based
Pampango:of man
folk onang
lyric
oral
tibay
whichng
 Proverb/Maxim such as “lamang-lupa” and
tradition
expresses
• piling abaka,
revolving
the mikaluguran
Adua lang hopes
ay wala
and
“dwende”
 Whisper around
aspirations,
ring supernatural
lakas
Tagalan
• Tagalog:
the
kapag
nong people’s
nag-
tagalan
 Folk Songs events
lifestyles,
• iisa.
Two or heroic
as welldeeds
friends as their
“Tabi-tabi po ingkong,
loved
• However
Inones sturdy
an endless the
 Tanaga makikiraan pochase
abaca is, it is weak
lamang.”
 Epic when it is alone.
 Narrated
 The early attempt of the ancient Filipino to explain
physical forces and divine power lead to their gods and
demi gods, and spirits who are supposed to direct to
their fortune and destiny
 Emerged from the belief of the native spirits
 • Deals with
 Myth • Explains how the world
underworld
was created, how certain
 Legend
Explains
• animals
characters thesuch
 Fable Used animal
• characteristics,
possess certain
origins
as of
“tiyanak”,
why some
 Fantastic Story
characters
places have waterfalls,
things
volcanoes,
“aswang”, mountains
flora or fauna
“kapre”, etc.
 Simple and crude in nature
 No formal setting, no formal costume, no plot
 Laughter and entertainment
Two Category
 Dance
 Ritual
 Mariang
Makiling
Colonial Era
Literary Period Geographic Linguistic Ethnic
Pre-colonial
Colonial Philippine literary history
literary period Geographic Linguistic Ethnic
Contemporary Pre-colonial
Colonial
Contemporary
 http://www.ayalamuseum.org/wp-
content/uploads/2014/07/ex-triumph1.jpg
 Hannah Faye. (June 28, 2017). Philippine Literature
During the Pre-Colonial Period. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MhR0jQnaME&t
=51s