Answer:

1. explain in three (3) sentences why literature is considered as the story of a man?

• The cornerstone of humanity's civilizations, beliefs, and customs is literature. It functions as a mirror of reality, a work of art, and a doorway into an idea. Literature, whether poetry or prose, brings insight, knowledge, wisdom, and emotion to the person who reads it completely.

2.how did philippine literature develop from ancient time to present?

• Philippine literature evolved across time, including the Spanish colonial period, the American period, the Republic, and the Contemporary Period. Philippine literature encompasses a variety of literary approaches that have evolved over time.

3. make a graphical timeline in a whole sheet of paper focusing on how the literatures for each literary period (from pre-colonial to contemporary) proliferated?

PHILIPPINE LITERARY HISTORY

PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD

• BC - 1564
• BC - 1564
• The pre-colonial period
• Historical Background

It happened before Spaniards claimed the Philippines in 1565.

• The pre-colonial Philippine archipelago was home to numerous kingdoms and sultanates.

The society was organized in strict social classes, such as Datu, Maginoo, Maharlika, Timawa, and Alipin.

• The items much prized in the islands included jars, which were a symbol of wealth throughout South Asia, and later metal, salt and tobacco. In exchange, the people would trade feathers, rhino horns, horn bill beaks, beeswax, bird's-nests, resin, and rattan.
• Works of literature were oral in nature—literature that has been passed on by word of mouth.
• Subjects of literary works were about life, its blessings, and its consequences; contained ideas from birth to the grave.
• Its oral characteristic have the possibility for many alterations.
• Many Filipinos still admired pre-colonial literature despite of its many alterations.
• The living sources of pre-colonial literature were the local native town folk.
• Baybayin was the oldest writing system.