- This existed before the Spanish occupation in the 1500s.
- It is oral in nature and is full of lessons and ideas about life, its blessings, and its consequences.
PHILIPPINE LITERATURE
PRE-COLONIAL (-BC TO 1564)
A. Characteristics
1. Based on oral traditions
2. Crude on ideology and phraseology
B. Literary Forms
1. Oral Literature
a. Riddles (bugtong)-battle of wits among participants tigmo-Cebu paktakon-llonggo patotdon-Bicol
b. Proverbs (salawikain) -wise saying that contain a metaphor used to teach food for thought.
c. Tanaga-a mono-riming heptasyllabic quatrain expressing insights and lessons on life is "more emotionally charged than the terse proverb and thus has affinities with the folk lyric".
2. Folk Songs-a form of fold lyric which expresses the hopes and aspirations, the people's lifestyles as well as their loves. These are often repetitive and sonorous, didactic and naïve.
a. Hele or oyayi-lullaby
b. Ambahan (Mangyan) -7-syllable per line oen that are about human relationships and social entertainment.
c. Kalusan (Ivatan) -work songs that depict the livelihood of the people
d. Tagay (Cebuano and Waray) -drinking song
e. Kanogan (Cebuano)-song of lamentation for the dead
3. Folk Tales
a. Myths-explain how the world was created, how certain animals possess certain characteristics, why some places have waterfalls, volcanoes, mountains, flora or fauna.
b. Legends-explain the origin of things
c. Fables-used an animal characters and allegory
d. Fantastic Stories-deal with underworld characters such as "tiyanak" "aswang" "kapre" and others.
4. Epics-these are narratives of sustained legth based on oral tradition revolving around supernatural events or heroic deeds.
Answers & Comments
BC-1564
- The Pre-Colonial Period
- This existed before the Spanish occupation in the 1500s.
- It is oral in nature and is full of lessons and ideas about life, its blessings, and its consequences.
PHILIPPINE LITERATURE
PRE-COLONIAL (-BC TO 1564)
A. Characteristics
1. Based on oral traditions
2. Crude on ideology and phraseology
B. Literary Forms
1. Oral Literature
a. Riddles (bugtong)-battle of wits among participants tigmo-Cebu paktakon-llonggo patotdon-Bicol
b. Proverbs (salawikain) -wise saying that contain a metaphor used to teach food for thought.
c. Tanaga-a mono-riming heptasyllabic quatrain expressing insights and lessons on life is "more emotionally charged than the terse proverb and thus has affinities with the folk lyric".
2. Folk Songs-a form of fold lyric which expresses the hopes and aspirations, the people's lifestyles as well as their loves. These are often repetitive and sonorous, didactic and naïve.
a. Hele or oyayi-lullaby
b. Ambahan (Mangyan) -7-syllable per line oen that are about human relationships and social entertainment.
c. Kalusan (Ivatan) -work songs that depict the livelihood of the people
d. Tagay (Cebuano and Waray) -drinking song
e. Kanogan (Cebuano)-song of lamentation for the dead
3. Folk Tales
a. Myths-explain how the world was created, how certain animals possess certain characteristics, why some places have waterfalls, volcanoes, mountains, flora or fauna.
b. Legends-explain the origin of things
c. Fables-used an animal characters and allegory
d. Fantastic Stories-deal with underworld characters such as "tiyanak" "aswang" "kapre" and others.
4. Epics-these are narratives of sustained legth based on oral tradition revolving around supernatural events or heroic deeds.