L1: Philippine Literary History from Regions

• Imagery

  • Is a poetic elements that tries to create a picture in the mind of the reader.
• Poetry

  • is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning, sound and rhythmic language choices to evoke an emotional
• Manga

  • It is used in the English-speaking world as a generic term for all comic books and graphics.
• Manga

  • Japanese word for comics
• Text-talk Novels

  • Blogs, email and IM format narratives
• Chick lit or Chick literature

  • Is genre fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood, often humorously and light-heartedly.
• Blog

  • containing short articles called posts that are changed regularly.
• PRE-SPANISH LITERATURE IS CHARACTERIZED BY:

  1. Legends
  2. Folk Tales
• Legends

  • are form of prose with common theme of the origin about a thing, place, location or name.
• Folk Tales

  • are made up of stories about life, adventure, love, horror and humour where one can derive lessons about life.
• Folk Songs

  • are one of the oldest forms of Philippine literature that emerged in the Pre-Spanish period.
  • example: Ang Oyayi o Hele
• Chants

  • Used in witchcraft or enchantment.
• Chants

  • Example: “Tabi, tabi po Ingkong, makikiraan po lamang.”
• Cenaculo

  • a dramatic performance to re-enact the passion and death of Jesus Christ.
• Panunuluyan

  • Is a reenactment of Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph in search of an inn to deliver the baby Jesus.
• Period of Enlightenment

  • Filipino intellectuals educated in Europe called ilustrados began to write about the hitch of colonization.
• Graciano Lopez Jaena

  • La Hija Del Fraile (The Child of the Friar)
• Period of Activism

  • According to Pociano Pineda, youth activism in 1970-72 was due to domestic and worldwide causes. Because of the ills of society, the youth moved to seek reforms.
• Haiku

  • a poem of free verse that the Japanese like. It was made up of 17 syllables divided into three lines (5-7-5)
• Tanaga

  • 4 lines with 7 syllables each with the same rhyme at the end of each line.
• Ilocos poem "Gabu" by Carlos Angeles is about comparison of a sea to a persons life implicitly talking about restlessness
• Mindanao and Visayan literature is limited because of lack of support from bigger publishing houses and the government.
• Filipino Values

  1. Optimism
  2. Love of family
  3. Love of country,
  4. Bayanihan
• Republic Cultural Heritage Award

  • Carlos Angeles’s award