21 st Century Literature from the Philippines Prepared by: Casandra June Velasco
Pre-Colonial Philippine Literature Literature from this period were passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth -depict people’s livelihood, customs and traditions
Literary genres: - riddles - legends - stories - fables - folk sayings - myths proverbs lullabies Pre-Colonial Philippine Literature
Pre-Colonial Philippine Literature Proverbs Tagalog kasabihan Ilongo humbaton / hurobaton Cebuano Panultihon / pagya Pampango kasebian Bukidnon Basahanan Panay daragilon / daraida Kung may tinanim , may aanihin . Your future will be the result of your actions today. Plan ahead. Pagkahaba-haba man daw ng prusisyon , sa simbahan din ang tuloy . Some things are inevitable. This proverb specifically refers to a couple that seems destined to marry, even if it takes a long time.
Pre-Colonial Philippine Literature Epic Maranao darangen Manobo ulahingan Subanon guman Ifugao hudhud Popular examples: Biag ni Lam-ang (Ilocano epic) Kabunlan and Bendian ( Ibaloy epic) Kumintang (Tagalog epic) Kudaman (Palawan epic) Maragtas at Hinilawod (Panay-Bisaya epic) Tuwaang Midsakop (Manobo epic) Hari sa Bukit (Negros Bisaya) Darangen (Mindanao epic) Bantugan (Muslim epic) Hudhod at Alim (Ifugao epic)
Pre-Colonial Philippine Literature Shorter forms of fiction: myths legends fables Myths - explain how the world was created Legends - explain origins of things in the universe based in real life instances Legends gintunan ( Kinaray -a and Ilongo ) sarita (Ilocano) istorya (Pangasinan) Fables short tales that uses animals as characters meant to teach lessons
Pre-Colonial Philippine Literature badeng (Ilocano) mandata (Manobo and Bukidnon) ye dayon (Bilaan) Lullabies - sung to put infants at ease or asleep oyayi (Tagalog) andang (Aeta) soliranin - song for rowing mambayu - pounding rice mannamili - making pots manganinay - hunting bees tagay - drinking
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Identification 1. These existed for the sake of putting infants at ease.
Identification 2. These are short tales that use animals as characters and are meant to teach lessons.
Identification 3. These served to explain how the world is created.
Provide the popular examples of the following: 4. Ifugao epic: ______ 5. Negros Bisaya epic: ______
Provide the popular examples of the following: 6. Manobo epic: _____ 7. Tagalog epic: _____
Identify the terms for Legend in each region/group 8. Pangasinan: _____ 9. Ilocano: ______ 10. Ilongo : ______
Identify the terms for Legend in each region/group 8. Pangasinan: _____ 9. Ilocano: ______ 10. Ilongo : ______
Identify the following 11. A song for rowing among the Tagalogs.
Identify the following 12. A song for hunting bees among the Manobos .
Identify the following 13. A song for drinking among the Warays .
Identify the following 14. A song for pounding rice in Kalinga.
Identify the following 1 5 . A song for making pots by the Ilocanos.