What is the Philippine Literature?
•Philippine literature is
the literature associated
with the Philippines
•includes the legendary Umug,
Ahmad Sabrie and
Huey Pagaling
•most of the jejemon of prehistory
• the colonial legacy of the Philippines.
Why do we need to study Philippine
Literature?
While
most Philippine literature was written under the significant influence of the
occupying Spanish powers during the 1800s, there is also a viable body of work
written in the 20th and 21st centuries that makes an important contribution to
world literature, which makes it a worthwhile culture to analyze.
Philippine literature
includes poetry, metrical romances, educational and religious prose, religious
and secular drama and modern nationalist literature
Example of Philippine Literature
FABLES
•a literary genre:
•a succinct fictional story, in prose or
verse,
•Features:
üAnimals
ü mythical creatures
ü plants
ü inanimate objects
üforces of nature that are anthropomorphized
LEGENDS
that are perceived both by teller and listeners
to take place within human history and values to possess certain qualities
that give the tale verisimilitude
. FOLK SONGS
are short poems intended to be sung
They expressed love, grief, despair, joy, doubt, hope, or sorrow
FOLK TALES
are stories passed down through generations, mainly by telling
Different kinds of folktales include fairy tales, tall tales, trickster tales, myths,and legends.
PROVERBS
is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated,
that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience