7. Kundiman
Ito ay ang awit ng pag-ibig.
Talindaw
Ito ay ang awit sa pamamangka.
Oyayi o Hele o Duayya
Ito ay ang awit sa pagpapatulog ng bata.
Diona
Ito ay ang awit sa kasal.
Soliranin o Suliranin
Ito ay ang awit sa paggaod habang namamangka o sa mga
manggagawa.
8. Dalit o Imno o Himno
Ito ay ang awit sa diyos-diyosan ng mga Bisaya Oyayo o kaya
naman sa pagsamba.
Dung-aw
Ito ay ang awit sa patay o pagdadalamhati ng mga Ilokano.
Rawitdawit
Ito ay ang awit ng mga lasing.
Sambotani
Ito ay ang awit ng pagtatagumpay.
9. Maluway
Ito ay ang awit sa sama-samang paggawa
Kutang-kutang
Ito ay ang awiting panlansangan.
Pananapatan
Ito ay ang panghaharana sa Tagalog.
Balitaw
Ito ay ang panghaharana sa Bisaya
Pangangaluwa
Ito ay ang awit sa araw ng mga patay ng mga Tagalog.
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29. WHAT IS LITERATURE?
It is defined as written works which deal with themes of permanent and
universal interest, characterized by creativeness and grace of
expressions such as poetry, fiction, essay, and etc.
30. THEORIES OF LITERATURE
IT IS INITIATIVE. It is believed in the study of
literary background that writers follow
the examples of other authors before
they arrive at their own original works.
IT IS REPRESENTATIVE. Any
literary work is a substitute for
reality.
IT IS APPRECIATIVE. Literature
gives us bigger view of life.
IT IS SYMBOLIC. Literature is
scattered in other meanings.
32. Classifications of Literature
PROSE. Speech or writing without metrical structure.
POETRY. The art by which a poet projects feeling and
experience on an imaginative plane, in rhythmical words, to
stir the imagination and the emotions.
NARRATIVE. An orderly, continuous account of an
event or series of event
DRAMATIC. Of, connected with, or like the drama;
expecially involving conflict.
PLAY. A dramatic composition, also a dramatic
representation, especially a public theatrical exhibition.
MELODRAMA. Originally, a drama with a
romantic story of or plot, sensational incidents, and usually
including some music and song.
EPIC. A poem or other literary work usually with a happy
ending.
TRAGEDY. A form of drama in which the protagonist,
having some quality of greatness, comes to disaster through
some flaw in him brings about his inevitable downfall or death,
the action being managed in a way to produce pity and fear in
the spectator and to effect a catharsis of these feelings.
LYRIC. Characterizing verse expressing the poet’s
personal emotions or sentiments.
33. Classifications of Literature
ODE. In classical prosody, a lyric poem intended is to be
sung or chanted composed of an octave and a sestet
properly expressing two successive phases of a single
thought or sentiment.
ELEGY. In funeral song, a meditative poem with a
sorrowful theme.
SONG. The rendering of vocal music; a musical
composition for the voice or several voices.
EXPOSITORY. Conveying, containing, or
pertaining to exposition.
SHORT STORY. A type of prose fiction differing
from the novel especially in the matter of length.
NOVEL. A fictional prose narrative of considerable
length, representing characters and events as if in real life by a
plot or scheme.
FOLKTALES. Explain ancient people’s origins,
cultures, their beliefs and traditions.
LEGENDS. Pure narratives which tell of the origin of a
place, a person, or object.
MYTHS. Sacred narratives which explain how the world
and men came to be in the present form.
35. PROSE
Speech or writing without
metrical structure
expository narrative dramatic
LETTER SHORT STORY
NOVEL
ESSAY
BIJOURNAL
PLAY
MELODRAMA
COMEDY
TRAGEDY
40. REGION 1
Nalpay a Namnama (Leona Florentino)
Bagong Pag-asa (Isagani R. Cruz)
Pamulinawen (Traditional)
My Father Goes to Court (Carlos Bulosan)
Graduation (F. Sionil Jose)
46. REGION 5
Poetry: To the Man I Married (A.M. Gloria)
Querida (A. Gloria)
Revolt from Hymen (A. Gloria)
In Defense of Poets (A. Gloria)
Folktale: The Ignorant Poor Man and the Priest
Himala (excerpts from the movie Script by R. Lee)
53. ARMM
The Quarrel Between the East and the West Bachelors
Twin Adventures of Kudarat and Sulaiman
54. Region 12 and 13 (CARAGA)
North Cotabato: Myth and Legend
Legend of the Rio Grande in North Cotabato
Twas Brillig (Leoncio P. Deriada)
Ako’y Nanaginip (Joey Ayala)
Tala ng Buhay
Susa
Paalam Na
Bituin sa Lupa
Malayang Ani
Ilog
Magkabilaan ang Mundo
Editor's Notes
ARTISTRY – a quality which appeals to our sense of beauty.
INTELLECTUAL BEAUTY – literary pieces must stimulate thought.
SUGGESTIVENESS – makes us feel deeply and stir our feelings and imagination
SPIRITUAL VALUE – elevate the spirit by bringing out moral values
PERMANENCE – endures and can be read again
UNIVERSALITY – timeless, timely – it appeals to everyone
STYLE – writer sees life, forms his ideas and expresses them.
