The document outlines 5 periods of Philippine literary history: 1) The pre-colonial period featured riddles. 2) During Spanish colonization, folk songs like Tibag and Lagaylay emerged. 3) Short stories developed as a genre in the American colonial era, including works by Maximo Kalaw and Manuel Arguilla. 4) Haiku poetry arose under Japanese occupation. 5) The contemporary period is represented by Tula poems on various themes.

1. Steve Roland Cabra 10/14/2022
Grade XI
Period of the Philippine Literary History
1. Pre-colonial Period - Riddles
 A deep well full of knives – Mouth
 It dies every day, then lives every year – Calendar
 Just within range of sight, yet unreachable – Sky
 Here is Katoto, carrying a nipa-hut on his back – Turtle
 Two bodies with ribs, exposed – Ladder
2. Spanish Colonization Period – Folk Songs
 Tibag
 Lagaylay
 Cenakulo
 Zarzuela
 Moro-Moro
3. American Colonization Period – Short Story
 Filipino Rebel by Maximo Kalaw
 His Native Soil by Juan C. Laya
 “How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife” by Manuel Arguilla
 Filipino Poetry by Rodolfo Dato
 “Children of the Ash Covered Loam,” by N.V. M. Gonzales
4. Japanese Colonial Period – Haiku
 Dapat Tapat (Must be Honest)
 Tutubi (Dragonfly)
 Lahat ng Oras (All the Time)
 Anyaya (Invitiation)
 Tunay (Real)
5. Contemporary/Modern Period – Tula
 Bulag ka, Juan
 Ang Aking Pangarap
 Silang Mapapalad
 Kuntento
 Katarungan