A ppt discussion on Pre-colonial Literature (Myth) and text impression on The creation Story (Igorot)

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Pre-Colonial
to Philippine
Introduction
Literature

2. “How is literature and history connected?”
“How does literature embody a nation’s
culture, belief and traditions?
QUICK SPEAK
 Engage in “quick talks” to express
your thinking about this question.
 Each pair is given 2 minutes; A talks
for the first half and B talks for the
remaining half.

3. Watch the video about
Pre-colonial Philippine
culture. As you watch the
video, you are tasked to
write notes on important
terms that will help you
understand the context of
Pre-colonial Philippine
literature.
Use your notebook in
Literature.
BACKGROUND BUILDING
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You may write your notes
under the following headings:
 Early communities
 Social classes
 Government
 Courtship & Marriage
 Religious beliefs
 Superstitious beliefs
 Education and
economic life

4. WHAT IS LITERATURE?
It is a body of work, either
written, oral, or visual, containing
imaginative language that
realistically portrays thought,
emotions, and experiences of the
human condition.

5. Pre-colonial
-period of time before colonization
of a region or territory
Philippine Literature
-the literature associated with the Philippines
and includes the legends of prehistory, and
the colonial legacy of the Philippines
Pre-colonial Philippine Literature
-the literature of formative past of the
various groups of people who inhabited the
archipelago
-a literature of varying human interest
-reflection of early religious and cultural
beliefs of the ancient Filipinos
DEFINITION OF TERMS

6. CLASSIFICATIONS:
Pre-colonial Philippine literature
may be classified into :
floating or oral
written literature

7. to trace our rich heritage of
ideas which were handed
down to us from our
forefathers
to better appreciate our
cultural heritage
to understand that we have
noble traditions which can
serve as the means to
assimilate other cultures
WHY DO WE NEED TO STUDY PHILIPPINE
LITERATURE?

8. CHARACTERISTICS OF
PRE-COLONIAL PHILIPPINE LITERATURE
 songs, dance and the drama
probably developed simultaneously
 most of the pre-colonial dramas
were held in the sambahan or
places of worship
 various subjects including love,
war, legends, the memory of the
deceased, and war heroes were
dealt with using narratives
 stories are communally owned

9. geography/physical
environments
ideals
experiences in nature
the social and economic
organization of people
religion
human activities
human behaviors
COMMON THEMES OF PRE-COLONIAL TEXTS
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10. PRE-COLONIAL TEXTS
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POETRY
bugtong (riddle)
sabi (maxim)
sawikain (saying)
talindaw (boat songs)
diyuna (song of revelry)
kumintang (war song which
evolved into a love song)
hiliraw (war songs)
uyayi and hele (lullabies)
epiko (epics)
PROSE NARRATIVES
Folk tales or folk
narratives
mito (myth)
alamat (legend)
pabula (fables)

11.  myths form an important genre of folk literature
 are sacred narrative explaining how the world
and man came to be in their present form
 Philippine myths show that ancient Filipinos
believed in one supreme god and in a number of
lesser gods and goddesses
MYTHS
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12.  in the society in which they are
told, myths are considered to be truthful accounts of
what happened in the remote past
myths are the embodiment of dogma
main characters are not usually human beings, but
they often have human attributes; they are animals,
deities, cultural heroes, whose actions are set in an
earlier world.
MYTHS
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13. Examples:
The Creation (Luzon)
The First Clouds (Visayan)
How the World Began
(Mindanao)
PHILIPPINE MYTHS
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14. ESSENTIAL QUESTION
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“How does literature embody a
nation’s culture, belief and
traditions?

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16.  In what kind of terrain do Igorots live?
 Did this terrain affect their way of living? How?
 Describe the Igorots way of living.
 Did their way of living influence the way they dress up? What makes you
say so?
 What kind of religion do Igorots have?
 How do they practice their faith/spiritual beliefs?
 Did their isolation help in preserving the culture of the Igorots? Why or
why not?
 How did literature help the Igorots preserve their culture and religion?
TEXT IMPRESSION
ULALIM: THE STORY OF THE CORDILLERAS
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17. Fill in the blanks:
1. Reeds are ________________. The word reed functions as a/an __________. It has the same
meaning as _____________. It can be used in a sentence such as
_____________________________________________.
2. The word inhabitant means___________________ and functions as a ______________ in the
sentence ______________________________________. It has the same meaning as the words
______________________ but is the opposite of _____________.
3. The word molding is a _______________ it means ________________. In the sentence
_____________________________________ it has the same meaning as ________________________.
VOCABULARY WORDS
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18. What was the beginning of the earth like
according to the story?
RECALL
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19. Why did Lumawig put the reeds into pairs?
What could have prompted Lumawig to place the reeds
in different places?
Before the reeds turned to humans, what gift did
Lumawig give them?
Why was it necessary to create human beings?
What was Lumawig’s purpose in asking the men and
women to marry?
How did Lumawig help the people to live?
Why was Lumawig called the Great Spirit?
COMPREHEND
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20. What is your impression about the people of Mayinint?
The people of Bontoc? The people of Samoki?
What incidents gave you these impressions?
Do you find the story credible? Why or why not?
INTERPRET
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21. CLASSIFICATION
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Filipino myths can be classified under the following
headings:
The Gods and the
Creation of the
World
Establishment of
Natural Order
Origin of Water
Features
Early Conception
of the Universe
Origin of Man
Origin of Land
Features
The Great Flood
Relationship
between Gods and
Men
Origin of Animals
The Sun, Moon,
and Stars
Acquisition of
Culture/Origin of
the Fire
Origin of Plants

22. Who was Apo Lakan?
Why did Apo Lakan carved the image of the rice God
Bul-ul?
Why were flatlands a scarcity for Apo Lakan and his
people?
How did the rice god communicate to Apo Lakan?
What was the dream all about?
HOW THE BANAUE RICE
TERRACES CAME TO BE

23. Why was the dream relevant in the story?
What did the stairs symbolize?
Does this narrative reflect the culture and way of living of
the Filipinos in the Cordilleras? Explain your answer.
What values did the early Filipinos in the Cordillera teach
us through this narrative?
What other stories you know that made use of a dream
sequence.
HOW THE BANAUE RICE
TERRACES CAME TO BE

24. What do these stories have in common?
Which value/s do you find in the stories that are still relevant in
today’s society?
What does this value/do these values say about the early
Philippine culture?
Which value/s do you think are no longer present or valued in
today’s society?
What factors could have caused the loss of such value/s?
What does this lack of value say about Philippine culture today?
GUIDE QUESTIONS: