4. What is Literature?
THOUGHT, EMOTIONS,
AND
EXPERIENCES OF THE
HUMAN CONDITION.
It is a body of work, either
written, oral, or visual, containing
imaginative language that
realistically portrays
5. What is Literature?
• is a product of particular culture that
concretizes man’s array of
values, emotions, actions and ideas. It is
therefore a creation of human experiences that
tells about people and their world.
7. IMPORTANCE OF
LITERATURE
•Studying literature is like looking
at the mirror of life where man’s
experiences, his innermost
feelings and thoughts are
reflected.
•Through literature, we learn the
culture of people across time
and space.
10. •To trace our rich heritage of ideas and
handed down to us from our forefathers.
•For appreciation of our heritage.
•To understand that we have noble traditions
which can serve as the means to assimilate
other cultures.
12. LITERATURE AND HISTORY
•Literature and history are closely interrelated.
•In discovering history of a race, a country, we
basically understand their own culture and
traditions, hence the written customs and
traditions of a country, the dreams and
aspirations of its people is called Literature.
•History can also be written down and this
too, is literature. History therefore is an
integral part of literature.
13. ERIODS OF PHILIPPINE LITERATURE
1. Pre-Colonial Period
The first period of the Philippine literary history is
the longest. Long time before the Spaniards came and
other foreigners landed on Philippine shores, our
forefathers already had their own literature stamped in
the history of our race.
14. LITERARY FORMS
a. Folk Speeches/riddles
• - these refer to the dialect, or style of
speaking, unique to people living within a
geographic area.
• -these are “bugtong” in Tagalog and
“burburti/burburtia” in Ilocano.
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18. B. FOLK SONGS
• - a song originating among the people of a country
or area, passed by oral tradition from one singer to
the next.
• Ex: Leron, Leron Sinta, Paru-Parong Bukid,
Magtanim Ay Di Biro
19. • c. Folk Narratives- These are stories handed down from
the remote areas passed by words of mouth from one
generation to another, reflecting the people’s tradition,
feelings, beliefs, and judgments.
• Ex. The Monkey and The Turtle by Jose P. Rizal
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21. •d. Indigenous Rituals
• -these are place-based, in relationship
with the natural world, which draw together
past, present, future into a space in which
personal and collective transformations
occur.
22. • e. Mimetic dance
• -this is a type of dance that imitates nature; it
mimics the behavior of animals and natural
phenomena.
• Ex: The Monkey dance, The Bee dance, The Lover’s
dance, and the battle dance.
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24. • - these are known to be “salawikain,” with the
additional connotation of wisdom being passed
down from our ancestors
f. Proverbs/ Aphorisms
25. G. FOLK TALE
•-this is characteristically anonymous, timeless,
and placeless tale circulated orally among
people.
• The Monkey and the Turtle is a perfect example of folktale short story
written by Philippine national hero Jose Rizal.
• The Sun and The Moon
26. H. FABLE
• -this features animal characters or inanimate
objects that behave like people.
• Ex: The Ape and The Firefly
27. I. LEGEND
• - This is presented as history but it is unlikely to
be true.
28. J. MYTH
• - This is told to explain a belief, a practice, or a
natural phenomenon.
29. K. EPIC
• -this narrative poem celebrates the adventures
and achievements of a hero.
