6. •Stories as explanation of
phenomena and things
•Means to teach values and lessons
to the young
•Oral literature
7. Early forms of Philippine literature
•Proverbs
•Riddles
•Folksongs
•Epics
•Folktales/folklores
8. practical observations
and philosophy of
everyday life
Pro-
verbs demand answers and are used to
test the wits of those who are
listening to them. Also called as
Bugtong.
Riddles informal
expressions of
our ancestors’
experiences in
life
Folk-
songs origin for certain
places, their
names, and their
creation.
Tale
s poems about a
hero and his
adventures and
misadventures
Epics
9. Does literature make the
identity or is it the
identity that makes the
literature?
15. Corrido
• narrative form that details
the lives of saints or the
history of a tradition
Awit
• a chivalric poem about a
hero
Pasyon
• narrative poem about the
life of Jesus Christ
Cenaculo
• dramatization of the
passion of Christ
Moro-moro
• blood-and-thunder
melodrama depicting the
conflict of Christians and
Muslims
Carillo
• a play that uses shadows
Tibag
• dramatic re-enactment of
St. Helena’s search for the
Holy Cross
Duplo or Karagatan
• native dramas that are
connected to Catholic
mourning rituals and
harvest celebrations
Zarzuela
• musical comedies or
melodramas that deal with
the elemental passions of
human beings
16. Tatlong Pangkat ng Dula
+ Dulang Pantanghalan – itininatanghal sa entablado gaya ng
senakulo, sarsuwela, opera, at moro- moro
+ Dulang Panglansangan – sa dulang ito hindi gumagamit ng
entablado ang mga nagtatanghal. Halimbawa nito ay tibag at
panunuluyan
+ Dulang pambahay – ginaganap sa mga bakuran o bahay
tulad ng juego de prenda at iba.