man’s personal interpretation of some aspects of human life or wording out in a unique, beautiful and personal manner of saying what an author thinks is a passionate meaning of life. It is the life itself - Amador Daguio Pre-Colonization Oral and written were present Written literary were found in Leaves Bamboo canes Ground Stones Wall in the caves Pre-Colonization Writtenliterature (continues by word of mouth) Riddles Proverbs Folksongs / folktales Myths Legends Draw a picture or any source of something that represent the pre-colonial literature. RIDDLES Poetic in form and come in 1-4 lines. Serve as a form of folk speech and are about the battle of the wits Use one of more images to refer to an object to be guessed It usually uses rhyming words METAPHOR – prominent element found - a figure of speech that uses direct comparison of two unlike things being Reading of riddles Three eyes have I, all in a row; when the red one opens, all freeze.” “What animal walks on all fours in the morning, two in the afternoon and three in the evening?” “What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?” What is so fragile that when you say its name you break it? I have a tail, and I have a head, but i have no body. I am NOT a snake. What am I? What falls, but does not break, and what breaks but does not fall? You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat? I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I? What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps? When I tugged the vine, the monkeys went wild A wild pig in the forest covered with spikes There are two brothers, they turn their back on one another FOLK NARRATIVES (myths legends ad folktales) Myths – prose narratives explaining how the world and the people came to be in their from. THE ORIGIN OF THE STARS AND THE EXPLANATION OF SUNSET AND SUNRISE It is said that in the olden time the Sun and the Moon were married. They led a peaceful, harmonious life. Two children were the issue of their wedlock. One day the Moon had to attend to one of the household duties that fall to the lot of a woman, some say to get water, others say to get the daily supply of food from the fields. Before departing, she crooned the children to sleep and told her husband to watch them but not to approach lest by the heat that radiated from his body he might harm them. She then started upon her errand The Sun, who never before had been allowed to touch his bairns, arose and approached their sleeping place. He gazed upon them fondly, and, bending down, kissed them, but the intense heat that issued from his countenance melted them like wax. Upon perceiving this he wept and quietly betook himself to the adjoining forest in great fear of his wife. The Moon returned duly, and after depositing her burden in the house turned to where the children slept but found only their dried, inanimate forms. She broke out into a loud wail, and in the wildness of her grief called upon her husband. But he gave no answer. Finally softened by the loud long plaints, he returned to his house. At the sight of him the wild cries of grief and of despair and of rebuke redoubled themselves until finally the husband, unable to soothe the wife, became angry and called her his chattel. At first she feared his anger and quieted her sobs, but, finally breaking out into one long wail, she seized the burnt forms of her babes, and in the depth of her anguish and her rage threw them to the ground in different directions. Then the husband became angry again, and, seizing some taro leaves that his wife had brought from the fields, cast them in her face and went his way. Upon his return he could not find his wife, and so it is to this day that the Sun follows the Moon in an eternal cycle of night and day. And so it is, too, that stars stand scattered in the sable firmament, for they, too, accompany her in her hasty flight. Ever and anon a shooting star breaks across her path, but that is only a messenger from her husband to call her back. She, however, heeds it not, but speeds on her way in never-ending flight with the marks of the taro leaves still upon her face and her starry train accompanying her to the dawn and on to the sunset in one eternal flight. Memory Lane.
Each will recite a
proverb that they heard from their elders. PROVERBS Aphorism express norms or codes of behavior, community beliefs or they instill values by offering nuggets of wisdom in short, rhyming verse Filipino proverbs or salawikain – echo the values of the Philippines If you plant, you harvest A TREE IS KNOWN BY ITS FRUIT” – (of Zulu origin - this means that success is shown by the deeds.) “I HAVE BEEN BITTEN BY A TSETSE FLY” – (of Tanzanian origin – this means that a person will continuously be a pest until you pay off a debt.) “THE WORD OF FRIEND MAKES YOU CRY – THE WORD OF AN ENEMY MAKES YOU LAUGH” – (of Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger – this means that a friend will tell you the truth and sometimes the truth hurts, whereas an enemy will only lead you down the wrong path by giving you advice that seems good but is not.) 1. “The old horse in the stable still yearns to run” 2. “A spark can start a fire that burns the entire prairie” 3. “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime” 4. "All that glitters is not gold” 5. "Absence makes the heart grow fonder” Recall any proverbs or salawikain and give its meaning How do oral literatures affect the way of living of the residents of Balasiao? Task: Research about the legend of our barangay. You may interview the elders in the community The Story of Tunkung Langit and Alunsina
Compare and contrast the story of
Creation as told of the Story of Tunkung Langit and Alunsina to the story of creation that appears in Genesis from the Catholic regilion bible FOLK SONGS Form of folk lyric which expresses the HOPES, ASPIRATION, LIFE STYLES, LOVE of the people. Repetitive and echoing, moralistic, naïve Lullabies, love songs, harana EPICS Ethos-epic because it shows histories of various groups. Revolved around supernatural events or heroic deeds and embody beliefs and customs and ideals of a community. Sung / chatted to the accompaniment of indigenous musical instruments PROSE FICTION Song Analysis What is message of the song? From whom do we owe our freedom? Activity: Draw a symbol that would represent your love for our country What is the significance / message of your drawing? Do you express same love for the country the way the Filipinos did During Spanish Era? How can this be likened to what the Filipino did during Spanish colonization Spanish Colonization 1521 – Spanish came in the Philippines Written literature was born (use of paper) Religion – prominent characteristics of our literature Goodness is rewarded & evil deeds is punished SC: RELIGION Introduced theater – komedya, sinakulo, sarswela, dramas Internationalism – heavily influenced Filipino intellectuals and writer to understand the meanings of “liberty and freedom” Literature:
Religious prose & poetry
(From poems of landinos) form of catechisms during thiss period & way of teaching Filipnos the Spanish Language Gaspar Aquino’s de Belen – Ang Mahal na Passion ni Jesu Christong Panginoon
Secular prose and poetry
Literature: Romantic tradition that gave birth to metric romance: Awit and Korido. Florante at Laura Poets Jose Corazon de Jesus (Huseng Sisiw) Francisco Balagtas Literature: Love for one’s country Discontent for Spanish rule Jose Rizal (Mi Ultimo Adios) love for native soil Andres Bonifacio (Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa) – patriotic poem If you were in the shoes of Rizal and Bonifacio, would you do the same, fighting against opponents through pen? Summary Religion – prominent characteristics of our literature Introduced theater Internationalism Religious & Secular prose & poetry Romantic tradition that gave birth to metric romance Love for one’s country Discontent for Spanish rule Game charade video American Colonizati Development in education and culture: Free public Instruction for all children ○ Knowledge and information became accessible to Filipinos Use of English as medium of Instruction Period of apprenticeship in literary writing in English (imitation of style of storytelling of famous American fictionist) Experimental stage – use of free verse but traditional rhyme and meter were retained Abundance in novels appeared in magazine and newspaper (vernacular) Short stories in English + Filipino ideals about life and morality blossomed Paz Marquez Benitez – “The dead stars” Manuel Arguilla – “How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife” Interplay of fate, love and social justice Inigo Ed Regalado Roman Reyes Lazaro Francisco Rosalia Aguinaldo Iloko Writers: (Region’s poet laureate) Hermogenes Belen Mena Pecson Crisologo – Ayat ti Kararawa (Noli me Tangere) Visayas (love, courtship, farmland, social commotions) Magdalena Jalandoni Ramon Muzones Marcel Navarra (wrote novel in Sugbuhanon (Cebuano) Poetry continued to flourish in all regions Francisco F. Balagtas – nation’s foremost poet invented the BALAGTASAN – debate in verse, poetical battle Post War and Contempora Literature came in 3 languages : Filipino, Spanish, English Filipino writers continue to write novels, short stories: socially committed, gender/ethnic related issues Literature became social-realist Edgardo Reyes - “Sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag” (critic of urban blight) Edilberto K. Tiempo - “To Be Free” (historical probe of the western idea of freedom in the context of indigenous Philippine Culture Kerima Polotan Tuvera – “ The Hand of the Enemy” Workshops here and abroad and the bulk of literature available in the internet make writer more conscious about this art
With the various literary award (Don
Carlos Palanca Memorial Award, Phil. Free Press, Home Life and Panorama Award) encourage the Filipino writers to compete with their peers. Give one important key points in each period Pre-Colonial Spanish American Post War & period Colonization Colonization Contemporary Period