Study Guide in Lit.
Literary Genres in the Philippine Era
Pre-Colonial Times
Legends- talks about the origin of a thing, place, location, or name.
Folk tales- stories about life, adventure, love, horror and humor when one can derive lessons about life.
Epics- long narrative poems in which a series of heroic achievements or events, usually of a hero, are dealt with at length.
Folk Songs- are one of the oldest forms of Philippine literature that emerged in the pre-Spanish period.
Epigrams (Salawikain in Tagalog)- have been customarily used and served as laws or rules on good behaviour by our ancestors.
Riddles (Bugtong) or Palaisipan- are made up of one or more measured lines with rhyme and may consist of four to twelve syllables.
Chant (Bulong)- used in witchcraft or enchantment.
Maxims- some are rhyming couplets with verse of 5, 6 or 8 syllables, each line having the same number of syllables.
Sayings (Kasabihan)- often used in teasing or to comment on a person’s actuation.
Sawikain- sayings with no hidden meanings
Spanish Period
Folk Songs- manifest the artistic feelings of the Filipinos.
Recreational Plays
*Tibag- a ritual brought by Spaniards to remind the people about the search of St. Helena for the cross on which Jesus died.
*Lagaylay- is a special occasion for the Pilarenos of Sorsogon during Maytime to get together.
*The Cenaculo- is a dramatic performance to commemorate the passion and death of Jesus Christ.
*Panunuluyan- a presentation of the search of the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph for an inn wherein to deliver the baby Jesus.
*The Salubong (or Panubong)- an easter play that dramatizes the meeting of the Risen Christ and his mother.
*Carillo (Shadow Play)- a form of dramatic entertainment performed on a moonless night during a town fiesta or on dark nights after a harvest.
*The Zarzuela- a musical comedy or melodrama in three acts which dealt with man’s passions and emotions like love, hate, revenge, cruelty, avarice or some social and political
Pre-Colonial Times
Legends- talks about the origin of a thing, place, location, or name.
Folk tales- stories about life, adventure, love, horror and humor when one can derive lessons about life.
Epics- long narrative poems in which a series of heroic achievements or events, usually of a hero, are dealt with at length.
Folk Songs- are one of the oldest forms of Philippine literature that emerged in the pre-Spanish period.
Epigrams (Salawikain in Tagalog)- have been customarily used and served as laws or rules on good behaviour by our ancestors.
Riddles (Bugtong) or Palaisipan- are made up of one or more measured lines with rhyme and may consist of four to twelve syllables.
Chant (Bulong)- used in witchcraft or enchantment.
Maxims- some are rhyming couplets with verse of 5, 6 or 8 syllables, each line having the same number of syllables.
Sayings (Kasabihan)- often used in teasing or to comment on a person’s actuation.
Sawikain- sayings with no hidden meanings
Spanish Period
Folk Songs- manifest the artistic feelings of the Filipinos.
Recreational Plays
*Tibag- a ritual brought by Spaniards to remind the people about the search of St. Helena for the cross on which Jesus died.
*Lagaylay- is a special occasion for the Pilarenos of Sorsogon during Maytime to get together.
*The Cenaculo- is a dramatic performance to commemorate the passion and death of Jesus Christ.
*Panunuluyan- a presentation of the search of the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph for an inn wherein to deliver the baby Jesus.
*The Salubong (or Panubong)- an easter play that dramatizes the meeting of the Risen Christ and his mother.
*Carillo (Shadow Play)- a form of dramatic entertainment performed on a moonless night during a town fiesta or on dark nights after a harvest.
*The Zarzuela- a musical comedy or melodrama in three acts which dealt with man’s passions and emotions like love, hate, revenge, cruelty, avarice or some social and political