Students Copy of Lesson 4 5
Students Copy of Lesson 4 5
Students Copy of Lesson 4 5
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Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students will be
able to:
a.Define Philippine Literature;
b.Enumerate the literary periods of Philippine
literature;
c.Identify characteristics, literary forms and
literary works on each period; and
d. Compare and contrast literary works based on
its themes, structures and elements.
e. Share one’s insights about Philippine literary
works through lesson activities.
Philippine Literature
Body of works, both oral and written created by
those Filipinos who are native, naturalized or
foreign born to share experiences of people living
and relating to Philippine Society. It is composed
or written in one of the Philippine Languages, in
Spanish, in English and gradually in other
languages as well.
Literary Periods in Philippine Literature
A.Characteristics
1. Based on oral tradition
2. Crude on ideology and phraseology
PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD
B. Literary Forms
1. Oral Literature
1.1 Riddles (Bugtong)- battle of wits among
the participants
Tigmo- Cebu
Paktakon- Ilo-Ilo
Patotdon- Bicol
1.2 Salawikain (Proverbs)- wise saying that
contain a metaphor used to teach as a food for
thought.
A. Characteristics
Example:
Florante at Laura by Francisco Baltazar
2.3 Prose Narratives-written to prescribe proper
decorum
i. Dialogo Ejemplo
ii. Manual de Urbanidad
iii. Ejemplo
iv. Tratado
Examples:
A. Characteristics
1. Planted seeds of nationalism to Filipinos.
2. Language shifted from Spanish to
Tagalog.
3. Addressed the masses instead of the
“intelligentsia”
B. Literary Forms
Examples:
Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo – Jose
Rizal’s masterpieces that paved the way to the
revolution
2. Revolutionary Literature- more propagandistic
than literary as it is more violent in nature and
demanded complete independence for the
country.
Criteria
Content: 40%
Organization: 35%
Originality: 25%
Total 100%