Reviewer in 21ST Century Second Quarter
Reviewer in 21ST Century Second Quarter
Reviewer in 21ST Century Second Quarter
Graphic Literature-also called sequential Western music, dance, art, recreation and
storytelling . customs were adopted by Filipinos.
-literature in the form of comics.
-has also come to encompass autobiographical March 16, 1521 - when the Portuguese explorer
narratives, nonfiction, and even poetry. Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Philippine
-comes in different genres, like horror, historical soil.
fiction, romance, science fiction, etc.
Homonhon - an island in Eastern Samar where
Japanese Manga-an example of graphic Magellan landed.
literature that has many followers.
-created in Japan/written in Japanese Limasawa - where the first Catholic mass in the
-A famous example is the historical fiction country was celebrated.
Rurouni Kenshin, written and illustrated by
Nobuhiro Watsuki. April 14, 1521 - when Fr. Pedro Valderrama
baptized.
Another famous manga is Death Note, written
by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi More valuable than gold, spices were the
Obata. It is a fictional story focusing on death leading component of ancient commerce even
notes or notebooks from the underworld. before the 15th century.
Philippine poems during the precolonial period Dalit- It is a religious poem in honor of the
It focused on religion and values, which became Blessed Virgin Mary.
instruments in spreading Christianity.
Francisco Baltazar - He is one of the famous
Ladino-It is a bilingual poem with religious poets of the Spanish colonial period.
themes. -He wrote the awit Florante at Laura, a
-It is characterized by alternating lines or verses metaphor for the tyranny of the Spanish
in Tagalog and Spanish. colonizers.
-He is considered the master of traditional
In the Philippines, a book entitled Memorial de Tagalog poetry.
la vida Cristiana en lengua Tagala (Guidelines for
the Christian Life in the Tagalog Language) by Fr. Prose during the Spanish Colonial Period
Francisco Blancas de San Jose included a ladino The colonization of the Spaniards for more than
or bilingual complimentary poem written by 300 years shaped our cultural heritage. Most of
Francisco Bagongbanta known by its first line the prose written during this period were
“Salamat nang walang hanggan” (“Unending prayers, novenas, stories about the lives of
Thanks”). saints, and those taken from the Bible to teach
values.
Pasyon- It is a narrative poem about the
passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In 1593, a prayer book called the Doctrina
Christiana en lengua Española y tagala (Christian
Tomas Pinpin’s Librong Pagaaralan nang manga Doctrine in the Spanish and Tagalog Languages)
Tagalog nang uicang Castilla (A Book for the
Tagalog to Study the Spanish Language) was the was one of the first books printed in the
first published work by a Filipino and contains a Philippines.
preface that is probably the first essay written by Most dramas during the period focused on the
a Filipino. life of Jesus Christ.
Anecdotes-These are short and amusing stories Karagatan- It is a form of poetic contest usually
that contain lessons in life. played as part of the rites held in connection
with the death of a person.
Pláticas (Sermons)- These are lectures presented -It is based on a legend about a lady’s ring that
by Spanish priests that dealt with religious, fell in the middle of the sea; the lady’s hand is
biblical, and moral topics. offered in marriage as a reward to any young
man who could retrieve the ring.
In 1864, Padre Modesto de Castro compiled 25
of his sermons in Pláticas Doctrinales (Sermons Duplo-It is another poetic contest held when a
on Doctrines). person dies or during the wake and consists of
puns, jokes, and riddles to relieve sadness.
Novenas- It is a series of prayers repeated for
nine consecutive days and are usually prayers for Senakulo-It portrays the life, passion, and
petition and thanksgiving. crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
Novels- These are long narrative stories, usually Tibag- It tells how Saint Helena, also called Santa
with fictional characters and with a sequence of Elena or Reyna Elena, searched for Jesus’s cross
events divided into chapters. on Mount Calvary.
Essays- These are personal pieces of writing that Moriones- It is a festival in celebration of the life
use the point of view of the writer. of Saint Longinus, a blind Roman soldier tasked
to drive a spear through Jesus to make sure he
One of the most important essays during the was dead; he regained his eyesight when Jesus’s
Spanish colonial period is “Ang Dapat Mabatid blood touched him, and he converted to
ng mga Tagalog” by Andres Bonifacio. It was Christianity.
published in the newspaper Kalayaan.
Moro-moro-It is a play written about the victory
Drama during the Spanish Colonial Period of a Christian Filipino army over Muslim forces.
Drama- is one form of literature that many In 1637, Gran Comedia de la Toma del Pueblo de
people love and enjoy. Corralat y Conquista del Cerro, written by Padre
Geronimo Perez, was the first moro-moro
During the precolonial period performed in Manila.
Performances in the Philippines were in the
form of rituals. Panunuluyan-It is presented before 12:00 A.M.
on Christmas Eve. It is a presentation of the
During the Spanish regime search of the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph for an
The rituals were replaced by drama. inn where Mary can give birth to Jesus.