21STCENTURY

LITERATURE
Cancino, John Aldrich A.
Subject Teacher
SPANISH
PERIOD

1565-1898
 COLONIAL LITERATURE (1565 – 1863)

• The roots of Philippine literature may be traced back to pre-colonial

times.
• Long before the Spaniards came to the Philippines, the Philippines had
already a way of writing and an established society with respected
leaders.
• Oral transmission was the primary means of communicating and
preserving Philippine literature.
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- Written literature

- Christian faith
RELIGIOUS LITERATURE

• religious lyrics written by

Ladino poets or those versed
in both Spanish and Tagalog
were included in early
catechism
DOCTRINA CHRISTIANA
• First book printed in the Philippines.
Published in 1593.
• Written by Juan de Plasencia
• Prayer book that had both Spanish
and Tagalog texts, resulted to
proliferation of LADINOS- writers who
are proficient in both local and foreign
tongues.
DOCTRINA CHRISTIANA
PASYON
• long narrative poem about the
passion and death of Christ.
Ang Mahal na Passion ni Jesu Christong
Panginoon Natin na Tola, and the Pasyong
Genesis or Casaysayan nang Pasiong Mahal
ni Jesucristong Panginoon Natin na Sucat
Ipag-alab nang Puso nang Sinomang Babasa
RELIGIOUS LYRIC POEMS
COMPLIMENTARY VERSES
- Attract readers to read certain by giving
praises.
- Draw readers and teach Spanish
language.

MEDITATIVE VERSES
- Novenas and Catechisms
RELIGIOUS LYRIC POEMS
• Lyric poetry is a formal type of poetry which
expresses personal emotions or feelings,
typically spoken in the first person. The term
derives from a form of Ancient Greek literature,
the lyric, which was defined by its musical
accompaniment, usually on a stringed
instrument known as a lyre
 MEDITATIVE VERSE

DALIT SA CALOUALHATIAN SA
LANGIT NA CARARATNAN NANG
MGA BANAL- Francisco de Salazar

SALAMAT NANG UALANG

HOYANG- Suarez Ossorio
NOVENAS

DALIT
Catechism • an early form that
resembled the free-
verse. There is no fixed
rhyme or meter.
Sarswela

Sinakulo DRAMA
Komedya • Enriched Philippine
theatre.
Sarswela

• Zarzuela (Spanish pronunciation:

[θaɾˈθwela]) is a Spanish lyric-
dramatic genre that alternates
between spoken and sung scenes,
the latter incorporating operatic
and popular songs, as well as
dance
SENAKULO

• Dramatized the pasyon, live-

action simulationof Christ’s passion
and death.

MORO-MORO

- comedia de capa y espada

- battles between Christians and Muslims
METRICAL ROMANCE

Highly precise and structured poem

Korido | octosyllabic, four-line stanza

Awit |made for singing and chanting;
dodecasyllabic, four line stanza
Francisco Balagtas’ FLORANTE AT
LAURA is the most prominent awit of
alll time.

IBONG ADARNA, korido, staple

reading of high school Filipino
students up to the present time.
Ang awit at korido ay mga patulang
salaysay na paawit kung basahin.
Hanggang ngayon ay hindi maliwanagan
kung papaano nagkakaiba ang dalawa.
May mga mananaliksik na nagsasabing
ang isang akda ay korido at may iba
namang nagsasabi na ang akda ay awit.
Pagkakaiba Ng Awit Sa Korido:
Ang kaibahan ng awit at korido ay maaaring nasa sukat at
anyo:
1. Mabilis ang bigkas ng korido, may kabagalan naman ang
awit
2. Ang korido ay may walong pantig at binibigkas sa kumpas
ng martsa “allegro”, samantala ang awit ay may
labindalawang pantig at inaawit na mabagal sa saliw ng
gitara o bandurya “allegro”
3. Ang ikinaganda ng awit ay sa mga aral na ipinahihiwatig
samantala sa korido ang ikinawiwili ng mga mambabasa ay
ang kuwento o kasaysayang napapaloob dito
Nationalistic
and
Propaganda
Period
(1864 – 1896)
• In the last half century of Spanish occupation,
literature became a fertile ground for the
expressions of a growing nationalist
consciousness.

• The emergence of different genres such as:

• Essays
• Novels
• The emergence of different Filipino writers:
• Marcelo H. Del Pilar – popularized the Essay as a literary
form. Together with Graciano Lopez Jaena, they wrote
about the truth, the suffering of the colonized.
• Pedro M. Paterno – wrote the first Filipino Novel, Ninay.
• Jose P. Rizal – wrote two political novels, Noli Me
Tangere and El Filibusterismo, which would be the
starting point for any subsequent consideration of
Philippine Nationalism.
•What then became the
purpose of literature
during the nationalistic
and propaganda period?
AMERICAN
PERIOD

1901-1946