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    What Is Literature and Why Study This?

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    Here is a draft essay in response to the question: While technology and modernity have drastically changed our lives, the lessons from pre-colonial Philippine literature can still provide valuable insights in the present day. Forms like proverbs, riddles, folk songs, tales and epics were oral traditions that entertained while imparting practical wisdom about community, values and the human experience. Although the contexts have evolved, the underlying philosophies remain relevant. Proverbs in particular distilled observations about relationships, morality and handling life's challenges. Sayings like "Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makararating sa paroroonan" remind us to learn from history.

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    Here is a draft essay in response to the question: While technology and modernity have drastically changed our lives, the lessons from pre-colonial Philippine literature can still provide valuable insights in the present day. Forms like proverbs, riddles, folk songs, tales and epics were oral traditions that entertained while imparting practical wisdom about community, values and the human experience. Although the contexts have evolved, the underlying philosophies remain relevant. Proverbs in particular distilled observations about relationships, morality and handling life's challenges. Sayings like "Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makararating sa paroroonan" remind us to learn from history.

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    Here is a draft essay in response to the question: While technology and modernity have drastically changed our lives, the lessons from pre-colonial Philippine literature can still provide valuable insights in the present day. Forms like proverbs, riddles, folk songs, tales and epics were oral traditions that entertained while imparting practical wisdom about community, values and the human experience. Although the contexts have evolved, the underlying philosophies remain relevant. Proverbs in particular distilled observations about relationships, morality and handling life's challenges. Sayings like "Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makararating sa paroroonan" remind us to learn from history.

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    Here is a draft essay in response to the question: While technology and modernity have drastically changed our lives, the lessons from pre-colonial Philippine literature can still provide valuable insights in the present day. Forms like proverbs, riddles, folk songs, tales and epics were oral traditions that entertained while imparting practical wisdom about community, values and the human experience. Although the contexts have evolved, the underlying philosophies remain relevant. Proverbs in particular distilled observations about relationships, morality and handling life's challenges. Sayings like "Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makararating sa paroroonan" remind us to learn from history.

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    What is literature and why study this?

    A Latin word which means “a letter of the


    alphabet,” literature is first and foremost
    humankind’s entire body of writing; after that
    it is the body of writing belonging to a given
    language or people; then it is individual pieces
    of writing.
    What is literature?
    - is a body of written works. The name has
    traditionally been applied to those
    imaginative works of poetry and prose
    distinguished by the intentions of their
    authors and the perceived aesthetic
     excellence of their execution.
    - It makes you read, analyze and question the
    thinking of the writer whose story you are
    examining and then somehow relate to it.
    Why study literature?
    - It opens the gateway to unbound imagination
    and allowing the intellect to grow by
    perceiving so many ideas out there, provided
    to you in the form of words.
    - It allows to dissect words, questions that
    piece of knowledge, examines that burst of
    idea, scrutinizes the symbolic meanings, and
    critically analyzes the writer’s philosophy.
    Why study literature?
    - starts dwelling on human nature and the
    situations that we as beings find ourselves in,
    in this world. As a result, YOU develop a
    profound sense of life
    - mind becomes perceptive, knowledgeable,
    polished and one that sees the world with a
    deeper eye
    - It is a kind of SUBJECT that gives one the
    freedom to relate to it in whatever way they
    choose to
    …through literature you will get to know

    yourself
    the society
    the world
     as a holistic human
    being
     As an agent of
    compassion to the rest
    of the world
    PHILIPPINE
    PRE-COLONIAL
    LITERATURE
     brimmed with a rich
    tradition of oral literature
     weaved countless myths
    and legends
     numerous stories on the
    creation of the world
    PROVERBS
    RIDDLES FORMS of literature that were survived up
    FOLKSONGS to the present generation

    TALES
    EPICS
    PROVERBS (Salawikain)

    • Practical observations and philosophy


    of everyday life that written usually in
    a rhyming scheme
    • It is meant to entertain while teaching
    basic skills in surviving local life.
    RIDDLES (Bugtong)
    • It’s like proverbs with one main difference:
    they demand answer and are used to test
    the wits of those who are listening to
    them.
    • It is used in the battle of wits
    • Filipino riddles are flippant in nature
    FOLKSONGS

    • Informal
    expressions of our
    ancestors’
    experiences in life
    through beautiful
    songs.
    TALES

    • STORIES of origin for


    certain places, their
    names, and their
    creation.
    • Also known as myths &
    legends (alamat)
    • Used to explain certain
    events or phenomena in
    our ancestors’ lives that
    cannot be explained by
    science during their
    time.
    EPICS

    • A long-winded poems
    about a hero and his
    adventures and
    misadventures.
    • Usually, it tells about a
    male hero who is born
    with all pleasing
    qualities that your
    ancestors like in a
    person and who also
    has superhuman
    capabilities.
    Write an essay on this topic question:

    Do you think that the lessons from


    the pre-colonial forms of literature
    can still be used to your daily life at
    this modern time?

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