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    Literature is a body of written, oral, or visual works that portrays human thought, emotions, and experiences. It is a product of culture that reflects a people's values, emotions, actions, and ideas. Studying literature allows understanding of a culture across time and space by reflecting life through people's experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

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    Literature is a body of written, oral, or visual works that portrays human thought, emotions, and experiences. It is a product of culture that reflects a people's values, emotions, actions, and ideas. Studying literature allows understanding of a culture across time and space by reflecting life through people's experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

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    WHAT IS

    LITERATURE?
    “LITERA” – LATIN WORD WHICH
    LITERALLY MEANS AN
    WHAT IS LITERATURE?
    It is a body of work, either
    written, oral, or visual, containing
    imaginative language that
    realistically portrays
    THOUGHT, EMOTIONS,
    AND
    EXPERIENCES OF THE
    HUMAN CONDITION.

    What is Literature?
    • is a product of particular culture
    that concretizes man’s array of
    values, emotions, actions and ideas. It is
    therefore a creation of human experiences that
    tells about people and their world.

    What is Literature?
    Literature
    is
    LIFE
    IMPORTANCE OF LITERATURE

    • Studying literature is like looking


    at the mirror of life where
    man’s experiences, his
    innermost feelings and
    thoughts are reflected.
    • Through literature, we learn the
    culture of people across time
    and space.
    •We understand not only
    the past life of a nation
    but also its present.
    WHY DO WE NEED TO
    STUDY PHILIPPINE
    LITERATURE?
    •To trace our rich heritage of ideas and
    handed down to us from our forefathers.

    •For appreciation of our heritage.

    •To understand that we have noble traditions


    which can serve as the means to assimilate
    other cultures.
    LITERATURE AND
    HISTORY
    TOGETHER
    LITERATURE AND HISTORY

    • Literature and history are closely interrelated.


    • In discovering history of a race, a country, we
    basically understand their own culture and
    traditions, hence the written customs and
    traditions of a country, the dreams and
    aspirations of its people is called Literature.
    • History can also be written down and this
    too, is literature. History therefore is an
    integral part of literature.
    PERIODS OF PHILIPPINE LITERATURE

    1. Pre-Colonial Period
    The first period of the Philippine literary history is the
    longest. Long time before the Spaniards came and other
    foreigners landed on Philippine shores, our forefathers already
    had their own literature stamped in the history of our race.
    LITERARY FORMS

    a. Folk Speeches/riddles
    • - these refer to the dialect, or style of speaking,
    unique to people living within a geographic area.
    • -these are “bugtong” in Tagalog and
    “burburti/burburtia” in Ilocano.
    B. FOLK SONGS
    • - a song originating among the people of a country or
    area, passed by oral tradition from one singer to the next.
    • Ex: Leron, Leron Sinta, Paru-Parong Bukid,
    Magtanim Ay Di Biro
    • c. Folk Narratives- These are stories handed down from the
    remote areas passed by words of mouth from one generation to
    another, reflecting the people’s tradition, feelings, beliefs, and
    judgments.
    • Ex. The Monkey and The Turtle by Jose P. Rizal
    • d. Indigenous Rituals
    • -these are place-based, in relationship with
    the natural world, which draw together past,
    present, future into a space in which personal
    and collective transformations occur.
    • e. Mimetic dance
    • -this is a type of dance that imitates nature; it mimics
    the behavior of animals and natural phenomena.
    • Ex: The Monkey dance, The Bee dance, The Lover’s dance,
    and the battle dance.
    f. Proverbs/ Aphorisms

    • - these are known to be “salawikain,” with the


    additional connotation of wisdom being passed
    down from our ancestors
    G. FOLK TALE

    • -this is characteristically anonymous, timeless, and


    placeless tale circulated orally among people.

    • The Monkey and the Turtle is a perfect example of folktale short


    story written by Philippine national hero Jose Rizal.

    • The Sun and The Moon


    H. FABLE

    • -this features animal characters or inanimate objects


    that behave like people.

    • Ex: The Ape and The Firefly


    I. LEGEND

    • - This is presented as history but it is unlikely to be


    true.
    J. MYTH

    • - This is told to explain a belief, a practice, or a


    natural phenomenon.
    K. EPIC

    • -this narrative poem celebrates the adventures and


    achievements of a hero.
    L. SAYING/KASABIHAN
    10. TANAGA

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