INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE
PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD
SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
AMERICAN COLONIAL PERIOD
JAPANESE COLONIAL PERIOD
100
This is the Latin word for Literature which means writing associated with letters.

Litera

100

The most common way of delivering words and stories is through...

Oral or by the mouth

100

What major religious aspect did Spanish colonizers brought in the Philippines?

Christianity

100

What are the three government under this period?

Military

Civil

Commonwealth

100

How many years does the war lasted in this era?

Three (3) - 1942 - 1945

200

Literature is about modification of behavior. What role is this?

Redemption

200

A culture about Filipinos worshipping the trees, stones, or mountains.

Animism

200

What is the main agricultural product during this era?

Sugarcane plantations/ haciendas

200

Did the infrastructure and other platform, improved during this era? Why?

Yes, because...

200

A free verse poetry that includes five syllables in first sentence, seven to the second and another five to the last one.

Haiku

300

What literary standard shall be done to achieve emotional power of literature?

Suggestiveness

300

Short stories that cater the children of the native Filipinos and are usually bounded by good manners.

Fables

300

He was a young Filipino whose idealism clashes with the harsh reality of Spanish colonial rule, as he witnesses rampant corruption, oppression, and abuse of power by both the Spanish authorities and the Catholic friars.

Juan Crisostomo Ibarra

300

What do you think are the three major languages used during this era? Why do you think so?

English

Tagalog

Spanish

300

A poetry that has measure and rhyme, consists of four lines with seven syllables each with the same rhyme at the end of each line.

Tanaga

400

Literature is written not for a specific purpose but develops range of purposes depending on the readers. What characteristics is this?

Lack of pragmatic function

400

These deal with the power of nature-personified, their submission to a deity- Bathala.

Folktales

400

This is one of the earliest books printed in the Philippines. It was written in Spanish and Tagalog and served as a guide for the conversion of Filipinos to Christianity during the early years of Spanish colonization.

Doctrina Christiana

400

Major themes of literary pieces in this era.

Freedom and independence
400

He was a Filipino novelist and poet who immigrated to the United States on July 1, 1930.  

Carlos Bulosan

500

This is an enduring expression of a significant human experience in words well-chosen and arranged.  

Literature

500

"I have a tail, and I have a head, but I have no body. I am NOT a snake. What am I?" 

What is the answer to this riddle?

Coin

500

How Does the Literary Work Reflect the Lives of the People in this Era?

Depends on student answers

500

This is a literary work that includes the characters of Maria, Baldo and Noel.

How my brother Leon brought home a wife?

500

A Filipino newspaper publisher who was in charge of press and radio during the siege of the Philippines.

Carlos P. Romulo

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