INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE
Litera
The most common way of delivering words and stories is through...
Oral or by the mouth
What major religious aspect did Spanish colonizers brought in the Philippines?
Christianity
What are the three government under this period?
Military
Civil
Commonwealth
How many years does the war lasted in this era?
Three (3) - 1942 - 1945
Literature is about modification of behavior. What role is this?
Redemption
A culture about Filipinos worshipping the trees, stones, or mountains.
Animism
What is the main agricultural product during this era?
Sugarcane plantations/ haciendas
Did the infrastructure and other platform, improved during this era? Why?
Yes, because...
A free verse poetry that includes five syllables in first sentence, seven to the second and another five to the last one.
Haiku
What literary standard shall be done to achieve emotional power of literature?
Suggestiveness
Short stories that cater the children of the native Filipinos and are usually bounded by good manners.
Fables
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
What do you think are the three major languages used during this era? Why do you think so?
Tagalog
Spanish
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
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
These deal with the power of nature-personified, their submission to a deity- Bathala.
Folktales
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
Major themes of literary pieces in this era.
He was a Filipino novelist and poet who immigrated to the United States on July 1, 1930.
Carlos Bulosan
This is an enduring expression of a significant human experience in words well-chosen and arranged.
Literature
"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
How Does the Literary Work Reflect the Lives of the People in this Era?
Depends on student answers
This is a literary work that includes the characters of Maria, Baldo and Noel.
How my brother Leon brought home a wife?
A Filipino newspaper publisher who was in charge of press and radio during the siege of the Philippines.
Carlos P. Romulo