Philippine Literature

Literature means imaginative or creative writing.

• Fiction

• Non-fiction

• Literature

Considered as a group of beliefs and traditions.

• Culture

• Tradition

• Bayanihan

Literature during this period is in the form of oral/orature.

• Spanish period

• Pre-Spanish period

• Propaganda and revolutionary period

It is a long narrative poem that talks about the series of quests undertaken by a great hero.

• Legend

• Fable

• Epic

A short saying or piece of folk wisdom that emerges from general culture, wisdom, and philosophies from Filipino life, which holds basic truth.

• Fable

• Proverbs

• Myths

A story that narrates the activities of gods and heroes that can explain a natural phenomenon or cultural practice.

• Epic

• Fable

• Myth

A witty question whose meaning has to be deciphered.

• Riddles

• Fable

• Song

A body of narratives that are part of culture and tradition of the Filipinos, passed on by the word of mouth.

• Short story

• Literature

• Prose

The very first book printed in the Philippines in 1593.

• DOCTRINA CHRISTIANA

• QURAN

• HOLY BIBLE

• NINAY

The Spaniards called the natives what during the Spanish colonization?

• Indios

• Indians

• Illustrados

• Illiterate