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    The evolution of Philippine literature was influenced by the country's history and colonial periods. Pre-colonial literature was expressed orally and included forms like riddles, proverbs, and epics. The Spanish introduced printing and religious literature in local languages. By the 19th century, secular works emerged in Spanish and Tagalog. Under American rule, literature protested colonialism until independence. Contemporary Philippine literature flourishes in local languages and diverse genres like poetry, fiction, and essays exploring social and personal themes.

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    The evolution of Philippine literature was influenced by the country's history and colonial periods. Pre-colonial literature was expressed orally and included forms like riddles, proverbs, and epics. The Spanish introduced printing and religious literature in local languages. By the 19th century, secular works emerged in Spanish and Tagalog. Under American rule, literature protested colonialism until independence. Contemporary Philippine literature flourishes in local languages and diverse genres like poetry, fiction, and essays exploring social and personal themes.

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    The evolution of Philippine literature was influenced by the country's history and colonial periods. Pre-colonial literature was expressed orally and included forms like riddles, proverbs, and epics. The Spanish introduced printing and religious literature in local languages. By the 19th century, secular works emerged in Spanish and Tagalog. Under American rule, literature protested colonialism until independence. Contemporary Philippine literature flourishes in local languages and diverse genres like poetry, fiction, and essays exploring social and personal themes.

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    NGOA, AIVY LISSETE H.

    BSED-ENLISH (NC)
    SURVEY OF PHILIPPINE LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

    TOPIC: PHILIPPINE LITERATURE AND ITS TIME FRAMES FOCUSING ON ITS


    EVOLUTION/DEVELOPMENT

     The evolution of Literature in the Philippines was affected by the country’s history:

    Pre-Colonial Period

    Spanish Colonial Period The Contemporary Period

    American Colonial Period


    The Evolution of Philippine Literature
    1. Pre-colonial Period
     Indigenous Philippine literature was born in the ethnic community from people’s needs and
    customs.

     Literary Forms

    Written Literary Forms

    A. bugtong (riddle)
    -an affection game used for entertainment and learning process

    B. proverb (salawikain)
    - Other forms brought fold verses of riddle and proverb
    - to the level of poetry
    Written riddle and proverb were written for several purposes:
    a.) written around an idea or insight
    b.) to teach a lesson
    c.) to express a value or a view of the world

    C. tanaga (from tagalog)


    - speak of values, of strength in pain

    D. Epic- linked tribal man and his gods

    Oral Literary Forms

    A. Ambahan- still chanted by the mangyans


    -Songs about childhood, natured, human relationships, hospitality
    B. bayok- spoke of love
    2. The Spanish Colonial Period
    -16th century- the establishment of the Spanish colonial government in the Philippines
    - brought to bear upon literature influences of Spanish/Europian culture and the
    Roman Catholic religion.
    -Prior to 19th century- printing presses are being monopolized by religious orders
    - Early written literature was predominantly religious in content and/or in purpose.
    - teaching religion to the natives
    -Doctrina Christina – Christian Doctrine, 1593
    - First book in the Philippines
    -“May Bagyo Ma’t May Rilim” by Bienvenido Lumbera
    -First printed literary work inTagalog
    -Appeared in the book Memorial de la vida Cristiana en la lengua tagala
    (Guidelines of Chrsitian Life in Tagalog Language)

    -Memorial de la vida Cristiana en la lengua tagala


    - Also contains poems by San Jose and by the bilingual (ladino) poet Fernando
    Bagongbata.
    -The ladino poems interwove lines in Spanish and the vernacular showing the
    confluence of the native and colonizing cultures
    -Royal Decree of 1863- provided for complete educational system that led to produce
    writers who could and did use Spanish for literary purposes rather than for religious purposes.
    -19th century – Reformism was abandoned; the Revolution began.

    3. The American Colonial Period


    -Continuance of the literature of protest
    -Several writers were arrested on charged of anti- American plays such as Tomas Remigio.
    -In the first decade during American colony, decline the Philippine literature in Spanish
    happened.
    4. The Contemporary Period
    - The flowering Philippine Literature in the various languages continue especially with the
    appearance of new publications after the Martial Law years and the resurgence of committed
    literature in the 1960’s and 1970’s.
    - Filipino writes continue to write poetry, short stories, novels, and essays, whether these are
    socially committed gender/ethnic or are personal in intention or not.

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