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Philippine Literature

The document discusses the different types and genres of Philippine literature. It describes prose forms such as novels, short stories, plays, legends, fables, anecdotes, essays, biographies, news, and orations. It also outlines poetry genres like narrative poetry, epics, metrical tales, metrical romances, ballads, lyrics, odes, elegies, sonnets, folk songs, awit, corridos, and dalit. Finally, it summarizes dramatic poetry forms including comedy, melodrama, tragedy, and farce, as well as social poems.

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Philippine Literature

The document discusses the different types and genres of Philippine literature. It describes prose forms such as novels, short stories, plays, legends, fables, anecdotes, essays, biographies, news, and orations. It also outlines poetry genres like narrative poetry, epics, metrical tales, metrical romances, ballads, lyrics, odes, elegies, sonnets, folk songs, awit, corridos, and dalit. Finally, it summarizes dramatic poetry forms including comedy, melodrama, tragedy, and farce, as well as social poems.

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PHILIPPINE LITERATURE

LITERATURE
Literature is the expression of life in
words of truth and beauty. It is the
written record of man’s spirit, his
emotions, thoughts and aspirations. It
is the history and only history of the
human soul.
 
Wordsworth
LITERATURE

 derived from the

Latin term litera – letter

French phrase belles-letters – beautiful


writing
LITERATURE

 is anything that is printed, as long as it is


related to the ideas and feelings of people,
whether it is true, or just a product of one’s
imagination (Webster)
 is the story of man, for it deals with the ideas,
thoughts and emotions of man (Kahayon,
1998)
 mirror of life
 sister of history
STANDARDS OF GOOD LITERATURE

(Garcia, 1993) Great literature is distinguishable


by the following qualities:

 ARTISTRY
 INTELLECTUAL VALUE
 SUGGESTIVENESS
 SPIRITUAL VALUE
 PERMANENCE
 UNIVERSALITY
TWO MAIN DIVISIONS OF
LITERATURE
PROSE POETRY
FORM Written in Written in stanza or
paragraph form verse form

LANGUAGE Expressed in Expressed in


ordinary form metrical, rhythmical
and figurative
language
APPEAL To the intellect To the emotion

AIM To convince, Stir the imagination


instruct, imitate and and set an idea of
reflect how life should be
TYPES OF PROSE
NOVEL

 This is a long narrative divided into chapters


 The events are taken from true-to-life stories
and spans a long period of time.
 There are many characters involved.
 Examples:
Without Seeing the Dawn by Stevan
Javellana
Dekada 70 by Lualhati Bautista
SHORT STORY

 This is a narrative involving one or more


characters , one plot and one single
impression.
 Examples:
The Laughter of My Father by Carlos Bulosan
Dead Stars by Paz Marquez-Benitez
How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife
by Manuel E. Arguilla
PLAYS

 This is presented on stage, is divided into acts


and each act has many scenes.
 Examples:
Three Rats by Wilfredo Ma. Guerrero
Cadaver by Alberto S. Florentino
Sa Pula, Sa Puti by Rodrigo Francisco
LEGENDS

 These are fictitious narratives, usually about


origins.
 Examples:
Legend of the Mermaid
Legend of Tagaytay
FABLES

 These are fictitious narratives which deal with


animals and inanimate things who speak and
act like people.
 Have morals or lessons
 Examples:
The Monkey and the Turtle
The Two Cats and the Monkey
ANECDOTE

 This is a short entertaining account about an


amusing or interesting event or person.
 Its main aim is to bring out lessons to the
reader.
 Example:
The Moth and the Lamp
ESSAY

A short literary composition which is


expository in nature.
 The author shares some of his thoughts,
feelings, experiences or observations on
some aspects of life that has interested him.
BIOGRAPHY

 This is an account of a certain person’s life


written by another.

 AUTOBIOGRAPHY – a written account of


man’s life written by himself
NEWS

 This is a report of everyday events in society,


government, science and industry (local,
national, international).
ORATION

 This is a formal treatment of a subject and is


intended to be spoken in public.
 It appeals to the intellect, to the will or to the
emotions of the audience.
TYPES OF POETRY
NARRATIVE POETRY
 A form of poetry which describes
important events in life, either real or
imaginary.

A poem that tells a story.


EPIC

 This is an extended narrative poem about heroic


exploits often under supernatural control.
 It may deal with heroes and gods.
 Two Kinds:
1. ANCIENT/POPULAR EPIC – often
without a definite author and is of slow
growth
2. LITERARY/MODERN EPIC – with a definite
author
METRICAL TALE

A narrative poem consisting usually of a


single series of connective events that are
simple, and generally do not form a plot.
 Examples of these are simple idylls or home
tales, love tales, tales of the supernatural or
tales written for a strong moral purpose in
verse form.
METRICAL ROMANCE

A narrative poem that tells a story of


adventure, love and chivalry.
 The typical hero is knight on a quest.
BALLAD

 Considered the shortest and simplest type of


narrative poetry.
 It has a simple structure and tells of a single
incident.
 It is intended to be sung.
 Variations: love ballads, humorous, moral,
historical or mythical ballads.
LYRIC POETRY
 Originally refers to that kind of poetry
meant to be sung to the accompaniment
of a lyre.
Now, it applies to any type of poetry
that expresses emotions and feelings of
the poet.
It is usually short, simple and easy to
understand.
ODE

A lyric poem of some length (no definite


number of syllables or of lines in a stanza),
serious in subject and dignified in style.
 It is most majestic of the lyric poems.
 It is written in a spirit of praise of some
persons or things.
ELEGY

 A lyric poem which expresses feelings of grief


and melancholy, and whose theme is death.
SONNET

 A lyric poem of 14 lines dealing with an


emotion, a feeling, or an idea.
FOLK SONGS (AWITING BAYAN)

 These are short poems intended to be sung.


 The common theme is love, despair, grief,
doubt, joy, hope and sorrow.
AWIT (SONG)

 Have measures of twelve syllables


(dodecasyllabic) and slowly sung to the
accompaniment o a guitar or banduria.
 Example: Florante at Laura
CORRIDOS (KURIDOS)

 Have measures of eight syllables


(octosyllabic) and recited to a martial beat.
 Example: Ibong Adarna
DALIT

A song praising God or the Virgin Mary and


containing a philosophy of life.
DRAMATIC POETRY
COMEDY

 Comes from the Greek term Komos meaning


festivity or revelry.
 This form is usually light and written with the
purpose of amusing, and usually has a happy
ending.
MELODRAMA

 This is usually used in musical plays with the


opera.
 Today, this is related to tragedy just as the
farce is to comedy.
 It arouses immediate and intense emotion
and is usually sad, but there is a happy ending
for the principal character.
TRAGEDY

 This involves the hero struggling mightily


against dynamic forces; he meets death or
ruin without success and satisfaction.
FARCE

 This is an exaggerated comedy.


 It seeks to arouse mirth by laughable lines;
situations are too ridiculous to be true; the
characters seem to be caricatures and the
motives undignified and absurd.
SOCIAL POEMS

 This form is either purely comic or tragic and


it pictures the life of today.
 It may aim to bring about changes in the
social conditions.

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