Pre-Colonial Filipino Literature

Early Filipino Literature = Represents ethnic groups heritage Essential Features of Pre-Colonial Literature = Created by ordinary folks to express tradition, belief, and custom of those times Essential Features of Spanish Literature = Used as a tool for religious conquest Spanish missionaries = Utilized the stage to propagate the Christian religion

Riddles, proverbs, aphorism, maxims, ballads, folk lyrics, myths, legends, fables, tales, and epics = Early Filipino Literature Mimetic dances often accompanied the songs and rituals and were the precursors of drama form = Pre-Colonial Literature Alibata, the first Filipino alphabet was replaced by Roman script = Spanish Literature Spanish language became the literary language = Essential Features of Spanish Literature

Native syllabary and fragile materials = Early literature Pointed objects like sticks, daggers, and irons as pens = Pre-Colonial Literature Musical bells and gongs for rituals = Folk literature Friars produced religious manuals, grammar books, and dictionaries in the vernacular = Essential Features of Spanish Literature

<p>Classified as oral and written = Pre-Colonial Literature Has a religious or sacred character = Folk literature Songs and dances part of religious and social rituals = Early Filipino Literature Spanish language as literary language = Essential Features of Spanish Literature</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Expressing tradition, belief, and custom of those times = Early Filipino Literature Utilized the stage to propagate the Christian religion = Essential Features of Spanish Literature Representing ethnic groups heritage = Pre-Colonial Literature Used as a tool for religious conquest = Spanish Literature</p> Signup and view all the answers