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ENGLISH 4 NOTES **LITERATURE** - Latin word littera = letter or handwriting - the art of written works or imaginative writing **ANCIENT TIMES BEFORE THE SPANIARDS CAME** **(PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD)** - **FOLK SPEECHES -** dialect, or style of speaking, unique to people living within...

ENGLISH 4 NOTES **LITERATURE** - Latin word littera = letter or handwriting - the art of written works or imaginative writing **ANCIENT TIMES BEFORE THE SPANIARDS CAME** **(PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD)** - **FOLK SPEECHES -** dialect, or style of speaking, unique to people living within a geographic area. - **Riddles** - mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question. - **Epigrams (Salawikain)** - short sayings or poems that express an idea in an amusing way - Satire - use of irony and exaggeration to expose or criticize - satirical statements - literary device that uses exaggeration, irony, humor, allegory, or ridicule - **Chants (Bulong)** - witchcraft or magical things - **Proverbs (Sayings)** - Express codes of behavior - **FOLK SONGS -** song originating among the people of a country or area, passed by oral tradition from one singer or generation to the next. - **Lullaby** - quiet, gentle song sung to send a child to sleep - **FOLK NARRATIVES -** reflection of culture for a particular group of people, it\'s an amalgamation of the traditions common to a particular culture, subculture or group. - **Epic** - Stories that tell about adventures of a hero - **Folktales** - **Myths -** involve gods, goddesses, and other mythological characters - **Legends -** stories that often talk about the origin of things - **Fables -** animals as characters - **Fantastic Stories -** use magic or supernatural elements. **LITERATURE DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD** - Spanish Colonial Period American Colonial Period Japanese Colonial Period - **SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD (1565-1898)** - Native writings = works of evil - Doctrina Christiana (1593) one of the first books produced that contains prayers in nature and the lives of many saints. - introduced theater - **Komedya** dramatization of social, political and religious conflicts of Muslim and Christian heroes - **Sinakulo** play depicting the life and sufferings of\ Jesus Christ - **Zarzuela** Spanish traditional form of musical comedy - **Playlets** short plays or dramatic pieces - **Drama** fictional narrative that is performed - Best known novels of Dr. Jose Rizals - **NOLI ME TANGERE** **(TOUCH ME NOT)** - **EL FILIBUSTERISMO** **(THE REIGN OF GREED)** - The Period of Enlightenment - **Diariong Tagalog** Spanish-Tagalog newspaper which signaled the open campaign of the Reform Movement - Common themes: love for country and longings for independence. - **AMERICAN COLONIAL PERIOD** - English was introduced as medium of instruction - **University of the Philippines -** birthplace and center of Philippine Literature in English - Jake Garcia Villa -- National Artist of Literature - Golden Age of Philippine Literature - **JAPANESE COLONIAL PERIOD** - Tribune and Free Press except Liwayway were stopped - dark period of Philippine Literature - themes: life of the countryside, country love, faith, religion, and art. - Poetry - **Haiku** short Japanese poetry with 5 - 7 -5 syllables - **Tanaga** short filipino poetry with 7-7-7-7 syllables - **Free Verse** open form of poetry **CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE** - era of activism and new society - flowering of Philippine Literature with the use of various languages, new subject, and form - new breed of writers whom they published newspapers - Martial Law in September 21, 1972 which oppressed a lot of writers - writers never stopped writing, enlightening and convincing the readers which led to the People Power Revolution. **ENGLISH 4 : 21^st^ Century Literature**