Ancient Lit Essay

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ANCIENT LITERATURE/FOLK LITERATURE A. Myth – a traditional story in prose concerning details of gods and demigods and the creation of the world and its inhabitants. Examples: 1. Visayan Creation Myth 2. Bagobo Creation Story 3. Tungkung Langit and Alunsina B. Heroic Narratives or Epic – folk epics that narrate the adventures of tribal heroes which embody in themselves the ideals and values of the group. Examples: 1. Lam-ang 2. Ullalim 3. Ibalon 4. Indarapatra and Sulayman C. Ethiological Legends – legends that explain how things came to be, why things are as they are. Examples: 1. Legend of Mayon Volcano 2. Legend of the Tagalogs 3. Gaddang D. Folktales – prose narrative regarded as 1. Animal Tales – a folktale using animals as characters. Examples: 1. The Monkey and the Turtle 2. The Cow and the Carabao 2. Folks Speech – simplest form of oral literature. a. Riddles – description of object in terms intended to suggest something entirely different. Example: Nidalagan si Juan napikas ang dalan. (Tumakbo si Juan nahati ang daan) – Zipper b. Proverbs – short popular sayings that ezpress effectively some commonplace truth or useful thought. Ex. Ang hindi lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makararating sa paroroonan. 3. Folk songs – verses set into music by the members’ Examples: 1. Manang Biday 2. Dandansoy PILIPPINE LITERATURE UNDER THE SPANISH PERIOD A. POETRY 1. Ladino Poems Ladinos – were natives, first Tagalog versifiers who saw print; highly literate in both Spanish and the vernacular. Examples: Fernando Bagongbanta of “Salamat sa Ualang Hangga” – a 12-stanza poem in alternating Tagalog and Spanish lines. 2. Metrical Romances - a. Corridos – were widely read during the Spanish period that filled the populace’s need for entertaining as well as edifying reading matter in their leisure moments. - these are

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