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Philippine Literature
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Kundiman
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Talindaw
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Diona
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naman sa pagsamba.
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Maluway
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Kutang-kutang
Ito ay ang awiting panlansangan.
Pananapatan
Ito ay ang panghaharana sa Tagalog.
Balitaw
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Pangangaluwa
Ito ay ang awit sa araw ng mga patay ng mga Tagalog.
WHAT IS LITERATURE?
It is defined as written works which deal with themes of permanent and
universal interest, characterized by creativeness and grace of
expressions such as poetry, fiction, essay, and etc.
THEORIES OF LITERATURE
IT IS INITIATIVE. It is believed in the study of
literary background that writers follow
the examples of other authors before
they arrive at their own original works.
IT IS APPRECIATIVE. Literature
gives us bigger view of life.
IT IS REPRESENTATIVE. Any
literary work is a substitute for
reality.
IT IS SYMBOLIC. Literature is
scattered in other meanings.
LITERARY STANDARDS
ARTISTRY
PERMANENCE
INTELLECTUAL BEAUTY
UNIVERSALITY
SUGGESTIVENESS
SPIRITUAL VALUE
STYLE
Classifications of Literature
PROSE. Speech or writing without metrical structure.
MELODRAMA. Originally, a drama with a
romantic story of or plot, sensational incidents, and usually
including some music and song.
POETRY. The art by which a poet projects feeling and
experience on an imaginative plane, in rhythmical words, to
stir the imagination and the emotions.
NARRATIVE. An orderly, continuous account of an
event or series of event
DRAMATIC. Of, connected with, or like the drama;
expecially involving conflict.
PLAY. A dramatic composition, also a dramatic
representation, especially a public theatrical exhibition.
EPIC. A poem or other literary work usually with a happy
ending.
TRAGEDY. A form of drama in which the protagonist,
having some quality of greatness, comes to disaster through
some flaw in him brings about his inevitable downfall or death,
the action being managed in a way to produce pity and fear in
the spectator and to effect a catharsis of these feelings.
LYRIC. Characterizing verse expressing the poet’s
personal emotions or sentiments.
Classifications of Literature
ODE. In classical prosody, a lyric poem intended is to be
sung or chanted composed of an octave and a sestet
properly expressing two successive phases of a single
thought or sentiment.
NOVEL. A fictional prose narrative of considerable
length, representing characters and events as if in real life by a
plot or scheme.
ELEGY. In funeral song, a meditative poem with a
FOLKTALES. Explain ancient people’s origins,
SONG. The rendering of vocal music; a musical
LEGENDS. Pure narratives which tell of the origin of a
sorrowful theme.
composition for the voice or several voices.
EXPOSITORY. Conveying, containing, or
pertaining to exposition.
SHORT STORY. A type of prose fiction differing
from the novel especially in the matter of length.
cultures, their beliefs and traditions.
place, a person, or object.
MYTHS. Sacred narratives which explain how the world
and men came to be in the present form.
LITERATURE
UTILITARIAN
Relating to utility; especially,
placing utility above beauty or
the amenities of life
news report, speech,
editorial, history
CREATIVE
PROSE
POETRY
PROSE
Speech or writing without
metrical structure
expository
narrative
dramatic
LETTER
SHORT STORY
PLAY
ESSAY
NOVEL
MELODRAMA
BIJOURNAL
COMEDY
TRAGEDY
PLAY
PERFORMING ARTS
stage
movies
television
MELODRAMA
LYRIC
simple lyric
song
ode
sonnet
elegy
ORAL TRADITIONAL
FOLKTALES
LEGENDS
MYTHS
PHILIPPINE
LITERATURE
REGION 1
Nalpay a Namnama (Leona Florentino)
Bagong Pag-asa (Isagani R. Cruz)
Pamulinawen (Traditional)
My Father Goes to Court (Carlos Bulosan)
Graduation (F. Sionil Jose)
REGION 2
Nu Nunuk Du Tukun
CAR
Hudhud di Aliguyon: An Ifugao Harvest Song
The Kalinga Ullalim
The Magic Birth of Banna
REGION 3
Y Miss Phathupats (Juan Crisostomo Soto)
The Kalinga Ulalim
The Magic Birth of Banna
REGION 3
Y Miss Phathupats (Juan Crisostomo Soto)
REGION 4
Makamisa (Jose P. Rizal)
REGION 5
Poetry: To the Man I Married (A.M. Gloria)
Querida (A. Gloria)
Revolt from Hymen (A. Gloria)
In Defense of Poets (A. Gloria)
Folktale: The Ignorant Poor Man and the Priest
Himala (excerpts from the movie Script by R. Lee)
NCR
Ang Aklasan (Amado V. Hernandez)
Magnificence (Estrella Alfon)
Region 6
The Epic of Labaw Donggon
Region 7
Bonsai (Edith Tiempo)
Letter to Pedro (Rene Amper)
Region 8
Baga Durogas Ngan Baga Tinuod (I. Lucente)
Waray Sapayan
Guinkasal Hin “Casa Miento”
Region 9
The White Horse of Alth (E.A. Enriquez)
Region 10
Pilandok Crosses a River
Panlibay Hu Bata 1 and 2
Oyayi 1 and 2
ARMM
The Quarrel Between the East and the West Bachelors
Twin Adventures of Kudarat and Sulaiman
Region 12 and 13 (CARAGA)
North Cotabato: Myth and Legend
Legend of the Rio Grande in North Cotabato
Twas Brillig (Leoncio P. Deriada)
Ako’y Nanaginip (Joey Ayala)
Tala ng Buhay
Susa
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