Philippine LiteratureSpanish Period

Notable WorksDoctrina ChristianaAng Barlaan at JosaphatAng PasyonUrbana at FelisaIbong AdarnaFlorante at Laura

Doctrina Christiana

The First Book Printed in the Philippines

The Physical Description

printed in Gothic letters and Tagalog characters

signed Juan de Cuellar

Ang Barlaan at Josaphatbuong pamagat ng aklat ay “Aral na tunay na totoong pag aacay sa

tauo, nang manga cabanalang gaua nang manga maloualhating santos na si Barlaan ni Josafat”

Inilathala ng Lacompania de Jesus

sinulat ng isang monghe sa monasteryo ng Sabbas na malapit sa Jerusalem.”

Ang Pasyonisang naratibong tula ng Pilipinas, na nagsasaad ng buhay ni Kristo

unang Pilipinong sumulat at kumanta ng pasyon sa Tagalog ay si “Padre Gaspar Aquilino de Belen”

Halos lahat ng pasyon ay nasusulat sa quintillos

Urbana at Felisaa novel written in 1938 by Modesto de Castro

The story relates the importance of purity and ideal virtues that married people should practice and enrich.

Ibong Adarna

isang koridong isinulat ni Jose dela Cruz

di nagtagal ay itinanghal na ito

sa mga entablado

maraming nag-aakala na ang Ibong Adarna ay katutubo mismo sa

Pilipinas.

Florante at Laura

Kabuuang pamagat ay “Pinagdaanang búhay ni Florante at ni Laura sa kahariáng Albanya”

May 50 taong gulang na si Francisco Baltasar nung ginawa ito.

written in a literary form called Awit

Recreation PLaysTibagLagaylayCenaculoPanunuluyanSalubongCarilloZarzuelaSainete

moro-moroKaragatanDuploBalagtasanDung-awAwitCorrido

Tibag

tibag means to excavateThis ritual was brought here by the Spaniard to remind the people about the search of St. Helena for the Cross on which Jesus died.

Lagaylay

this is a special occasion for the Pilareños of Sorsogon during Maytime to get together

Cenaculo

Panuluyan

this is a dramatic performance to commemorate the passion and death of Jesus Christ.Cenaculo is written in octosyllabic verse

This is a presentation of the search of the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph for an inn wherein to deliver the baby Jesus.

this is presented before 12:00 on Christmas Eve

Carillo

SalubongThe Salubong is an Easter play that dramatizes the meeting of the Risen Christ and his Mother.

this is a form of dramatic entertainment performed on a moonless night during a town fiesta or on dark nights after a harvest.

This shadow play is made by projecting cardboard figures before a lamp against a white sheet.

Zarzuela

Sainete

it is a musical comedy or melodrama three acts which dealt with man’s passions and emotions like love, hate, revenge, cruelty, avarice or some social or political proble.

They were exaggerated comedies shown between acts of long plays and were mostly performed by characters from the lower classes.

Moro moro

Karagatan

This is performed during town fiestas to entertain the people and to remind them of their Christian religion.

This is a poetic vehicle of a socio-religious nature celebrated during the death of a person.

Duplo This is a poetic joust in speaking and reasoning.

It is usually played during wakes for the dead.

Balagtasan This is a poetic joust or a contest of skills in debate on

a particular topic or issue.

This is replaced the DUPLO and is held to honor Francisco “Balagtas” Baltazar.

Awit at Corido

Dung aw This is a chant in free verse

by a bereaved person or his representative beside the corpse of the dead.

It is personalized and usually deals with the life, sufferings and sacrifices of the dead and includes apologies for his misdeeds.

Some use these two interchangeably because distinction is not clear.

The EndSources and

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