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DAVAO ORIENTAL STATE COLLEGE

OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
SAN ISIDRO EXTENSION CAMPUS

LIT 10

LITERATURES OF
MINDANAO

PREPARED AND COMPILED:

JOVANIE B. GARAY, MAEDE
BRIELOU D. ESTREMOS

BACHELOR OF ELEMENTARY
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
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PRELIM COVERAGE PAGE

MODULE 1: Literature 1
Lesson 1:
Definition 1
Lesson 2:
Importance and Relevance to Life and 7
other Disciplines
Lesson 3: 13
Classification of Literature
Lesson 4:
Literary Criticisms as Lens of 15
Interpretation
Lesson 5:
17
Prose
Lesson 6:
19
Poetry
MODULE 2: Early Mindanao Literature 22
Lesson 1:
Folk Narratives 22
Lesson 2:
Poetry 35

MIDTERM COVERAGE
MODULE 1: Understanding Lumad 42
Lesson 1:
The Manobo of Davao del Norte: They 42
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do not want to called Ata
Lesson 2:
The Mansaka of Compostela Valley 57
Lesson 3:
The Mandaya of Davao Oriental 66
Lesson 4:
The Dibabawun of Kapalong 78
Lesson 5:
The Subanen 83
Lesson 6:
The Teduray: Dreaming of a Mamalo 96
Province
Lesson 7:
The B’laan of Mt. Matutum 115
Lesson 8:
The Higaonon: Pushed Deeper into the 131
Mountains
Lesson 9:
139
The Mamanwa: Life Without the Forest
Lesson 10:
146
The Bagobo of Mt. Apo
Lesson 11:
157
The Manobo of Agusan del Sur
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FINAL COVERAGE
MODULE 1: Mindanao Short Stories, Epics 165
and Ballads
Lesson 1:
A Ballad from Davao “Buyayang” 165
Lesson 2:
Jovanie Garay “Time” 167
Lesson 3:
Lencio P Deriada “The Dog Eaters” 172
Lesson 4:
Macariu D. Tiu, “Nanking Store” 176
Lesson 5:
Macariu D. Tiu, “Black Pearl” 180
Lesson 6:
Jondy Arpilleda, “Bunok” 183
Lesson 7:
Aida L. Rivera, Love in the Cornhusks” 187
Lesson 8:
Macariu D. Tiu, “Sigaboy” 190
Lesson 9:
Lencio P. Deriada, “Dili Baya Ko 195
Bugoy”
MODULE 2: Poems/ Balak 200
Lesson 1:
Iranun, “Bayuk a Bangsa-A Poem of 200
Solidarity
Lesson 2:
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Tinagutlo sa Pag-aninaw sa Tuboran 203
by Jovanie B. Garay
Lesson 3: 205
Davao Oriental, “Adidas sa Badjao” by
Jovanie B. Garay
Lesson 4:
207
Davao, “Unsaon Pagpatay sa Ok-Ok”
by Errol Merquita