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Table of 1ST GRADING:
CHAPTER 1: DIMENSIONS OF PHILIPPINE
contents: LITERARY HISTORY & REPRESENTATIVE TEXTS
AND AUTHORS FROM EACH REGION IN THE
PHILIPPINES

2ND GRADING:
CHAPTER 2: CANONICAL AUTHORS &
WORKS OF PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ARTISTS IN
LITERATURE

3RD GRADING:
CHAPTER 3: 21 ST
CENTURY LITERATURE
FROM ASIA, ANGLO-AMERICA, EUROPE, &
AFRICA,
CHAPTER 4: LITERARY COMPOSITIONS
THAT HAVE INFLUENCED THE WORLD

4th GRADING:
CHAPTER 5: THE EARLY & THE 21 ST

CENTURY LITERARY GENRES

Chapter 1:
Dimensions of Phil. literary
history & representative
texts and authors from each
region in the phils.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson,
the students will be able to:
● Define Literature.
● Understand its 3 different sources.
● Explain the period of Philippine Literary History:
o Pre-Colonial Period
o Spanish Colonization Period
o American Colonization Period
o Japanese Colonization Period
o Contemporary/ Modern Period
Literature
● Classify the 21st Texts & Authors from each Region in the ● Literature comes from the latin word “Litera” w/c means
Philippines. “letter.”
● Explain the 3 dimensions of Phil.Literary History. (G.E.L.) ● It is the “reproduction of experiences.”
o Geography o Hence, it is the “study of life.”
o Ethnicity ● 3 DIFFERENT SOURCES:
o Linguistics / Language o Personal Experience
o Vicarious Experience
o Imagination

Periods of Philippine
Literary History
1. PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD
 ● The first period of the Philippine literary historyis the 4. JAPANESE COLONIZATION PERIOD
longest. Long time before the Spaniards and other ● This period is considered the war years andperiod of
foreigners landed on Philippine shores, our forefathers maturity and originality
already had their own literature stamped in the history of ● LITERARY FORMS:
our race. i. Haiku
● LITERARY FORMS: ii. Tanaga
i. Folk speeches/ riddles iii. Karaniwang anyo
ii. Folk songs 5. CONTEMPORARY/ MODERN PERIOD
iii. Folk narratives ● Many novels in English seem to have beenwritten for
iv. Indigenous rituals literary contests like Palanca andAsia Man. The debate over
v. Mimetic dance textual andcontextual criticism, balagtasismo
vi. Proverbs/ aphorisms andmodernism, formalism and historical criticismhas
persisted to this day in the academe. Themore popular but
banal issue is called “literature (art) and propaganda.”
2. SPANISH COLONIZATION PERIOD ● LITERARY FORMS:
● Spanish occupied Philippines in early 15thcentury. The i. Chick Lit
Spanish colonization period hastwo distinct classifications: ii. Mobile Phone Text Tula
i. religious and iii. Speculative Fiction
ii. secular iv. Flash Fiction
● LITERARY FORMS: v. Blog
i. Folk speeches/ riddlesb vi. Hyperpoetry
ii. Folk songs
iii.
iv.
Folk narratives
Indigenous rituals
21st Texts & Authors from
v.
vi.
Mimetic dance
Proverbs/ aphorisms
each region in the phils.
3. AMERICAN COLONIZATION PERIOD
● Philippine literature in English, as a directresult of
American colonization of the country, could not escape
being imitative of Americanmodels of writing especially
during its period ofapprenticeship.
● LITERARY FORMS:
i. Free verse
ii. Modern short story
iii. Novels
iv. Essays
 Learning
activity!
1. Define Literature.
2. Understand its 3 different sources.
a. Personal Experience
b. Vicarious Experience
c. Imagination
Dimensions of Philippine 3. Explain the period of Philippine Literary History.
Literary History a. Pre-Colonial Period
b. Spanish Colonization Period
GEOGRAPHY c. American Colonization Period
● the study of places and the relationships between people
d. Japanese Colonization Period
and their environments.
ETHNICITY e. Contemporary/ Modern Period
● a notion that refers to social entities sharing real or 4. Classify the 21st Texts & Authors from each Region
putative ascriptive features like a common origin or in the Philippines.
cultural-linguistic legacy which assumedly command 5. Explain the 3 dimensions of Phil.Literary History.
special collective commitment, as well as their retention (G.E.L.)
and transmission. a. Geography
LANGUAGE b. Ethnicity
● a system of conventional spoken, manual (signed), or
written symbols by which individuals express themselves. c. Linguistics / Language

Chapter 2:
CANONICAL AUTHORS &
EDITH L. TIEMPO
WORKS OF PHILIPPINE
NATIONAL ARTISTS IN
LITERATURE
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson,
the students will be able to:
● Appreciate the contributions of the Canonical
Filipino writers to the development of national
literature. ● A poet, fictionist, teacher and literary critic.
● Relate how plot and plot devices help create the ● One of the finest Filipino writers in English.
reading experience in works of fiction; and ● PUBLISHED WORKS:
● Respond critically to the story and articulate ● Novel
this response through a written and reading o “A Blade of Fern” (1978)
literary. o The Native Coast (1979), and
o The Alien Corn (1992)
● Poetry
o The Tracks of Babylon (1966), and
o The Charmer’s Box (1993)
● Short story
o Abide, Joshua (1964)

BIENVENIDO LUMBERNA
 NESTOR VICENTE MADALI
GONZALEZ

● A poet, librettist, and scholar.

● Introduced “Tagalog literature”
● known as “Bagay poetry”
o a landmark aesthetic tendency that has helped
to change the vernacular poetic tradition. ● A fictionist, essayist, poet, and teacher, articulated the
● MAJOR BOOKS: Filipino spirit in rural, urban landscapes.
o Tagalog Poetry, 1570-1898: ● The awards attest to his triumph in appropriating the
o Tradition and Influences in its Development English language to express, reflect and shape Philippine
o Philippine Literature: A History and Anthology culture and Philippine sensibility
● MAJOR WORKS:
o Revaluation: Essays on Philippine Literature
o Writing the Nation / Pag-akda ng Bansa.
o The Winds of April
o Seven Hills Away
o Children of the Ash-Covered Loam
o The Bamboo Dancers
o Look Stranger,
o On this Island Now
o Mindoro and Beyond
o Twenty -One Stories
o The Bread of Salt
 o Work on the Mountain o Barlaan at Josaphat.
o The Novel of Justice

VIRGILIO S. ALMARIO
CIRILO F. BAUTISTA

● also known as Rio Alma

● A poet, literary historian and critic, who has revived and
reinvented traditional Filipino poetic forms, even as he
championed modernist poetics.
● PUBLISHED BOOKS:
o Makinasyon and Peregrinasyon
o Doktrinang Anakpawis
o Mga Retrato at Rekwerdo
o Muli, Sa Kandungan ng Lupa.
o Ang Makata sa Panahon ng Makina
o Balagtasismo versus Modernismo
o Walong Dekada ng Makabagong Tula Pilipino
o Mutyang Dilim
● A poet, fictionist and essayist with exceptional
achievements and significant contributions to the
development of the country’s literary art
● he has established a reputation for fine and profound
artistry; his books, lectures, poetry readings and creative
writing workshops continue to influence his peers and
generations of young writers.
● Bautista has updated students and student-writers on
literary developments and techniques.
● POETRY WORKS:
o Boneyard Breaking
o Sugat ng Salita
o The Archipelago
 o Telex Moon o Cave and Shadows.
o Summer Suns
o The Cave
o Kirot ng Kataga, and
o Bullets and Roses

NICK JOAQUIN AMADO V. HERNANDEZ

● He enriched the English language with critics coining as
“Joaquinesque” to describe his baroque Spanish-flavored
English or his reinventions of English based on Filipinisms.
● VOLUMINOUS WORKS:
o The Woman Who Had Two Navels
o A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino,
● A poet, playwright, and novelist, is among the Filipino
writers who practiced “committed art.”
● NOTABLE WORKS:
o Isang Dipang Langit (A Stretch of Heaven)
● which later won a Republic Cultural
Heritage Award

o Manila, My Manila o Bayang Malaya (Free Nation)

o A History for the Young ● which later won a Balagtas Award.
● He also wrote some of his masterpiece while in prison at
o The Ballad of the Five Battles
the New Bilibid:
o Rizal in Saga o Mga Ibong Mandaragit (Birds of Prey)
o Almanac for Manileños
 ● the first Filipino socio-political novel that ● I Walked with Heroes
exposes the ills of the society as evident o War-time Memoirs
in the agrarian problems of the 50s. ● I Saw the Fall of the Philippines
o Luha ng Buwaya (Tears of the Crocodile). ● Mother America, I See the Philippines
Rise

CARLOS P. ROMULO
Learning
activity!
1. Define Canonical.
2. Enumerate the Canonical “Authors & Works”
of Philippine National Artists in Literature.
a. Edith L. Tiempo
b. Bienvenido Lumberna
c. NVM Gonzales
d. Virgilio S. Almario
● A Multifaceted career spanned 50 years of public service
e. Cirilo F. Bautista
as educator, soldier, university president, journalist &
f. Nick Joaquin
diplomat.
g. Amado V. Hernandez
● The first Asian President of the United Nations (UN)
h. Carlos P. Romulo
● He was the only Asian to win America’s coveted Pulitzer 3. Provide a “precise and concise” background of
Prize in Journalism for a series of articles predicting the each Authors respectively.
outbreak of World War II.
● LITERARY WORKS:
o Novel
● The United
o Autobiography
 21st CENTURY ASIAN
Chapter 3: LITERATURE AND ITS
21st CENTURY literature AUTHORS
from asia,
ANGLO-AMERICA, europe,
& AFRICA
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the lesson,

the students will be able to:
● Identify representative texts and authors from Asia,
1. SCHEHERAZADE (short story)
Anglo-America, Europe (w/Latin America), Europe and
o by Haruki Murakami (Japan)
Africa.
2. THEIR LAST VISITOR (sudden fiction)
● Understand and appreciate literary texts in various
o by Kim Young Ha (South Korea)
genres across national literature and cultures.
o translated by DafnaZur
● demonstrate understanding and appreciation of 21st
3. THE BUS DRIVER WHO WANTED TO BE GOD (short story)
century literatureof the world with a description of its
o by Etgar Keret (Israel)
context.
4. ELEGY
o by Mong-Lan (Vietnam)
21st Century Literature 5. THE BURNING KITE
o by Ouyang Jianghe (China)
● These works are often characterized as gender sensitive, o translated by Austin Woerner
technologically alluding, culturally pluralistic, operates on 6. THE WHEEL
the extreme reality or extreme fiction, and questions o by Vinda Karandikar (India)
conventions and supposedly absolute norms. 7. SONG
o by Ali Ahmad Said Esber (Syria)
o translated by Khaled Mattawa
 The term Anglo-America frequently refers specifically to
21st century ●
the US and Canada, by far the two most populous

ANGLO-AMERICAN English-speaking countries in NORTH AMERICA.

LITERATURE
AND ITS AUTHORS
1. A HISTORY OF EVERYTHING, INCLUDING YOU
(sudden fiction)
o by Jenny Hollowell (UnitedStates)
2. CHICKENS (microfiction)
o by Elaine Margarell (United States)
3. A GENTLEMAN'S C (microfiction)
o by Padgett Powell (United States)
4. ONE TODAY (poem)
o by Richard Blanco (United States)
5. WE ATE THE CHILDREN LAST (science fiction)
o by Yann Martel (Canada)
6. THE RIGHT SORT (twitter story)
o by David Stephen Mitchell (United Kingdom)
7. ONE NIGHT (elegy)
o by Ann Gray (United Kingdom)

● (also referred to as Anglo-Saxon America) most often

designates to a region in the Americas in which English is
a main language and British culture and the British
Empire have had significant historical, ethnic, linguistic
and cultural impact.
● Anglo-America is distinct from LATIN AMERICA, a
region of the Americas where Romance languages
(Spanish, Portuguese and French) are prevalent.
21st CENTURY EUROPEAN LITERATURE
LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND ITS AUTHORS
AND ITS AUTHORS

1. HAZARAN (short story)

1. LIKE HERCULES (microstory)
o by Ana Maria Shua (Argentina)
o translated by Steven J. Stewart
2. HONEY (flash fiction)
o by Antonio Utgar (Columbia)
o translated by Katherine Silver
3. ESSENTIAL THINGS (sudden fiction)
o by Jorge Luis Arzola (Cuba)
4. YOU DIDN'T KNOW (poem)
o by Idea Vilarino (Uruguay)
o translated by Jesse Lee Kercheval
5. THE DESERT OF ATACAMA V (poem)
o by Raul Zurita (Chile)
o translated by Anna Deeny
6. TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOST EVERYTHING (poem)
o by Francisco X. Alarcon (Mexico)
21st CENTURY
o by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio (France),
o translated by Patricia E. Frederick
2. KISS (blog fiction)
o by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Spain)
3. THE RED FOX FUR COAT (sudden fiction)
o by Teolinda Gersao (Portugal)
4. BLOOD OF A MOLE (sudden fiction)
o by Zdravka Evtimova (Bulgaria)
5. ATLANTIS - A LOST SONNET (poem)
o by Eavan Boland (Ireland)
6. FROM "LATE" (poem)
o by Gottfried Benn (Germany)
21st CENTURY
AFRICAN LITERATURE
 1. THE BIBLE OR THE SACRED WRITINGS:
AND ITS AUTHORS

1. AS A WOMAN GROWS OLDER ● The basis of Christianity from Palestine & Greece.
o by J.M Coetzee (South Africa) 2. KORAN:
2. HONEY (flash fiction)
o by Antonio Utgar (Columbia) translated by
Katherine Silver
3. POISON (science fiction)
o by Henrietta Rose-Innes (South Africa)
4. HYDE PARK (creative non fiction)
o by Petina Gappah (Zimbabwe)
5. YOU DIDN'T KNOW (poem)
o by Idea Vilarino (Uruguay) translated by Jesse
Lee Kercheval
6. THE FIRST CIRCLE (poem)
o by Kofi Awoonor (Ghana) ● The Muslim bible originating from Arabia.
7. TONIGHT (poem) 3. THE MAHABHARATA:
o by Ladan Osman (Somalia)

chapter 4:
Literary compositions that
have Influenced the world
 ● The Longest epic of the world. It contains the history of ● These have been the source of Myths and Legends of
religion in India written by Vyasa. Greece written by Homer.
● The Iliad has two scenes of the story:
4. CANTEBURY TALES:
● 1st, “The Clash” between Achilles and Agamemnon.
⮚ They are both Greeks.
● 2nd, The Trojan War telling the story of the wrath of
Achilles when Helen was captured by the Trojans.
⮚ The Battle between the Greeks & the Trojans
⮚ Achilles died when Paris released an arrow to
Achilles’ Heel (his weakness and knows by the
god Apollo.)
● The Odyssey is the tale of “Ulysses's wanderings.”
● It tells the story of Odysseus as he travels home
from the war.

● It depicts the religion and customs (social upheavals) of

late medieval England written by Chaucer. 6. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN:
● It tells the story of a group of pilgrims traveling to
Canterbury Cathedral compete in a storytelling contest.
5. THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY:

● It tells the story of Uncle Tom, depicted as a saintly,
dignified slave killed by the brutal Simon Legree (Tom's
new owner) by whipping him to death after he refuses to
divulge the whereabouts of certain runaway slaves.
● This depicted the sad fate of slaves and became the basis
of democracy written by Harriet Beecher Stowe of US.
7. THE BOOK OF THE DAYS: (The Analects of Confucius)
● The devastating book burning of 213 BC by the First
Emperor Qin Shi Huang written by Confucius of China.
8. THE DIVINE COMEDY:
● by Dante Alighieri of Italy.
● This shows the religion and customs of early Italians.
● Its main idea is essentially how people learn to attain
salvation.
9. EL' CID CAMPEADOR:
● This shows the cultural characteristics of Spaniards and
their national theory.
● Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar was a Castilian knight and warlord in
medieval Spain and came to be known by the Moorish
Stronghold of Saragoza (the enemy) as “El Cid”, and by
the Christians as “El Campeador.”
10.
THE SONG OF ROLAND:
 ● A poem written by Turold, a Norman poet.
● This includes the Doce Pares and Roncesvalles of France.
● The Golden Age of Christianity in France during the
Crusades.
● It reflects the fight between Christianity and Islam,
or good and evil. (Battle at Roncevauz Pass.)
11.
THE BOOK OF THE DEAD:

● It shows the ways of government of industries and of

● The cult of Osiris & the Mythology and theology of Egypt
written by the German Egyptologist; Karl Richard Lepsius.
● It is an ancient Egyptian collection of mortuary texts
(Coffin Text) made up of spells or magic formulas,
placed in tombs and believed to protect and aid the
deceased in the hereafter. 
12.
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHT OF THE
ARABIAN NIGHTS:
society of Arabia's and Persians (Iranians).
● The legendary Scheherazade told these stories to her
husband the sultan, a different tale every night for 1,001
days; therefore, the collection is sometimes called The
Thousand and One Nights.
● Scheherazade
⮚ She was a beautiful, well-read and intelligent
young woman who was a gifted storyteller,
weaving stories with spiritual and moral
lessons for her listeners.
● Aladdin' is one of the most popular tales from 1,001
Nights because of its modern Disney adaptation.
 Learning Learning
activity! activity!
(ch. 3)
1. Identify representative texts and authors from
(ch. 4)
1. Demonstrate the Literary Compositions that
Asia, Anglo-America, Europe (w/Latin America), have influenced the World. (Define & Explain.)
Europe and Africa.
2. Understand and appreciate literary texts in a. The Bible or The Sacred Writings
various genres across national literature and b. Koran
cultures. c. The Mahabharata
3. Demonstrate understanding and appreciation of d. Cantebury Tales
21st century literature of the world with a e. The Iliad and The Odyssey
description of its context. f. The Divine Comed
g. El' Cid Campeador
h. The Book of The Days
i. The Book of The Dead
j. One Thousand and One Night of the
Arabian Night

Chapter 5:
LITERARY GENRES IN
THE EARLY & 21ST
CENTURY
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the lesson,

the students will be able to:

● Identify the Literary elements, genre and tradition

present in the early and 21st century.
o Early Century:
● Prose
✔ Essay & Drama (Ex.)
✔ Fiction & Non-Fiction (Types)
● Poetry
✔ Narrative
✔ Lyric ● A literary genre is a style of writing. 
✔ Descriptive & Didactic o A category of literary composition. 
o 21st Century ● GENRES may be determined by literary technique,
● Differentiate/compare and contrast the various 21st tone, content, or even length.
century literary genres and the ones from the earlier o It originates from the French
genres/periods citing their elements, structures, and word meaning “kind or type.”
traditions. o As a literary device, GENRE refers to a form,
● Demonstrate understanding of the text. class, or type of literary work.

GENERAL TYPES OF
LITERATURE
● Literature can generally be divided into 2types:
 o Prose and
o Poetry

PROSE
● Consists of those written within the common flow of
conversation in sentences and paragraphs.
● Ex. Essay & Drama
TYPES OF PROSE TYPES OF FICTION:
A. Fiction
B. Non-Fiction
FABLES
● These are also fictitious and they deal with animals and
inanimate things who speaks and act like people and their
purpose is to enlighten the mind of the children to events
that can mold their imaginations.
● Other Ex:
o The Monkey and The Turtle
● These are fictitious narratives, usually about origins.
● Other Ex:
o The Bikol Legend by Pio Duran
● This is a narrative involving one or more Characters, one
plot and one single impression.
● Other Ex.
o The Laughter of my father by Carlos Bulosan
 TYPES OF PROSE
A. Fiction
NOVELS B. Non-Fiction
● A long narrative divided into chapters and even are taken
from TRUE TO LIFE stories.
● Other Ex.
o Without Seeing the Dawn by Steven Jabellana

TYPES OF NON-FICTION:
POETRY
● refers to those expressions in verse, with measure and
rhymes, lines and stanza and has a more melodious tone.

NARRATIVE POETRY
● This form describes important events in life either real
or imagenary.
● This are the different varieties of narrative poetry:
EPIC ● This applies to any type of poetry that express emotions
● this is an extended narrative about heroic exploits often and feelings of the poet.
under supernatural control. It deals w/ heroes, gods, and ● They are usually start simple and easy to understand.
goddesses.
● Ex. The Harvest Song of Aliguyon
o translated in English by Amador T. Daguio)
METRICAL TALE
● this is a narrative which is written in verse and can be
classified either as a ballad or a metrical romance.
● Ex. Bayani ng Bukid by Al Perez
BALLADS
● the narrative poems, this is considered the shortest and
simplest. It has a simple structure of these:
● Love Ballads, War Ballads, and Sea Ballads, Humorous
morals, and historical or Mythical ballads in the early
time, this referred to a song accompanying a dance.
FOLK SONGS Ex. Chit-Chirit-Chit
● The common theme is love, despair, grief, doubt, joy,
hope, and sorrow.
ELEGY Ex. The Lovers Death by Ricardo Demitillo
ODE
 ● this is poem of a noble feeling, expressed
with dignity with no definite number of syllables or definite
number of lines in a stanza.
SONNETS Ex. Santang Buds by Alfonso P. Santos
● this is a lyric poem of 14 times dealing with an emotion, a
feeling or idea.
● These are the types:
o The Italian
o The Shakespearean
PSALMS
● this is a song praising god or the virgin mary and cntaining
a philosophy of life.
AWIT Ex. Florante at Laura by Francisco Balagtas
● these have measures of Twelve Syllabus
(DODECASYLLABIC) and slowly song to the
accompaniment of a guitar or bandoria.
● Ex. Florante at Laura by Francisco Balagtas
CORRIDOS Ex. Ibong Adarna by José de la Cruz
● these have measures of Eight Syllables
(OCTOSYLLABIC) and recited to a martial beat.
21st CENTURY
LITERATURE GENRE 
TYPES:
1. ILLUSTRATED NOVEL
● Story through text and illustrated images
● 50 % of the narrative is presented without words
● the reader must interpret the images in order to comprehend
completely the story.
● Textual portions are presented in traditional form
● Some illustrated novels may contain no text at all
2. DIGI-FICTION TRIPLE MEDIA LITERATURE
● Combines three media: book, movie/video, and internet
website
● In order to get the full story, students must engage in
navigation, reading, viewing, in all three formats.
3. GRAPHIC NOVELS NARRATIVES IN COMIC BOOK
FORMATS
● Narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader
using comic form.
● The term is employed in a broad manner, encompassing
non-fiction works and thematically linked short stories as well
as fictional stories across a number of genres.
4. MANGA JAPANESE WORD FOR COMICS
● It is used in the English-speaking world as a generic term for
all comic books and graphics novels originally published in
Japan.
● Considered as an artistic and storytelling style
 ● Ameri-manga – sometimes used to refer to comics created by
American artists in manga style
5. DOODLE FICTION
●  Literary presentation where the author incorporates doodle
writing and drawings, and handwritten graphics in place of
traditional font.
● Drawing enhances the story, often adding humorous elements
that would be missing if the illustrations were omitted.
6. TEXT-TALK NOVELS
● Blog, email, IM format narratives  create factually accurate narratives.
● Stories told almost completely in dialogue simulating social
network exchanges
7. CHICK LIT OR CHICK LITERATURE
● Is genre fiction which addresses issues of modern
womanhood, often humorously and lightheartedly
● hick it typically features a female protagonist whose
womanhood is heavily thermalized in the plot.
8. FLASH FICTION
● Is a style of fictional literature of extreme brevity
● There is no widely accepted definition of the length of the
category. It could range from word to a thousand
10. BLOG
● A web log ; a website containing short articles called posts
that are changed regularly.
● Same blogs are written by one person containing their own
opinions, interests and experiences, while others are written
by many different people.
11. CREATIVE NON-FICTION
● Also known as literary non-fiction or narrative non-fiction
● A genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to
 
● Contrasts with other non-fiction, such as technical writing or
journalism, which is also rooted in accurate fact, but is not
primarily written in service to its craft.
12. HYPER / DIGITAL POETRY THAT USES HTML LINK
● It can either involved set words, phrases, lines, etc. that are
presented in variable order but sit on the page much as
tradition poetry does, or it can contain parts of the poem that
move and/or mutate.
● It is usually found online, through CD-ROM and diskette
versions exist. The earliest examples date to no later than the
mid 1980s.

ORAL PHIL. Literature

9. SCIENCE FICTION
● Is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with imaginative ● It becomes lengthy and this “long forms” was the EPIC.
concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space 1. Biag ni Lam-ang (Ilocanos)
travel, time travel, faster than light travel, parallel universe 2. Alim and Hudhud (Ifugaos)
and extraterrestrial life.
3. Kumintang (Tagalog)
● Often explores the potential consequences of scientific and
4. Ibalon (Bicolanos)
other innovations and has been called a “literature of Ideas.” 5. Maragtas and Hinilawod (Visayas)
 6. Hari sa Bukid (Hiligaynon) ● Persuasive
7. Dagoy and Sudsud (Tagbanuas) ● Analytical
8. Bantugan (Muslim) ● Argumentative
9. Indarapatra at Sulayman (Maguindanao) ❖ Drama: (4)
● Comedy
10. Tatuaang (Bagobos)
● Farce
● Tragedy
● It also has other PRE-HISTORIC POETIC. ● Farce
1. Riddles (Bugtong) ● Melodrama
2. Proverbs (Salawikain) ✔ Fiction & Non-Fiction (Types of Prose)
3. Saying (Kasabihan) ❖ Fiction: (8)
● Fable
4. Folk Song (Kantahing Bayan)
● Parable
5. Lullaby (Oyayi) ● Myth
6. Boat Song (Soliranin) ● Legends
7. War Song (Kumintang) ● Folktales
8. Wedding Song (Diona) ● Short Story
9. Religious Song (Dalit) ● Novel
10. Love Song (Kundiman) ● Anecdotes
11. Drinking Song (Dipayanin) ❖ Non-Fiction: (2)
● Biography
12. Travel Song (Hibais)
● Autobiography
13. Funeral Song (Bung-aw) ● Poetry
14. Counting Song (Bansal) ❖ Narrative

LEARNING ACTIVITY:
● Epic
● Metrical Tales
● Ballad
1. Identify, Define, & Explain, the ff: ❖ Lyric
(Demonstrate “understanding” of the text.) ● Folk Song
● Elegy

o
● Ode
● Sonnets
● Psalms
Early Century: ● Awit
● Corridos
● Prose
❖ Descriptive & Didactic
✔ Essay & Drama (Ex. of Prose)
o 21st Century:
❖ Essay: (4)
● Illustrated Novel
● Expository
● Digi-Fiction Triple MediaLiterature
 ● Graphic Novels Narratives ‘Comic Book Formats’
● Manga Japanese Word for Comics
● Doodle Fiction
● Text-Talk Novels
● Chick Lit / Chick Literature
● Flash Fiction
● Science Fiction
● Blog
● Creative Non-Fiction
● Hyper / Digital Poetry that uses HTML Link.

2. List down the oral Philippine literature.

o Epic

o Pre-historic Poetic