Lesson 8: Lit 1 Literature Under Spanish Colonization

NAME: JOHN ALBERT S. AZARSE

Activity

Read the PDF file entitled “Philippine Literature in the Spanish Colonial Period” by Freddie and Priscilla
Macansantos. With this article and articles you can find online, create a timeline of Philippine Literature
during the Spanish colonial period.

The first decade of the 17th In the 18th Century The 19th Century,
Century

-the printing presses were

 the earliest writers of -komedya (moro-moro) ,secular owned and managed by the
note were Francisco de literature from Spain in the form religious orders
San Jose and Francisco of medieval ballads inspired the -religious themes dominated the
Bagongbata native poetic-drama culture of the Christianized
majority
 Gaspar Aquino de Belen, -Jose de la Cruz (1746 – 1829) , . -the native oral literature,
the most gifted of these a poet of prodigious output and whether secular or mythico-
native poet-translators urbane style, his appeal to the religious continued (legends,
non-literate was universal sayings, wedding songs such as
the balayan and parlor theater
 Mahal Na Pasion ni Jesu -Francisco Baltazar (1788 – such as the duplo)
Christo (1704), a Tagalog 1862), popularly called Balagtas,
poem based on Christ’s is the acknowledged master of
passion traditional Tagalog poetry.

 it marks the beginning of -the introduction of printing

the end of the old
mythological culture and -Printing overtook tradition and
a conversion to the new became the mnemonic device
paradigm introduced by
the colonial power -Ninay, first Filipino novel
written in Spanish by Pedro
Paterno (a Philippine-born
ilustrado)

-Jose Rizal (1861 – 1896) wrote

the Noli Me Tangere and its
sequel El Filibusterismo

-Propaganda Movement
(Graciano Lopez Jaena, and M.H.
del Pilar)
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-Philippine revolution headed by

Andres Bonifacio, the most well-
known being Pag-Ibig Sa
Tinubuang Lupa.

-renaissance of literature in the

native languages

-educated women of the period:

Gregoria de Jesus and Leona
Florentino

Application:

1. Why the Filipino writers were called Ladinos during the Spanish period?
The Filipino writers were called Ladinos during the Spanish period because of their fluency in
both Spanish and Tagalog.
2. What is the difference between a drama and a play?
There are numerous differences between drama and a play. First, the artist who writes the
drama or performs it is called dramatist however play is written by playwrights. Moreover the
play is a dramatic performance on the stage, whereas drama is a literary composition in
the form of prose or verse, that portrays dialogue showing conflict which the main
character attempts to resolve. The most significant difference between these two entities
is that drama refers to a form of a written literature that is intended for performance while
plays refer to a theatrical performance. In layman’s term, a play is to be seen whereas
drama is to be read.