Traditional

Literature

Discussant:
Chaira Mae P. Espinosa
BEED 2-2
Traditional Literature
• For thousands of years before writing was
discovered, the best of these stories were
preserved through the art of storytelling from
one generation to the next.
• In folk literature, we have our most ancient
stories and a priceless literacy heritage that link
us to beginnings as thinking beings.
Common Features of
Traditional Literature
Plot
Are generally shorter than any other genres of
literature.
Action
In turns, is concentrated which kept audiences
alert and interested
Characters
In traditional literature tend to have only one
outstanding quality which made them easy to
identify.
Setttings
Are unimportant and are described and referred to
in the vaguest of term such as:

“In The beggining” or “Long ago in the land of..”

Language
Though full of rhythm and melody is sparse,
since lengthy explanation and description were
pared down or eliminated by countless
retellings.
Style
Is characterized by story beginnings and endings,
motifs of recurrent features.
Themes
That are most common in these stories are good
versus evil, the power of perseverance and
explanations for the way of the world
Ending
The ending usually have a happy ending
Types of Traditional
Literature
Myths
Are stories that recount and explain the origins
of the world and the phenomena of nature.
They are sometimes referred to as “creation
stories”
Why the Pena has a hundred eyes
Epics
Are long stories of human adventures and
heroism recounted in many episodes