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21 Century Literature of The Philippines and The World Lesson 3: Identifying Representative

This document discusses a lesson on identifying representative texts from pre-colonial Philippine literature, specifically short poems and songs. It provides examples of different types of short poems and songs from pre-colonial Philippines, including lullabies, love songs, ambahan songs, work songs, drinking songs, hymns of grief, and folk songs about legendary heroes. The document aims to teach students about the role and characteristics of short poems and songs in pre-colonial Philippine literature and culture.

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21 Century Literature of The Philippines and The World Lesson 3: Identifying Representative

This document discusses a lesson on identifying representative texts from pre-colonial Philippine literature, specifically short poems and songs. It provides examples of different types of short poems and songs from pre-colonial Philippines, including lullabies, love songs, ambahan songs, work songs, drinking songs, hymns of grief, and folk songs about legendary heroes. The document aims to teach students about the role and characteristics of short poems and songs in pre-colonial Philippine literature and culture.

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21 stCentury Literature of the

Philippines and the World

Lesson 3: Identifying Representative


Texts under Pre-Colonial
Period Philippine Literature:
Short Poems and Songs
Lesson Objectives:

I can Identify short poems and songs


under Pre-Colonial Time.
 I can recognize short poems and
songs under pre-colonial literature of
the Philippines
Lesson Review:

In the previous session, you have learned about the


characteristics literature during pre-colonial period as
well as the representative text from the northern
region of the Philippines, the riddles and epigrams.

In the next lessons, you will be amused with the array


of selected Philippine songs and poems.
Lesson Review/Preview:

Before we continue with our lesson, may I ask you


to identify the terms being referred to in each in
your module. Write your answer in the space
provided before each number.
Main Lesson:

Answer the following questions briefly:

What do you know about short poems?

What is a song?

What could possibly be the difference between a song


and a short poem?
Main Lesson:

Type of Pre-Colonial Literature:

Poems and Songs


Main Lesson:

Precolonial Poetry played a


central part of community life in
villages of pre-colonial Philippines.
Short four-line poems called
Tanaga evolved from this oral
tradition.
Main Lesson:

Tanaga - is a type of Filipino poem,


consisting of four lines with seven or
eight syllables and at the heart of
the poem was a cryptic metaphor
called talinghaga.
Short Poems and Songs

 Lullaby or Hele is a folk song sung to


lull or put a baby or child to sleep.
Like other lullabies, “Philippine
lullabies tend to be soporific in tune
and sometimes repetitious in text.”
(Eugenio 1996)
Short Poems and Songs

 Lullaby or Hele The word


lullaby is known in various
terms such as uyayi or oyayi,
hulu na, hele na, halo na,
and hili na, which means
“Close your eyes now”
(Bañas 1975).
Short Poems and Songs

 Love Song / Serenade


The Harana is serenade
tradition in rural areas of
the Philippines in which
young men may
formally meet single
lady visitors.
Short Poems and Songs

 Love Song / Serenade This is the


harana in Tagalog, panawagan or
balitao in Ilongo, bayokamong the
Maranaos, and tapatamong
the Ilocanos
Short Poems and Songs

 Ambahan - This Mangyan song


depicts human relationships and
social entertainment and serves as a
tool for teaching the young.
Short Poems and Songs

 Ambahan - This Mangyan song


depicts human relationships and
social entertainment and serves as a
tool for teaching the young.
Short Poems and Songs

 Work Songs - The rural folks


being serious in their everyday
chores, they had songs for
practically all important
occasions such as rice planting,
harvesting, drying the rice on
the stalk, and pounding rice
grains in the husk.
Short Poems and Songs

Tagay- this is a
Cebuana and
Waray drinking
song
Short Poems and Songs

Kanogon (Cebuano)
Annako (Bontoc)
Dung-Aw (Ilocano)
These are hymns of grief or lamentations
celebrating the life and praising the deeds
of the dead.
Short Poems and Songs

Parang Sabil – a folk song among the


Tausugs focusing on the heroic feat of
their legendary heroes.
21 stCentury Literature of the
Philippines and the World

Lesson 4: Identifying Representative


Texts and authors of World
Epics
Lesson Objectives:

I can recognize epic as a literary


type of writing.
 I can appreciate the message of
epic from the selected works of art.
Lesson Review:
Lesson Review:

What do you know about epics?


Main Lesson:

Epic is a long narrative poem that describes the


adventures of a hero, warrior, god, or king.

Epic is influenced by the traditions, cultures, beliefs,


moral codes, and attitudes of the people who
created it.
Main Lesson:

CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EPIC
1. The main character/protagonist is considered a hero.
2. The hero’s actions were presented without bias.
3. Often involves battles, which reveals the extraordinary
strength of the main character.
4. Setting may span several places even countries, or the worlds
5. Gods and other divine beings are portrayed as having a role
in the outcome of the events.
Your Task:

To learn more about world epics, you may


read the selections in your module then do
the activities that follow.
Short Poems and Songs

Parang Sabil – a folk song among the


Tausugs focusing on the heroic feat of
their legendary heroes.

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