LITERATURE UNDER THE SPANISH

COLONIALISM

WHAT DO WE KNOW?

Spain established its first permanent settlement in the Philippines in 1565 and imposed on the Filipinos the Spanish monarchy and the Roman Catholic ReligionParish priest was practically the only Spaniards who had direct contact with the Filipinos.To serve the dual purpose of territorial expansion and evangelization, literature was needed.

LADINOSThese are bilingual natives who translated some literary works.

Content: MOSTLY RELIGIOUS,

LIVES OF SAINTS

PRINTING PRESScame into existence.

Nature of literary works

✣Medium was TRI-LINGUAL (Castillian, Tagalog, Dialects of various communities)✣ Ancient literary forms were

enriched with literary forms patterned after the European Metrical Romances✣Oral Literature was

Christianized

INFLUENCES

Alibata…but this was latter replaced by

Roman alphabet

INFLUENCES

CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE

INFLUENCES

SPANISH LANGUAGE became the

literary language

INFLUENCES

European legends and

traditions

INFLUENCESAncient

literature was collected and

translated into TAGALOG

INFLUENCES

GRAMMAR BOOKS were

printed in Tagalog

INFLUENCES

Periodicals gained a

RELIGIOUS TONE

Folk songs: Pamulinawen, Leron Leron Sinta, Sarong Banggi, Atin cu pung Singsing, Dandansoy

CENAKULO

ZARZUELA

TIBAG

PANUNULUYAN

CARILLO

LITERATURE DURING THE NATIONALISTIC/

REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD

CHARACTERISTICS

Literature planked seeds of nationalism un Filipinos Language shifted form Addressed the masses instead of the intelligentsia

Propaganda literature

Attacks were mostly directed to friars who were considered

responsible for the oppression of the Filipinos.

kalayaanTo stir the masses’ yearning

for freedom; because of this

advocacy, Katipunan

inevitably grew its rank as a

reputable organization

fighting for the country’s

freedom

What role did literature play

in this era?