is truly every country' s #living treasure

literature is a significant mark of every culture for it provides a lot of important pieces of information that one may know to better understand _____ and _____across and space. time

The most significant pieces of oral literature that may safely be presumed to have originated in prehistoric times are

epics and folk tales are varied, exotic and magical/. They explain how the world was created, how certain animals possess certain characteristics, why some places have waterfalls, volcanoes, mountains, flora or fauna and, in the case o/ legends/, an explanation of the origins of things Fables

native poetic-drama form called the /komedya/, later to be called ______because these often dealt with the theme of Christians triumphing over Moslems.

popularly called Balagtas, is the acknowledged master of traditional Tagalog poetry.

The first Filipino novel was _______, written in Spanish by /Pedro Paterno/, a Philippine-born ilustrado. Following the sentimental style of his first book /Sampaguitas/

The ____________ which was written by friars in both Tagalog and Spanish languages contained religious texts like the basic prayers such as the Pater Noster or the " Our Father" and Ave Maria also known as Hail Mary", " and also the Ten Commandments among others.

the ________highlights the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This book is popularly read and celebrated during the Lenten season.

For more than _________ of being colonized by the Spaniards, we can't deny the fact that through their colonization, we became what we are right now.

ilustrados began to write about the downside of colonization. This, coupled with the furious calls for ___ by the masses gathered a formidable force of writers like Jose Rizal, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Mariano Ponce, Emilio Jacinto and Andres Bonifacio.

Philippine revolution resulting in the /downfall of the Spanish regime/, and, at the same time planted the seeds of a national consciousness among Filipinos.

The Balagtas tradition persisted until the poet _____________ advocated modernism in poetry, a departure from the traditional rhymed, measured and orally recited poems.

Dead Stars" published in 1925 was the first successful short story in Englis8/Whitten by a Filipino.

is considered the father of the modern short story in Tagalog.

Child of Sorrow was the first Filipino novel in English written in 1921 by

The Tagalogs, hailing __________/ as the nation' s foremost poet/ invented the balagtasan in his honor.

this balagtasan that _______known as Huseng Batute, emerged triumphant

The _______writing was ceased and placed under strict monitoring.(Japan era)

Mainly, this period served as the _______ " for short stories and Tagalog drama.

The/ use of English was prohibited/ and the vernacular or the national language dominated. /Nationalism, patriotism, and life struggles prevailed/ as *themes and motifs of texts produced during such period. However, the publication of these works was /secretly done./

Japan' s foremost poetic form became popular. This is a poem of free verse that the Japanese like. It is made up of 17 syllables divided into three lines.

like the Haiku, is short, but it has measure and rhyme.

usual forms

Filipino Poetry During This Period: The common theme of most poems during the Japanese occupation was